请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 quaker
释义

Quakern.

Brit. /ˈkweɪkə/, U.S. /ˈkweɪkər/
Forms:

α. late Middle English 1600s Quakere, 1500s– Quaker, 1600s Quakar, 1600s Quakerr, 1600s Quakor, 1600s Quakre, 1600s Quaquer, 1600s–1700s Quacker, 1700s Quaqer, 1800s– Quaayker (English regional (Berkshire)); Scottish pre-1700 Quacker, pre-1700 Quaiker, pre-1700 Quakar, pre-1700 Qwaiker, pre-1700 Qwaker, pre-1700 1700s– Quaker.

β. 1800s Whaker (English regional (Lancashire)); Scottish pre-1700 Quhaker.

Also with lower-case initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quake v.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < quake v.1 + -er suffix1.According to George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends (see sense 3b), the name Quaker was first given to himself and his followers by Gervase Bennett, a local justice at Derby in 1650:a1691 G. Fox Jrnl. (1952) (modernized text) 58 This was Justice Bennet of Derby..that first that called us Quakers because we bid them tremble at the word of God, and this was in the year 1650. Compare also quots. 1654 at sense 3b, 1694 at sense 3b, and also early examples at quaking n. 2, quaking adj.1 2. The isolated use in quot. 1647 at sense 3a with reference to the members of a different sect suggests that the word already had currency to denote anyone who trembled or quaked with religious fervour. In the form Quaker's grass in quot. 1892 at sense 2 probably by association with sense 3b, as perhaps also in Quaker grass n. at Compounds 2.
1. Perhaps: a person who trembles or quakes. Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 29 Fremebundus, a quakere.
2. In plural. Chiefly English regional (midlands). Quaking grass (genus Briza).
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > quaking-grass
Quakers1597
quaking grass1597
shakers1597
dodder-grass1617
brant-barley1633
cow-quakes1633
pearl grass1633
maidenhair grass1640
amourette1702
Lady's hair1732
quiver grass1759
quake1812
rattlesnake grass1814
totter-grass1821
silver shacklea1824
lady's tresses1842
fairy grass1846
earthquakes1851
trembling-grass1853
dadder grass1859
dithering-grass1878
totty-grass1901
shivery grass1926
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 81 Phalaris pratensis is called in Cheshire about Namptwich, Quakers and Shakers.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Amourettes, the grasse tearmed, Quakers, and Shakers, or quaking grasse.
1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas Quackers, or quaking grasse.
1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum xiii. xvi. 1166 The greatest white Spanish Quakers, or Pearle grasse.
1892 C. M. Yonge Old Woman's Outlook v. 101 The Quiver grass (Briza media) known by many names—Quaker's, Quiver grass, Timothy grass, and in French as Langues de femme.
1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. 126 Quakers. Briza media..Quaking-grass.
1954 C. E. Hubbard Grasses 189 It [sc. Briza media] has a wealth of common names, the better known being Didder, Pearl,..and Quakers.
1974 W. Leeds Herefordshire Speech (ed. 2) 90 Quakers = quaking grass.
3.
a. A person who trembles or quakes with religious fervour. Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
1647 Extract from Let. 14 Oct. o.s. in Clarendon MSS (Bod.) 30 f. 140 I heare of a Sect of woemen (they are at Southworke) come from beyond Sea, called Quakers, and these swell, shiver, and shake, and when they come to themselves..preache what hath bin delivered to them by the Spiritt.
b. Originally derogatory. A member of the Religious Society of Friends, a religious movement founded by the Christian preacher George Fox in 1648–50, and distinguished by its emphasis on the direct relationship of the individual with the divine, and its rejection of sacraments, ordained ministry, and set forms of worship.The Society is also noted for pacifist principles and an emphasis on simplicity of life, formerly particularly associated with plainness of dress and speech. The name has never been officially adopted by the Friends themselves, but is not now regarded as a derogatory term.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Quakerism > [noun] > person
meeter1646
shaker1648
Quaker1651
friend1656
yea-and-nay1685
trembler1689
Whaker1700
broad-brim1749
plain Friend1774
shad-belly1842
drabman1860
1651 T. Hall Pulpit Guarded 15 We have many Sects now abroad; Ranters, Seekers, Shakers, Quakers, and now Creepers.
1654 E. Terrill in R. Barclay Inner Life (1876) 317 Thus, they coming as foretold, they were not known, but afterwards they were called by the name of ‘Quakers’, from people's shaking and quaking that received them and their doctrine.
