supplejackn.

Brit.

/ˈsʌpldʒak/, U.S.

/ˈsəpəlˌdʒæk/

Forms: see supple adj. and Jack n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: supple adj., Jack n.²

Etymology: < supple adj. + Jack n.²With senses 1 and 2 compare Jack n.² 39. With sense 3 compare Jack n.² 1 and also supple Tam n. at supple adj. Compounds 1.

a. Any of numerous climbing and twining shrubs with tough pliable stems found in tropical and subtropical forests; esp. (a) any of various tropical American plants of the family Sapindaceae, as species of Paullinia, Serjania, and Cardiospermum; (b) any of various plants of the family Rhamnaceae, as Berchemia volubilis of Central America, B. scandens of southern North America, and Ventilago viminalis of Australia.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > names applied to various climbers

woodbinec875

withbindc1000

bindweed1601

supplejack1696

Robin-run-in-the-hedge1776

1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 214 Planta fruticosa scandens ex cujus caule fiunt scipiones cinerei flexiles striati & tuberculati..Supple Jacks.

1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 185 Supple-Jacks. The stalk..is about the thickness of one's thumb... They grow in woods and are used for walking sticks.

1777 J. Cook Voy. S. Pole I. i. v. 96 In many parts the woods are so over-run with suple-jacks, that it is scarcely possible to force one's way amongst them.

1814 F. Pursh Flora Amer. Septentrionalis I. 188 Zizyphus volubilis..in the Dismal swamp, near Suffolk in Virginia,..is known there by the name of Supple-Jack.

1816–20 T. Green Universal Herbal II. 260 Paullinia Polyphylla; Parsley-leaved Paullinia, or Supple Jack.

1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 788/1 Supple-jack: Paullinia curassavica, barbadensis, and Cardiospermum grandiflorum.

1867 E. Sauter tr. F. von Hochstetter New Zealand vi. 135 The so-called ‘supple-jack’ of the colonists (Ripogonum parviflorum).

1884 J. H. Kerry-Nicholls King Country xxii. 266 The supple-jacks, which we found growing everywhere [in New Zealand] in a perfect network of snakelike coils.

1912 Emu 12 75 The cunnyanna tree (Ventilago viminalis..)..is also known as supplejack.

1967 Kokomo (Indiana) Tribune 20 Aug. 25/2 The birds are perched on the rattan vine, or supplejack (Berchemia scandens).

2003 T. King Truth about Stories v. 135 In the wilds of New Zealand, tripping over supplejack, wading through cold water.

b. The stems of any of these plants, or an individual stem, as a material.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > pliant stems used for binding

supplejack1768

1768 J. Byron Narrative 152 Along the edges of the plank, they make small holes, at about an inch from one to the other, and sew them together with the supple-jack or woodbine.

1804 A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. II. 251 Bits of blankets..sewed together with split supple-jacks.

1865 Reader No. 119. 405/2 Lashed together with strips of supple-jack.

1902 G. S. Whitmore Last Maori War ix. 141 All the next day the armed constabulary worked hard, and constructed a sort of light hurdle ladders of long poles, joined by supple-jack twinings and cross sticks.

1959 P. O'Brian Unknown Shore xiii. 271 Sewn together with supplejack and suspended on a tripod of wigwam poles.

1982 O. Sansom In Grip of Island 14 My fish basket cradle was oval and sturdy and made of supplejacks.

2010 in J. Prosek Eels iii. 65 My parents, they had a net from about here to the door, made of supplejack.

2. A walking stick or cane made of the stem of one of these plants; a tough pliant stick.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on > other types of walking stick

pikeOE

bourdona1300

pickc1330

pickstaff1356

pikestaff?a1500

gribble1578

supplejack1748

crutch-stick1780

spear-stick1801

kebbie1816

Penang lawyer1827

alpenstock1829

thumb-stick1945

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxiv. 224 He bestowed on me several severe stripes, with a supple Jack he had in his hand.

1786 ‘P. Pindar’ Lyric Odes for 1785 (new ed.) i. 2 Take, take my supple-jack, Play St. Bartholomew with many a back!

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiv. 305 You will never rest till my supple-jack and your shoulders become acquainted.

