单词 | sheeps head |
释义 | sheep's headn. 1. The head of a sheep; the dish consisting of this. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > mutton > [noun] > sheep's head sheep's head1542 wether heada1796 James1827 jemmy1836 mutton chop1864 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > body and parts of > head of sheep's head1542 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth v. sig. C.iiiv Nowe to sende for breade, and by and by to sende for a shepes heade. 1568 (a1500) Freiris Berwik 254 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 268 Sowsit nolt fute and scheipheid. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 211 The servants had been informed..that there was nothing to eat in Scotland, but oat-meal and sheep's-heads. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 810 Like a sheep-head on a tangs. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Barber Cox in Comic Almanack 16 I was..set, as is the custom in our trade, to practise on a sheep's-head..before I was allowed to venture on the humane countenance. 2. a. A fool, simpleton. †Also as adj., stupid. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] sloweOE stuntc960 dullOE hardOE stuntlyc1000 sotc1050 dillc1175 dulta1225 simplea1325 heavy1340 astonedc1374 sheepishc1380 dull-witteda1387 lourd1390 steerishc1411 ass-likea1425 brainless?a1439 deafc1440 sluggishc1450 short-witted1477 obtuse1509 peakish1519 wearish1519 deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520 doileda1522 gross1526 headlessa1530 stulty1532 ass-headed1533 pot-headed1533 stupid?1541 sheep's head1542 doltish1543 dumpish1545 assish1548 blockish1548 slow-witted1548 blockheaded1549 surd1551 dull-headed1552 hammer-headed1552 skit-brained?1553 buzzardly1561 witless1562 log-headeda1566 assy1566 sottish1566 dastardly1567 stupidious1567 beetle-headed1570 calvish1570 bluntish1578 cod's-headed1578 grout-headed1578 bedaft1579 dull-pated1580 blate1581 buzzard-like1581 long-eared1582 dullard1583 woodena1586 duncical1588 leaden-headed1589 buzzard1592 dorbellical1592 dunstical1592 heavy-headeda1593 shallow-brained1592 blunt-witted1594 mossy1597 Bœotian1598 clay-brained1598 fat1598 fat-witted1598 knotty-pated1598 stupidous1598 wit-lost1599 barren1600 duncifiedc1600 lourdish1600 stockish1600 thick1600 booby1603 leaden-pated1603 partless1603 thin-headed1603 leaden-skulledc1604 blockhead1606 frost-brained1606 ram-headed1608 beef-witted1609 insulse1609 leaden-spirited1609 asininec1610 clumse1611 blockheadly1612 wattle-headed1613 flata1616 logger-headeda1616 puppy-headeda1616 shallow-patedc1616 thick-brained1619 half-headed1621 buzzard-blinda1625 beef-brained1628 toom-headed1629 thick-witted1634 woollen-witted1635 squirrel-headed1637 clod-pated1639 lean-souled1639 muddy-headed1642 leaden-witteda1645 as sad as any mallet1645 under-headed1646 fat-headed1647 half-witted1647 insipid1651 insulsate1652 soft-headed1653 thick-skulleda1657 muddish1658 non-intelligent1659 whey-brained1660 sap-headed1665 timber-headed1666 leather-headeda1668 out of (one's) tree1669 boobily1673 thoughtless1673 lourdly1674 logger1675 unintelligenta1676 Bœotic1678 chicken-brained1678 under-witted1683 loggerhead1684 dunderheaded1692 unintelligible1694 buffle-headed1697 crassicc1700 numbskulled1707 crassous1708 doddy-polled1708 haggis-headed1715 niddy-noddy1722 muzzy1723 pudding-headed1726 sumphish1728 pitcher-souleda1739 duncey1743 hebete1743 chuckheaded1756 dumb1756 duncely1757 imbecile1766 mutton-headed1768 chuckle-headed1770 jobbernowl1770 dowfarta1774 boobyish1778 wittol1780 staumrel1787 opaquec1789 stoopid1791 mud-headed1793 borné1795 muzzy-headed1798 nog-headed1800 