1679 Tryall R. Langhorn 53 He is no Quaker, for he hath got a Perriwig on.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1656 (1955) III. 179 I had the curiosity to visite some Quakers there in Prison, a new phanatic sect of dangerous Principles, they shew no respect to any man, magistrate or other.
1694 A. de la Pryme Diary 2 Mar. (1870) i. 53 The Quakers..do not now quake, and howl, and foam with their mouths, as they did formerly.
?c1710 Remarks Quakers Case (single sheet) What Reason is there then, that the Quakers, who conscientiously scruple the taking any Oath, should not be Reliev'd, when they willingly submit to greater Penalties for not speaking Truth, than others are subject to, for not swearing Truth?
1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 60 The practice of the people called Quakers, who maintain none of their poor in idleness that are able to work.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 107 By his garb, one would have taken him for a quaker, but he had none of the stiffness of that sect.
1834 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. I. x. 489 The early..quakers in New England displayed little of the mild philosophy..of Penn.
1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville I. 183 In one respect, their religion partakes of the pacific doctrines of the Quakers.
1924 G. B. Shaw St. Joan p. xlvi In war, for instance, we suppress the gospels and put Quakers in prison, muzzle the newspapers, [etc.].
1972 J. G. Davies Dict. Liturgy & Worship 329/1 For Quakers the difference between cleric and layman is irrelevant.
1993 Evening Sun (Baltimore) 8 Apr. b3/4 Quakers believe that God communicates directly to all men and women without intermediary.
4. With allusion to the plainness of the dress traditionally worn by Quakers.
a. Any of various grey or brown European noctuid moths of the genera Orthosia and Agrochola, esp. (in full common quaker) O. cerasi (formerly O. stabilis) and (in full small quaker) O. cruda. Also quaker moth.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > genus Orthosia > member of
Quaker1775
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > genus Orthosia > orthosia stabilis (common quaker)
Quaker1775
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > genus Agrotis (dart-moths) > agrotis castanea
quaker moth1819
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > genus Orthosia > orthosia cruda (small quaker)
Quaker1907
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > member of genus Agrochola (red-line quaker)
Quaker1968
1775 M. Harris Eng. Lepidoptera 41 Quaker... Of a plain brown colour, having a small ring in the middle, and a whitish line near the edge.
1797 E. Donovan Nat. Hist. Brit. Insects V. 31 Phalæna Euphorbiata. Smallest Quaker Moth.
1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 363 Quaker moth.
1829 J. F. Stephens Systematic Catal. Brit. Insects ii. 72 Bo[mbyx] nana: small Quaker-M[oth].
1907 R. South Moths Brit. Isles 1st Ser. 328 The Small Quaker... Most specimens of this species have the fore wings pale greyish ochreous.
1948 W. J. Stokoe Caterpillars Brit. Moths I. 313 The Common Quaker..is on the wing during March and April.
1968 Oxf. Bk. Insects 78/2 Red-line Quaker (Agrochola lota). All four wings of this moth are a dingy blackish-grey colour.
2001 Entomologist's Rec. 113 17 (title) A December record of the Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi (Fabr.)..in West Yorkshire.
b. Any of various birds with partly or wholly grey or brown plumage; spec. (a) a sooty albatross (genus Phoebetria) (obsolete); (b) the monk parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus; (c) the nankeen night heron, Nycticorax caledonicus (obsolete); (d) U.S. regional a female summer tanager, Piranga rubra. See also earlier Quaker bird n. at Compounds 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > order Procellariiformes > [noun] > family Diomedeidae (albatross) > diomedea fusca (sooty albatross)
Quaker1776
sooty albatross1777
stinkard1850
stink-pot1865
stinker1896
the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > genus Nycticorax (night-heron)
Nycticorax1688
shitepoke1775
Quaker1776
night heron1785
qua-bird1792
mudpoke1809
quawk1844
nankeen crane1872
squawk1872
the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > parakeet > miscellaneous types of
ring parakeet1678
Quaker1776
grass parakeet1840
zebra parakeet1856
1776 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 105 Of small birds there are several sorts [in the Falkland Islands]; the red breast,..the white throat; the quaker, from its plumage being of the colour those people wear.
1887 W. T. Greene Parrots in Captivity III. 32 Greenfinches..sit on some of the projecting sprigs of birch of which the nest is built, without the Quakers molesting them in the least.
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Quaker,..the nankeen-bird.
