单词 | ragged staff |
释义 | ragged staffn. 1. Heraldry. A representation of a staff with projecting stumps or knobs; an actual staff of this kind.Frequently with reference to the badge or crest of the Earls of Warwick, on which a bear is depicted with a ragged staff. The crest has also become associated more generally with the county of Warwickshire. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > specific emblems, badges, or cognizances > of noble houses ragged staff1397 red rose1415 rosea1460 white rosea1460 Stafford knot1552 white horse1814 society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [noun] > in form of bar, pole, rod, etc. stingc725 stakec893 sowelc900 tree971 rungOE shaftc1000 staffc1000 stockc1000 poleOE spritOE luga1250 lever1297 stanga1300 perchc1300 raftc1330 sheltbeam1336 stower1371 palea1382 spar1388 spire1392 perk1396 ragged staff1397 peela1400 slot1399 plantc1400 heck-stower1401 sparkin1408 cammockc1425 sallow stakec1440 spoke1467 perk treec1480 yard1480 bode1483 spit1485 bolm1513 gada1535 ruttock1542 stob1550 blade1558 wattle1570 bamboo1598 loggat1600 barling1611 sparret1632 picket1687 tringle1706 sprund1736 lug-pole1773 polting lug1789 baton1801 stuckin1809 rack-pin1821 picket-pin1844 I-iron1874 pricker1875 stag1881 podger1888 window pole1888 verge1897 sallow pole1898 lat1899 swizzle-stick1962 1397 Inquisition Misc. (P.R.O.: C 145/266/12) j lectus cum integr. celur. de blod. Satyn embroidat. cum ragget staues in j nigr. plake de veluet. c1450 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 202 (MED) The Bere..hath lost his ragged staff. 1462 J. Paston Inventory in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 108 A ragged staff wyth diuers presious stones deliuerid to the Kyng by the assent and comaundement of my lord of Caunterbury. 1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 73 The pepulle sayd dyvers that ther was the ragyd staffe. 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 v. i. 201 Old Neuels crest, The Rampant Beare chaind to the ragged staffe. 1660 Booke Remayne Office of Armory in Archaeol. Jrnl. (1847) 4 349 Upon a like Horse, one Armour complete, cap-a-pe, engraven with the ragged staffe, made for the Earle of Leicester. 1690 W. Temple Ess. Gardens of Epicurus in Wks. (1731) I. 185 [Vines] should be left but like a Ragged Staff, not above two or three Eyes at most upon the Bearing Branches. 1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Penrith A T.-house..beautified with Bears climbing up a ragged staff. 1796 T. Holcroft Man of Ten Thousand 87 With bludgeon arm'd, to knock down those that laugh, He sallies forth..the Bear and ragged staff! 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xi. 178 The black ragged staff, his badge. 1884 Church Bells 6 Sept. 940 In the roof are bosses, on one of which is carved a bear and ragged staff, for Beauchamp. 1944 M. Waldman Elizabeth & Leicester (1945) ii. 37 The Bear and the Ragged Staff, distinctive badge of the Earls of Warwick, proclaimed on his servants' liveries the revival of the historic title. 1991 Daily Tel. 18 Feb. 6/7 Among the similarities are the ragged staff edgemould, a pointed leaf with a raised spine, his woodpeckers and entwined stems. ΚΠ 1782 T. Pasley Jrnl. 1 Mar. in Private Sea Jrnls. (1931) 235 Early this morning saw a sail right ahead; gave chase and about 8 came up along side a Spanish Brigg, when she hauled down her Ragged Staff. 1805 W. Hunter in Naval Chron. 13 13 I was one day watering at the ragged Staff. (Note. So called from the Stump Mast..fitted into the Launch, when sent to get water, in order to hoist the Casks in and out.) This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1397 |
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