thick-headed1801 gypit1804 duncish1805 lightweight1809 numbskull1814 tup-headed1816 chuckle-pate1820 unintellectuala1821 dense1822 ninnyish1822 dunch1825 fozy1825 potato-headed1826 beef-headed1828 donkeyish1831 blockheadish1833 pinheaded1837 squirrel-minded1837 pumpkin-headed1838 tomfoolish1838 dundering1840 chicken-headed1842 like a bump on a log1842 ninny-minded1849 numbheadeda1852 nincompoopish1852 suet-brained1852 dolly1853 mullet-headed1853 sodden1853 fiddle-headed1854 numb1854 bovine1855 logy1859 crass1861 unsmart1861 off his chump1864 wooden-headed1865 stupe1866 lean-minded1867 duffing1869 cretinous1871 doddering1871 thick-head1873 doddling1874 stupido1879 boneheaded1883 woolly-headed1883 leaden-natured1889 suet-headed1890 sam-sodden1891 dopey1896 turnip-headed1898 bonehead1903 wool-witted1905 peanut-headed1906 peanut-brained1907 dilly1909 torpid-minded1909 retardate1912 nitwitted1917 meat-headed1918 mug1922 cloth-headed1925 loopy1925 nitwit1928 lame-brained1929 dead from the neck up1930 simpy1932 nail-headed1936 square-headed1936 dingbats1937 pinhead1939 dim-witted1940 pea-brained1942 clueless1943 lobotomized1943 retarded1949 pointy-headed1950 clottish1952 like a stunned mullet1953 silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954 out to lunch1955 pin-brained1958 dozy1959 eejity1964 out of one's tiny mind1965 doofus1967 twitty1967 twittish1969 twatty1975 twattish1976 blur1977 dof1979 goofus1981 dickheaded1991 dickish1991 numpty1992 cockish1996 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > fool, simpleton > [noun] boinarda1300 daffc1325 goky1377 nicea1393 unwiseman1400 totc1425 alphinc1440 dawc1500 hoddypeak1500 dawpatea1529 hoddypolla1529 noddy1534 kimec1535 coxcomb1542 sheep1542 sheep's head1542 goose1547 dawcock1556 nodgecock1566 peak-goosea1568 hottie tottie?c1570 Tom Towly1582 wittol1588 goose-cap1589 nodgecomb1592 ninny1593 chicken1600 fopdoodle16.. hoddy-noddy1600 hoddy-doddy1601 peagoose1606 fopster1607 nazold1607 nupson1607 wigeon1607 fondrel1613 simpleton1639 pigwidgeon1640 simpletonian1652 Tony1654 nizy1673 Simple Simon?1673 Tom Farthing1674 totty-head1680 cockcomb1684 cod1699 nikin1699 sap-pate1699 simpkin1699 mackninnya1706 gilly-gaupus?1719 noodle1720 sapskull1735 gobbin?1746 Judy1781 zanya1784 spoony1795 sap-head1798 spoon1799 gomerel1814 sap1815 neddy1818 milestone1819 sunket1823 sunketa1825 gawp1825 gawpy1825 gawpus1826 Tomnoddy1826 Sammy1828 tammie norie1828 Tommy1828 gom1834 noodlehead1835 nowmun1854 gum-sucker1855 flat-head1862 peggy1869 noodledum1883 jay1884 toot1888 peanut head1891 simp1903 sappyhead1922 Arkie1927 putz1928 steamer1932 jerk-off1939 drongo1942 galah1945 Charley1946 nong-nong1959 mouth-breather1979 twonk1981 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. f. 109 Those persones, who wer sely poore solles..wer euen then..by a commen prouerbe called sheepes heddes, or sheepe. 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles ii. i Kisse her you sheepes-head. 1624 J. Gee Foot out of Snare App. 108 I suppose..[he] hath better deuices then this simple sheepes~head inuention. 1780 Mirror No. 98 What a powdered sheep's-head have we got here? 1878 J. Payne tr. F. Villon Poems 87 My poor orphans..Are grown in age, and wit likewise. No sheepsheads are they. b. Cards. A simple form of skat. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > skat skat1864 schafkopf1886 sheep's head1886 1886 E. E. Lemcke Skat 4 Skat is of quite recent origin... It bears a great resemblance to the Wendish game of ‘Schafskopf’ (Sheepshead) and ‘Dreiben’ (three legs). 1913 Off. Rules Card Games (U.S. Playing Card Co.) (ed. 17) 205 Schafkopf..