1900 Proc. Los Angeles Soc. Naturalists 108 Piranga rubra... Summer Redbird; Quaker.
1927 Times 31 Jan. 8/4 Fifteen parrakeets; six or seven Quakers, with fresh-coloured beaks and grey breasts.
1934 H. G. Lamond Aviary on Plains 189 There are exceptions, of course, as proved by the choughs—happy families, twelve apostles, quakers, or whatever might be the district name for that bird.
1998 Frederick (Maryland) Post 10 Mar. a10/3 The monks or Quakers, yellow-and-green parrots from Argentina, hang out at the Miami Dolphins' training site..and are often seen grooming each other at dusk.
c. Any of various subdued colours. rare. See Compounds 1a(b).
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > [noun] > names of various colours
general1466
Quaker1923
1923 Daily Mail 21 Feb. 14 (advt.) In Black, Nigger, Putty, Fawn, Quaker.
1924 Manitoba Free Press 28 Oct. 12/4 Colors are fawn, Quaker, reindeer, elephant, tan, nile green and cream.
5. A type of hat. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > other
cap (also hat) of maintenancec1475
hat1483
wishing-hat1600
cockle hat1603
porringer1623
poke1632
custard-cap1649
bonnet1675
muff-box1678
Caroline1687
Quaker1778
meat safe1782
balloon hat1784
gypsy hat1785
cabriolet1797
gypsy bonnet1803
Gypsy1806
Wellington hat1809
fan-tail-hat1810
umbrella hat1817
radical1828
caubeen1831
topi1835
montera1838
Petersham1845
squash hat1860
Moab1864
kiddy1865
flap-hat1866
Dolly Varden1872
brush-hata1877
potae1881
Pope's-hat1886
plateau1890
kelly1915
push-back1920
kiss-me-quick hat1963
pakul1982
tinfoil hat1982
1778 D. Garrick in H. Fielding Fathers Epil. sig. Aiv The high-cock'd, half-cock'd, quaker, and the slouch, Have at ye all!
6. Short for Quaker gun n. at Compounds 2. Now historical.The sense of quot. 1800 is uncertain.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > ship's guns collectively > dummy gun
Quaker gun1809
Quaker1840
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > dummy gun
Quaker gun1809
Quaker1840
1800 W. Cathcart Let. 22 Aug. in Naval Misc. (1902) I. 285 I told them the Triton carried..18-pounders on the main deck..6-pounders on quarter-deck and forecastle, besides cannonades (our real force is 13 twelves, but we have a quaker which I converted into a gun, and 6-pounders).
1829 J. Shipp Mem. Mil. Career I. x. 245 The man of authority in size not much larger than a quaker.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxvii. 88 A Russian government bark,..mounting eight guns (four of which we found to be quakers).
1862 S. F. Du Pont Let. 28 May in Official Rec. Union & Confederate Navies War of Rebellion (U.S. Naval War Rec. Office) (1901) 1st Ser. XIII. 21 An extensive fortification was observed on South Island, with apparently several large guns mounted; but on approaching nearer..the guns proved to be quakers.
1946 G. Stimpson Thousand Things 142 Quaker guns, or quakers is the name given dummy cannon placed in the portholes of ships or the embrasures of forts to deceive the enemy.
1991 Washington Times (Nexis) 25 Jan. (Life section) e1 Thanks to the Quakers, Gen. Johnston fooled Union troops into thinking they faced twice as many cannons as the Rebels actually had.
7. A defective coffee bean, spec. an immature coffee bean which becomes discoloured if roasted. Cf. sense 4.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > coffee manufacture > [noun] > coffee-bean > poor-quality or defective
triage1820
Quaker1894
1894 J. M. Walsh Coffee vi. 193 The roasting process also usually develops in many coffees more or less whitish beans, technically named ‘quakers’.
1924 W. H. Ukers Coffee Merchandising ix. 83 The true Bourbon..makes a much much handsomer roast with fewer ‘quakers’.
1981 N.Y. Times 15 Feb. (Westchester Weekly section) 17/1 He examines the green beans for imperfections such as quakers.
2004 Toronto Star (Nexis) 17 July m1 If a bean is picked before it's ripe, it will not roast and the result is a petrified, discoloured bean. Quakers give a ‘popcorny’ taste to your coffee.

Compounds

C1.
a. General attributive.
(a) In sense ‘of, relating to, or characteristic of the Religious Society of Friends or its members’.
Quaker doctrine n.
