straight-edgen.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstraight-edge.

a. A narrow strip of hard wood, steel, or brass, with one edge cut perfectly straight, used to test the accuracy of a plane surface, or as a guide for a cutting instrument.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for marking out work > [noun] > instrument for checking markings

straight-edge1812

surface plate1822

winding sticks1823

1812 P. Nicholson Mech. Exercises 142 The Straight Edge is a piece of stuff or board made perfectly straight on the edge, in order to make other edges straight.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 24 A perfectly straight steel ruler, for which we shall adpot [sic] the technical term, by calling it a straight edge.

1879 R. Rouse Sci. & Pract. Geom. 17 A straight-edge or ruler.

1907 J. A. Hodges Elem. Photogr. (ed. 6) 106 An ebonite straight-edge.

b. Printing. (See quot. 1888.)

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > composing equipment > [noun] > tools

shooting-stick1683

bodkin1846

planer1858

straight-edge1888

persuader1898

1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 134 Straight-edge, a long wooden or metal stick used for squaring up the pages in a forme in order to obtain correct register in printing.

1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 188 The machine had now the impression cylinder, the inking rollers, the straight-edge, and the travelling table of 1790.

Draft additions February 2005

Originally U.S. An ascetic or abstinent lifestyle associated with hardcore punk music, adherents of which typically eschew tobacco, alcohol, drugs, and casual sex, and sometimes also animal products; the subculture or style of music associated with such a lifestyle. Cf. straight adj. 6d(b).

ΚΠ

1981 I. MacKaye Straight Edge in ‘Minor Threat’ Compl. Discography (1988) (CD lyrics booklet) I don't even think about speed That's something I just don't need I've got straight edge.]

1983 I. MacKaye in Washington Post 21 Aug. c3/1 Straight edge is just basically an anti-obsession, pro-positive thinking idea.

1991 Twenty Twenty Spring 73/2 There's the West Coast health-and-efficiency ethos—muscle-bound athleticism and the hardcore punk philosophy of straight-edge (no drink or drugs).

1995 Melody Maker 25 Mar. 34/1 ‘All That I Ask of Myself..’ is a lean, streamlined thrash thing which has more to do with straightedge than it does with grebo.

2003 D. Gaines Misfit's Manifesto x. 205 Heroin was seeping into the San Francisco scene, too, but there were also traces of straightedge in the air. An antidrug movement was growing in the hardcore scene.

Draft additions February 2005

Originally U.S. Belonging or relating to this lifestyle, subculture, or style of music; abstinent, ascetic.

ΚΠ

1983 Village Voice (N.Y.) 18 Jan. 31/2 A raging tank on the dance floor, off it he is ‘straight edge’ (no drugs, no hard booze), lives in Astoria, gets good grades.

1994 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 7 Apr. Both had already been attending gigs featuring straight-edge bands for a couple of years.

2003 M. McCafferty Second Helpings 209 Len is so straight edge that he won't even take Tylenol when he has a headache.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	straight-edge
释义	straight-edgen. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstraight-edge. a. A narrow strip of hard wood, steel, or brass, with one edge cut perfectly straight, used to test the accuracy of a plane surface, or as a guide for a cutting instrument. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for marking out work > [noun] > instrument for checking markings straight-edge1812 surface plate1822 winding sticks1823 1812 P. Nicholson Mech. Exercises 142 The Straight Edge is a piece of stuff or board made perfectly straight on the edge, in order to make other edges straight. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 24 A perfectly straight steel ruler, for which we shall adpot [sic] the technical term, by calling it a straight edge. 1879 R. Rouse Sci. & Pract. Geom. 17 A straight-edge or ruler. 1907 J. A. Hodges Elem. Photogr. (ed. 6) 106 An ebonite straight-edge. b. Printing. (See quot. 1888.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > composing equipment > [noun] > tools shooting-stick1683 bodkin1846 planer1858 straight-edge1888 persuader1898 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 134 Straight-edge, a long wooden or metal stick used for squaring up the pages in a forme in order to obtain correct register in printing. 1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 188 The machine had now the impression cylinder, the inking rollers, the straight-edge, and the travelling table of 1790. Draft additions February 2005 Originally U.S. An ascetic or abstinent lifestyle associated with hardcore punk music, adherents of which typically eschew tobacco, alcohol, drugs, and casual sex, and sometimes also animal products; the subculture or style of music associated with such a lifestyle. Cf. straight adj. 6d(b). ΚΠ 1981 I. MacKaye Straight Edge in ‘Minor Threat’ Compl. Discography (1988) (CD lyrics booklet) I don't even think about speed That's something I just don't need I've got straight edge.] 1983 I. MacKaye in Washington Post 21 Aug. c3/1 Straight edge is just basically an anti-obsession, pro-positive thinking idea. 1991 Twenty Twenty Spring 73/2 There's the West Coast health-and-efficiency ethos—muscle-bound athleticism and the hardcore punk philosophy of straight-edge (no drink or drugs). 1995 Melody Maker 25 Mar. 34/1 ‘All That I Ask of Myself..’ is a lean, streamlined thrash thing which has more to do with straightedge than it does with grebo. 2003 D. Gaines Misfit's Manifesto x. 205 Heroin was seeping into the San Francisco scene, too, but there were also traces of straightedge in the air. An antidrug movement was growing in the hardcore scene. Draft additions February 2005 Originally U.S. Belonging or relating to this lifestyle, subculture, or style of music; abstinent, ascetic. ΚΠ 1983 Village Voice (N.Y.) 18 Jan. 31/2 A raging tank on the dance floor, off it he is ‘straight edge’ (no drugs, no hard booze), lives in Astoria, gets good grades. 1994 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 7 Apr. Both had already been attending gigs featuring straight-edge bands for a couple of years. 2003 M. McCafferty Second Helpings 209 Len is so straight edge that he won't even take Tylenol when he has a headache. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1812
随便看	overinstruct overinsurance overinsure overinsured overinsures overinsuring overintellectual overintellectualization overintellectualizations overintellectualize overintellectualized overintellectualizes overintellectualizing overintensities overintensity overinterested overinterpret overinterpretation overinterpretations overinterpreted overinterpreting overinvest overinvested overinvesting overinvestment