(Sheepshead)... Object of the Game—To win in tricks certain cards of counting value as follows: A's, 11, 10, K's 4, Q's 3, and J's 2. 1939 C. Isherwood Goodbye to Berlin 186 A group of youths..were playing Sheep's Head. 1951 F. Brown Murder can be Fun iv. 57 I knew he played schaffskopf—sheepshead... It's a three-handed game. 1976 National Skat & Sheepshead Q. Dec. 21 Fred Suter always wanted to prove that Sheepshead players will back a Classic Tournament. 3. A large and much esteemed food fish, Archosargus or Diplodus probatocephalus ( Sargus ovis), abundant on the coasts of the United States. Also applied to similar fishes in North America, esp. the marine Archosargus rhomboidalis of Florida and the freshwater drumfish, Aplodinatus grunniens.So called from a supposed resemblance of the head to a sheep's. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sparidae (sea-breams) > [noun] > miscellaneous types of sheep's head1676 stompneus1705 melanure1828 steentjie1893 zebra1905 sweet-lip1934 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sciaenidae (drums) > [noun] > member of genus Haplodinotus drummer1615 drum1649 sheep's head1676 bubbler1819 thunder-pumper1877 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sciaenidae (drums) > [noun] > member of genus Cynoscion (squeteague) bass1530 trout1604 weakfish1686 sea bass1765 corvina1787 salmon1798 sheep's head1836 squeteague1838 grey trout1856 white trout1861 roncador1867 shad-trout1884 squit1884 bastard trout1888 wheat-fish1888 yellowfin1888 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sciaenidae (drums) > [noun] > genus Sciaena > member of shadow-fish1598 yellowtaila1622 kingfish1653 corvina1787 malachigan1793 sheep's head1836 roncador1867 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Ephippidae (spade-fishes) > chaetodipterous faber (spade-fish) moonfish1646 spade-fish1704 porgy1725 angelfish1888 sheep's head1888 1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 624 In the Rivers are great plenty and variety of delicate Fish; one kind whereof is by the English called a Sheepshead. 1796 T. Twining Trav. Amer. (1894) 156 The Americans..have given the appellation of sheepshead to the most esteemed fish of their coast. 1836 J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana III. 65 Sciæna (Corvina) Richardsonii. The Malasheganè inhabits Lake Huron... It is called ‘Sheep's-head’ by the Anglo-Canadians. 1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 220/2 The sheep's-head and channel bass abounded. 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 146 The Moonfish or Spadefish, Chætodipterus faber..at Beaufort N.C. where it is called the Porgee or Porgy... Three-tail Sheepshead and Three-tailed Porgee are names said to have been formerly in use among the New York fishermen. 1897 Outing 30 435/2 The ‘sheeps~head’ (freshwater drum), a good-looking, silvery fish. 1924 J. O. La Gorce Bk. Fishes 71/2 The Sheepshead belongs to the Porgy family. 1962 K. F. Lagler et al. Ichthyol. v. 147 In some fishes such as the sheepshead and the sea bream (Archosargus) they [sc. the cutting teeth] look almost human. 1979 South Padre Parade (South Padre Island, Texas) Dec. 6/3 These visiting fishermen caught their limit while fishing locally for speckled trout and sheepshead. 