ΚΠ
1721 C. Leslie Theol. Wks. II. 179 It shews the true Quaker Doctrine, that Christ had no human Soul, and consequently that he was not truly a Man.
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics II. xi. ii. 266 The Quaker doctrine concerning stillness and quiet.
1909 G. K. Chesterton Orthodoxy v. 135 The Quaker doctrine of the Inner Light.
2005 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 27 Oct. z7-1 Both men..take a more liberal stance than the Quaker doctrines.
Quaker dress n. (also Quaker's dress)
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > set or suit of clothes > [noun] > for specific people > other
wedding-suit1594
Highland dress1703
ihram1704
Quaker dress1718
cap and gown1853
montuno1941
silks1946
hanbok1952
montuna1955
samfu1955
strip1974
1718 S. Centlivre Bold Stroke for Wife v. 51 Enter Mrs. Prim, and Mrs. Lovely in Quakers Dress.
1787 M. Cutler Jrnl. 13 July in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 267 I saw a short, fat, trunched old man, in a plain Quaker dress.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. v. 112 She looked like St Catherine in a quaker dress.
1917 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Instit. 47 14 He was then a man of 39, wearing, as he always did, the Quaker dress.
2005 News & Rec. (Greensboro, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 31 Oct. b1 Someone saw a woman dressed in Quaker dress walk from the white-painted brick house to the red barn.
Quaker-linen n.
ΚΠ
1788 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) VII. 24 Let there be no Quaker-linen,—proverbially so called, for their exquisite fineness.
1942 Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana) 19 Nov. 3 (advt.) Beautiful Quaker linen lace dinner cloths in the large 72 by 90 inch size. Of American Quaker that does not easily soil or wrinkle.
1968 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Jrnl. 22 Sept. (advt.) 34 sets only, Quaker linen place mat sets.
Quaker meditation n.
ΚΠ
1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings II. l. 95 After sitting awhile in quaker meditation.
1912 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily News 19 Sept. 6/5 (heading) Quaker meditations.
2003 Winston Salem (N. Carolina) Jrnl. (Nexis) 1 Feb. 7 Praying through art is like Quaker meditation. It seems simple enough, maybe even silly to some, until you sit down and try to do it.
quaker pride n. Obsolete
ΚΠ
1769 New Foundling Hosp. for Wit: Pt. 3rd 100 The epithet humble, by no means suited the man, who could not disguise that quaker-pride, which is the most disgusting thing in the world, and ridiculously assumes the name of humility.
(b) Designating subdued colours (cf. sense 4).
Quaker-brown n. and adj.
ΚΠ
1771 C. Powys Passages from Diaries Mrs. Powys (1899) 146 This room leads to the eating-room, in which the colour of the stucco painted of a Quaker brown.
1851 E. C. Gaskell Let. c28 Mar. (1966) 147 I have got a new silk gown, quaker-brown coloured.
1915 D. Dewar in Birds of Indian Hills 60 His head, neck and upper breast are black, while the rest of his plumage is quaker-brown.
2005 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel (Nexis) 15 May 7 President Abraham Lincoln lived in Illinois' capital city..and his Quaker-brown home where he raised his family remains open for tours.
Quaker green n. and adj. (also Quaker's green)
ΚΠ
1855 Times 12 Apr. 1/1 (advt.) Electric colours, dry and ground in oil, comprising yellow and green chromes, emerald and Quaker's green.
1962 Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune 21 Feb. 13/4 In line with much new furniture, this piece may be had in a painted finish, a soft Quaker green with gold decorations.
2001 Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) (Nexis) 26 Sept. 10 The majestic home is Quaker green with white trim and stands five and one-half feet off the ground.
Quaker grey n. and adj.
ΚΠ
1850 F. S. L. Osgood Poems 156 In Quaker gray or simple white, Your modest loveliness array.
1872 W. E. Webb Buffalo Land iv. 69 [The male prairie chicken in spring] is a very different bird from the same individual in his Quaker gray and respectable summer and fall habits.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 479 In quakergrey kneebreeches and broadbrimmed hat.
2002 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 26 Oct. i1 A gently curved three-storey wall in quaker grey rises through the house and divides the library from the stairwell.
b. Similative.
Quaker-looking adj.
ΚΠ
1792 J. Wolcot Ode to Irony in Wks. (1812) III. 39 Who laughest not, thou Quaker-looking wight.
1857 Harper's Mag. Oct. 664/2 A mighty pretty face under that Quaker-looking bonnet!
1965 R. L. Gale Barron's Simplified Approach to Thoreau's Walden 11 The following winter he grew a Quaker-looking beard to protect his sensitive throat from the biting cold.
C2.
Quaker bird n. any of various birds with partly or wholly grey or brown plumage (cf. sense 4b); spec. (a) a sooty albatross (genus Phoebetria) (obsolete); (b) U.S. (now historical) the cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum; (c) the monk parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus.
ΚΠ
1772 J. R. Forster Jrnl. 5 Dec. in ‘Resolution’ Jrnl. (1982) II. 189 We saw some Quackerbirds.
1872 Chambers's Encycl. I. 106/2 There are seven species of this genus. One of these (D. fuliginosa), chiefly found within the Antarctic Circle, is called by sailors the Quaker Bird, on account of the prevailing brown colour of its plumage.
1890 Birds Pennsylvania 258 Ampelis cedrorum... Cedar Waxwing... Quaker-bird.
1927 Times 31 Jan. 8/4 About 46 birds were missing. They include parrakeets, love birds, and Quaker birds.
1998 Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 10 Dec. a12/4 Ken's index includes the obsolete bird names... Quaker bird is the cedar waxwing.
Quaker bonnet n. A bonnet of a type characteristically worn by members of the Society of Friends, having a projecting poke or brim; cf. poke bonnet n. 2.
ΚΠ
1792 J. O'Keeffe Wild Oats (new ed.) iii. 37 My lady Niece..in her little mean Quaker Bonnet.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. iii. 54 Dinah had taken off her little quaker bonnet again.
1933 Amer. Speech 8 13/2 One who still wears the old-time Quaker bonnet or broad-brimmed hat; or who calls everyone thee regardless of denominational differences.
2006 Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) (Nexis) 21 May 14 (Mag.) Of special interest is a portrait of young Dolly Madison wearing a Quaker bonnet.
Quaker buttons n. (also quaker's button) U.S. (the seeds of) the nux vomica tree, Strychnos nux-vomica, from which strychnine is obtained.In quot. 2004: apparently Strychnos toxifera.
ΚΠ
1864 Friends' Intelligencer 16 Apr. 93/2 The fruit [of the nux vomica] is about the size of a small orange..and consists of a soft white pulp..and numerous flat seeds..of a greyish white color, very hard and tough, and are often known as ‘quaker buttons’.
1875 Amer. Cycl. XII. 546/1 Nux vomica... The seeds..are called dog beans, and sometimes, on account of their drab color, ‘Quaker buttons’.
1938 Mail (Charleroi, Pa.) 12 Nov. 5/4 Strychnine..is obtained from the seeds of the..poison-nut tree... The seeds are also commonly known..as..‘Quaker buttons’.
2004 Guardian (Nexis) 5 Apr. (Home section) 9 Strychnine. Known innocuously as Quaker's Button, the plant is the source of the South American poison curare and can only be grown under licence.
Quaker cap n. A soft, close-fitting, woman's cap of a type characteristically worn by members of the Society of Friends.
ΚΠ
1822 M. Edgeworth Let. 16 Mar. (1971) 373 Enter Mrs. Fry in drab colored silk cloak and plain borderless quaker cap.
1856 M. J. Holmes Homestead iv. viii. 220 Grandma, in rich black silk and plain Quaker cap, was hovering near her favorite child.
1907 Fresno (Calif.) Morning Republican 19 Dec. 6/2 A demure Quakeress whose sweet face and pretty silvery tresses beneath the Quaker cap proclaimed her one of the clubs most cherished members.
2002 C. Mattingly Appropriate[Ing] Dress i. 32 A young man..uses her Quaker bonnet to make her acquaintance, bowing and asking for a Quaker cap because he has promised one to his sister.
Quaker City n. U.S. Philadelphia, U.S.A.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in North America > Philadelphia
Quaker City1834
Philly1869
1834 C. D. Arfwedson U.S. & Canada in 1832, 1833, & 1834 I. xiii. 275 The environs of Philadelphia are really of the most enchanting character... I enjoyed a most extensive and beautiful view of the Quaker City.
1845 G. Lippard (title) The Quaker City: or, the monks of Monk-Hall: a romance of Philadelphia life, mystery, and crime.
1903 Critic (N.Y.) Aug. 190 Sketches of Philadelphia life and society by a New York woman who..does not find the Quaker city so ‘slow’ as is generally represented.
2005 J. McKinney & R. Gordon Tales from St. Joseph's Hardwood i. 8 He may be new to the Quaker City, but he is wise to the ways of Philly hoops.