4. Short for sheep's-head clock n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > other types of clock watch-clock1592 German clock1598 quarter clocka1631 wheel-clock1671 table clocka1684 month clock1712 astronomical clock1719 musical clock1721 repeater1725 Tompion1727 pulling clock1733 regulator1735 eight-day clock1741 regulator clock1750 French clock1757 repetition clock1765 day clock1766 striker1778 chiming clock1789 cuckoo-clock1789 night clock1823 telltale1827 carriage clock1828 fly-clock1830 steeple clock1830 telltale clock1832 skeleton clock1842 telegraph clock1842 star clock1850 weight-clock1850 prison clock1853 crystal clock1854 pillar scroll top clock1860 sheep's-head clock1872 presentation clock1875 pillar clock1880 stop-clock1881 Waterbury1882 calendar-clock1884 ting-tang clock1884 birdcage clock1886 sheep's head1887 perpetual calendar1892 bracket clock1894 Act of Parliament clock1899 cartel clock1899 banjo-clock1903 master clock1904 lantern clock1913 time clock1919 evolutionary clock1922 lancet clock1922 atomic clock1927 quartz clock1934 clock radio1946 real-time clock1953 organ clock1956 molecular clock1974 travelling clock2014 1887 Notes & Queries 7th Ser. 3 285 The square-faced [clocks] were ‘sheep's head’, and the round-faced ‘wag o' th' wall’. Compounds sheep's-head clock n. a clock having the works exposed to view. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > other types of clock watch-clock1592 German clock1598 quarter clocka1631 wheel-clock1671 table clocka1684 month clock1712 astronomical clock1719 musical clock1721 repeater1725 Tompion1727 pulling clock1733 regulator1735 eight-day clock1741 regulator clock1750 French clock1757 repetition clock1765 day clock1766 striker1778 chiming clock1789 cuckoo-clock1789 night clock1823 telltale1827 carriage clock1828 fly-clock1830 steeple clock1830 telltale clock1832 skeleton clock1842 telegraph clock1842 star clock1850 weight-clock1850 prison clock1853 crystal clock1854 pillar scroll top clock1860 sheep's-head clock1872 presentation clock1875 pillar clock1880 stop-clock1881 Waterbury1882 calendar-clock1884 ting-tang clock1884 birdcage clock1886 sheep's head1887 perpetual calendar1892 bracket clock1894 Act of Parliament clock1899 cartel clock1899 banjo-clock1903 master clock1904 lantern clock1913 time clock1919 evolutionary clock1922 lancet clock1922 atomic clock1927 quartz clock1934 clock radio1946 real-time clock1953 organ clock1956 molecular clock1974 travelling clock2014 1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 9/1 An old Dutch clock, of the kind known as a ‘Sheep's-head’ clock. sheep's-head fish n. = sense 3. ΚΠ 1846 R. Owen Lect. Compar. Anat. Vertebr. Animals i. Fishes. 220 The Sheep's-head Fish (Sargus). sheep's-head gull n. the great tern. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > other types of tern noddya1577 egg-bird1697 white bird1697 sheep's-head gull1808 moustache tern1837 Inca tern1887 1808–13 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. (1831) III. 153 The..great tern..by many..is called the sheep's-head gull. sheep's-head porgy n. (see porgy n.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > hilted sword > basket-hilted sword sheephead sword1707 basket1773 Swiss sword1860 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > hilt of sword > types of hilt pannier-hilta1637 basket-hilt1663 sheep-head hilt1707 1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing v. 158 [Swords] with good, closs, or as they are more commonly termed by the Vulgar, Shell or Sheep-head Hilts. 1817 Lintoun Green in R. Brown Comic Poems 12 A sheep-head sword. Derivatives ˈsheepshead v. U.S. to fish for sheeps-head. ΚΠ 1891 Cent. Dict. VII. Sheepshead, v. i. sheepsˈheadism n. the practice of eating sheep's-head.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1841 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. 23 711 Cannibalism in the South Seas, and sheepsheadism in Scotland. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1542 |
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