Quaker collar n. a broad flat collar of a type characteristically worn by members of the Society of Friends.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > collar > types of > other
rabat1578
falling band1581
rebato1589
fall1598
piccadill1607
golilla1673
collarettea1685
banda1700
turn-over1716
Vandyke1755
falling-down collar1758
falling collar1770
fall-down?1796
yoke collar1817
rabatine1821
dicky1830
dog collar1852
Piccadilly collar1853
all-rounder1854
all round1855
turnover collara1861
Quaker collar1869
Eton collar1875
Toby collar1885
Eton1887
sailor collar1895
roll-neck1898
Shakespeare collar1907
polo collar1909
white-collar1910
tab collar1928
Peter Pan collar1948
tie-neck1968
1869 Times 4 May 9/5 Grave men in black frock coats with Quaker collars..glided about like shadows in a room.
1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 267/2 Quaker collar, broad flat collar, similar to Puritan collar.
2002 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator (Nexis) 28 Sept. d5 The times when a ‘respectable’ woman kept her burgeoning belly shrouded..in tent-like dresses topped by Quaker collars.
Quaker colour n. (also Quaker's colour) a subdued colour; any of various drab or subdued colours; cf. sense 4.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [noun] > drab or dingy grey
grey1664
Quaker colour1773
tattle-tale grey1943
1773 Particulars Mrs. Bendysh in J. Hughes Lett. J. Hughes et al. 169 Her highest dress being a plain silk, but it was usually of the richest sort, though, as far as I remember, of what is called a quaker's colour.
1776 Husband's Resentment I. iv. 32 I, on this Occasion, wore a Night Gown of pale Quaker Colour, that is a Sort of brown, over a white Silk Petticoat.
1894 Davenport (Iowa) Sunday Leader 15 Apr. 2/1 A very pretty gray, rather elaborate, has a broad stripe of the Quaker color closely lined with black.
2001 Northern Echo (Nexis) 31 Oct. 6 b We wore uniforms in Quaker colours and everything in our office had to be neat and tidy.
Quaker-coloured adj. of a Quaker colour.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > drab or dingy grey
Quaker-coloured?1757
prison-grey1882
?1757 Mem. B—— Tracey 144 All he could remember, was, that she had on a Quaker coloured Stuff, or Camlet Gown, which it is possible might be the Dress of all the Maid-Servants in the Family.
1820 J. Keats Let. 28 Jan. (1958) II. 247 Your mother's old quaker-colour'd Cat.
1869 L. M. Alcott Little Women II. xiii. 198 Mother said they [sc. the birds] reminded her of me—busy, quaker-colored creatures, always near the shore.
1954 G. E. Linton Mod. Textile Dict. 518/2 Quaker Colored, gray or neutral and inconspicuous in cloth and apparel.
Quaker grass n. English regional = quaking grass n.
ΚΠ
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. 655/2 Quaker-grass, the shaking grass. Worc.
1929 Times 21 June 17/6 A wet patch in the meadow often betrays itself by a red splash of ragged robin; a gravelly brow runs to light quaker-grass or parasitic yellow rattle.
1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 396 Quaking-grass, Briza media (VN: Quaker grass, Toddling grass, [etc.]).
Quaker gun n. [with allusion to the pacifist principles of the Society of Friends.] chiefly U.S. a dummy gun or cannon, esp. one used to deceive an enemy; cf. sense 6. Now historical.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > ship's guns collectively > dummy gun
Quaker gun1809
Quaker1840
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > dummy gun
Quaker gun1809
Quaker1840
1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iv. iii. 216 A formidable battery of quaker guns.
1890 C. W. Haskins Argonauts of Calif. 36 It was even possible sometimes to frighten one of them to death by running out of the port-hole a Quaker gun.
1988 Handgunner July–Aug. 43/3 The first gun of his own manufacture was a drill musket, or Quaker gun, made from a Civil War musket with the barrel replaced by a wooden one.
2006 Civil War Times Illustr. May 40 The Federals did not employ the Quaker gun ruse nearly as often as their Confederate counterparts—but were usually successful when they did.
Quaker ladies n. U.S. the North American plant bluets, Houstonia caerulea; (also) its delicate pale blue flowers.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > woodruff > allied flowers
woodruff1597
squinancy-wort1713
houstonia1764
quinsy wort1799
Venus's pride1845
bouvardia1846
Quaker ladies1871
1871 Scribner's Monthly 2 102 In yonder woods, where hepatica, and May-blossoms, and Quaker-ladies twinkle into life.
1946 D. C. Peattie Road of Naturalist (U.K. ed.) v. 58 There are bluets around Stonybrook in Jersey..called also ‘innocence’ and ‘Quaker ladies’.
1990 D. Kline Great Possessions (1993) ii. 68 There were also bluets... Also called quaker ladies and innocence by some, they are very pretty.
Quaker meeting n. (also Quakers' meeting) a religious meeting of members of the Society of Friends, in which those attending remain silent until moved by the Spirit to speak; (in extended use) any silent or solemn meeting.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > meeting for observance > [noun] > of Quakers
Quaker meeting1656
sitting1771
society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [noun] > a meeting > types of
morn-speechOE
court1154
morrow-speech1183
conventicle1382
congregation1389
plenary session1483
journeyc1500
night school1529
assession1560
general meeting1565
family meeting1638
panegyris1647
desk1691
collegea1703
annual general meeting1725
mass meeting1733
panegyre1757
plenum1772
family council1797
coterie1805
Round Table1830
GA1844
indignation meeting1848
protest meeting1852
hui1858
primary1859
Quaker meeting1861
mothers' meeting1865
sit-down1868
town hall1912
jamboree1919
protest rally1921
con1940
face-to-face1960
morning prayers1961
struggle meeting1966
be-in1967
love-in1967
plenary1969
catch-up1972
rencontre1975
schmoozefest1976
1656 True Relation Dispute Fullwood & Salt-house To Rdr. sig. B2 It seemeth strange to some, that Mr Fullwood would venture to go into the Quakers meeting.
1659 in Compact with Charter & Laws of Colony of New Plymouth (1836) II. 125 Others thinke it meet to p[er]mitt some p[er]sons to frequent the Quaker meetings to endeavor to reduce them form [sic] the error of theire wayes.
1751 J. Brown Ess. Characteristics 32 The finest speaker..would in vain point the thunder of his eloquence on a quaker-meeting.
1800 W. F. Mavor Brit. Nepos (ed. 2) xxiii. 286 After enduring another imprisonment for attending a quaker meeting, he [sc. William Penn] visited Holland and Germany.
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. x. 178 Isn't it very ridiculous..that we four should be standing here in a sort of Quakers' meeting.
1999 J. Burchill Married Alive v. 65 A shameless..meat market that makes the average teenage thrash look like a Quaker meeting.
quaker moth n. see sense 4a.
Quaker Oats n. (also with lower-case initials) (a proprietary name for) oats used esp. for making porridge.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > oatmeal
oatmeal1381
havermealc1440
lithe1688
round meal1792
Quaker Oats1889
1889 Davenport (Iowa) Morning Tribune 8 June Our affable samplers will present every lady free of charge a 1-4 lb package of Quaker Oats—please try it.
1894 Trade Marks Jrnl. 5 Dec. 984 Pure Quaker Oats... Rolled white oats for use as food. The American Cereal Company,..Chicago, Illinois.
1921 R. Macaulay Dangerous Ages i. 11 The annoyances and disappointments..such as quaker oats because the grape-nuts had come to an end.
1980 G. Greene Dr. Fischer iv. 28 Do you happen to know anything about porridge? Real porridge I mean. Not Quaker Oats.
Quaker parakeet n. chiefly U.S. the monk parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus; cf. Quaker bird n. (c), Quaker parrot n.
ΚΠ
1887 W. T. Greene Parrots in Captivity III. 29 The nidificating instinct of the Quaker Parrakeet.
1926 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 20 Oct. 5/6 (advt.) Quaker Parakeets $12.00 a pair.
1999 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 12 Apr. b1 The monk or Quaker parakeets are South American birds imported as pets... They now breed in the wild.
Quaker parrot n. chiefly U.S. the monk parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus; cf. Quaker bird n. (c), Quaker parakeet n.
ΚΠ
1883 W. T. Greene Parrots in Captivity (1884) I. 76 Are the accounts of the nest built of sticks by the Quaker Parrot (Bolborhynchus monachus cinereicollis)..not sufficient?
1971 Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 10 July Mag. section 1/1 Take..those Quaker parrots (the ones with the ash grey heads).
1999 M. S. Athan Guide Compan. Parrot Behavior iv. 70/2 One of the most exciting aspects of..the quaker parrot is the sheer number of words these birds can acquire.
Quaker State n. U.S. the State of Pennsylvania.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > specific states > Pennsylvania
Keystone State1831
Pa.1831
keystone1839
Quaker State1844
1839 Liberator 20 Sept. 1/4 It could not now be said that the Quaker state of Pennsylvania imprisons her citizens for non-compliance with a law which their consciences forbid them to obey.]
1844 Weekly Messenger 28 Feb. 1762/6 The honor of Pennsylvania, the Quaker State.
1902 Washington Post 27 Nov. 1/8 Mr. Evans..says that there are five hundred young men longing for a partner from the Quaker State.
2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 May a14 Republican leaders..[had] better pay attention to what just happened in the Quaker State's elections.
quaker string n. Obsolete a type of string-board (stringboard n. at string n. Compounds 2) for a staircase.
ΚΠ
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 598 Sometimes the risers are mitred to the brackets, and sometimes mitred with quaker strings.

Derivatives

ˈQuakerdom n. Quakers collectively; Quakerism.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Quakerism > [noun]
quaking1653
Quakerism1656
Quakery1657
friendism1815
Quakerdom1824
1824 R. Southey Let. 3 Apr. in Notes & Queries (1975) Sept. 403/2 My designs upon George Fox have, as you may suppose, excited a stir throughout all Quakerdom.
1855 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 22 445 Ellwood was a convert to Quakerdom.
1931 Quest Apr. 17/2 If Quakerdom is out to help a staggering Protestantism to discover a new and living centre, it..must do it by calling it back or urging it on to an appreciation of the inner light.
2003 Pasadena (Calif.) Star-News (Nexis) 5 June Quaker parents whose lineage in Quakerdom goes back as far as mine.
Quakerian adj. Obsolete = Quakeristic adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Quakerism > [adjective]
quaking1653
yea-and-nay1656
Quaker-like1657
friendly1671
Quakerish1678
Quakerly1684
Quakeristical1685
Quakerian1696
Foxian1821
Quakeric1847
1696 tr. G. Croese Gen. Hist. Quakers App. 1 Some Annotations upon diverse things related in the Latine Book, called, The Quakerian History of Gerard Croes, concerning me G. K.
1838 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (ed. 2) 1st Ser. 163 The jacobinical metonomatosis of the months..might be lookt upon as a parody of the quakerian.
1867 Harper's Mag. Oct. 679/1 A Quakerian resident was taking a visiting friend out to see the romantic scenery and admire the beautiful monuments.
Quakeric adj. Obsolete rare = Quakeristic adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Quakerism > [adjective]
quaking1653
yea-and-nay1656
Quaker-like1657
friendly1671
Quakerish1678
Quakerly1684
Quakeristical1685
Quakerian1696
Foxian1821
Quakeric1847
1847 T. B. Macaulay in G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) II. 215 Translate the following passage into the Quakeric dialect.
Quakeˈristic adj. of, relating to, or characteristic of a Quaker or Quakers; Quakerish.
ΚΠ
1678 J. Brown Quakerisme Path-way to Paganisme (end matter) The very aire of Christianity is made blak and infected with Quakeristick Antichristian Blasphemies.
1855 F. S. Cozzens in Putnam's Monthly Mag. Nov. 507/1 Strikingly quakeristic.
1981 V. de Grazia tr. E. de Martino in Culture of Consent (2002) 44 Quakeristic and pietistic philanthropy.
Quakeristical adj. Obsolete = Quakeristic adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Quakerism > [adjective]
quaking1653
yea-and-nay1656
Quaker-like1657
friendly1671
Quakerish1678
Quakerly1684
Quakeristical1685
Quakerian1696
Foxian1821
Quakeric1847
1685 Answ. Duke of Buckingham on Lib. Consc. 12 I should suspect the Pensilvanian had Tutor'd him with this Quakeristical Divinity.
1699 T. Edwards Paraselene dismantled of her Cloud 273/2 Our Author flies to the Popish and Quakeristical Method of crying up Holiness.
Quakership n. Obsolete the condition of being a Quaker.
ΚΠ
1823 J. Neal Errata I. xv. 231 I was willing to take advantage of my quakership; at least, so far as to escape militia service.
1826 B. Barton Let. 16 Feb. in Mem., Lett., & Poems (1849) 48 'Twould be cook-ship versus Quaker-ship.
1844 J. G. Tyler Dec. in R. Seager And Tyler Too (1963) xi. 255 Respectability in her Quakership.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.a1425
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/2/6 12:01:29