1838 in J. Sturge & T. Harvey West Indies in 1837 (2007) xii. 339 He admits having struck Susan Porter with a supplejack.

1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors III. iii. 53 A good knot to grasp;..there's no break in it, whack as you may. They call it a Demerara supple-jack.

1902 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 10 Oct. 13/5 A little boy of about nine or ten years of age named Norman Willis was beaten on his bare back by his mother-in-law Johanna Willis with a supplejack.

1949 V. S. Reid New Day I. iv. 26 Down Judge jumps from his horse and flogs the woman with his supple-jack so she must fall like dead.

1994 B. Gilroy Sunlight on Sweet Water 23 She snatched the supple-jack away from Mr Joseph, threatened him with it and bade the boy follow her.

3. U.S. A toy representing the human figure, having jointed limbs moved by string. Frequently figurative. Now chiefly in comparisons or similes. Cf. jumping-jack n. at jumping adj. Compounds 2, supple Tam n. at supple adj. Compounds 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > other figures > [noun] > movable by string or wire

puppet1538

marionettea1645

pantine1748

supplejack1776

supple Tam1825

string-jack1863

jumping-jack1883

monkey on a stick1926

1776 M. Cutler Jrnl. 17 June in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 55 They made us several presents of the small affairs in the cabins, such as sweetmeats, cayenne-pepper, supple-jacks, cassada or bread..trinkets etc.

1791 W. Maclay Jrnl. 25 Feb. (1927) xiv. 390 Schuyler is the supple-jack of his son-in-law Hamilton.

1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn II. i. 19 He would shake himself like a merry-andrew, and spring from the floor upwards, flinging out his arms and legs like a supple-jack.

1835 A. B. Longstreet Georgia Scenes 13 Bob Simons danced..like a ‘Suple-Jack’..when the string is pulled with varied force, at intervals of seconds.

1871 W. Whitman Democratic Vistas 30 How the millions of sturdy farmers and mechanics are thus the helpless supple-jacks of comparatively few politicians.

1904 N.Y. Times 8 July 5 Those political supplejacks who go about with sanctimonious moan, saying: ‘The President is wrong, but we must support the President.’

1994 J. E. Woods tr. A. Schmidt Coll. Novellas 230 A neurospastic set his supplejacks twitching in the marionette theatre.

2005 A. van Gemert tr. M. Prantl Shining Heart vii. i. 120 Must you row with your arms and legs like a supplejack, in order to laboriously and often vainly hold your balance, where you have a balance organ..if only you tolerate no more fear in yourself?

Derivatives

† supplejackically adv. humorous Obsolete in a manner threatening punishment with a supplejack.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows I. liv. 289 The squire saw my look, and smiled. My father saw it, and frowned, and looked supple-jackically at me.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	supplejack
释义	supplejackn. Brit. /ˈsʌpldʒak/, U.S. /ˈsəpəlˌdʒæk/ Forms: see supple adj. and Jack n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: supple adj., Jack n.² Etymology: < supple adj. + Jack n.²With senses 1 and 2 compare Jack n.² 39. With sense 3 compare Jack n.² 1 and also supple Tam n. at supple adj. Compounds 1. 1. a. Any of numerous climbing and twining shrubs with tough pliable stems found in tropical and subtropical forests; esp. (a) any of various tropical American plants of the family Sapindaceae, as species of Paullinia, Serjania, and Cardiospermum; (b) any of various plants of the family Rhamnaceae, as Berchemia volubilis of Central America, B. scandens of southern North America, and Ventilago viminalis of Australia. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > names applied to various climbers woodbinec875 withbindc1000 bindweed1601 supplejack1696 Robin-run-in-the-hedge1776 1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 214 Planta fruticosa scandens ex cujus caule fiunt scipiones cinerei flexiles striati & tuberculati..Supple Jacks. 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 185 Supple-Jacks. The stalk..is about the thickness of one's thumb... They grow in woods and are used for walking sticks. 1777 J. Cook Voy. S. Pole I. i. v. 96 In many parts the woods are so over-run with suple-jacks, that it is scarcely possible to force one's way amongst them. 1814 F. Pursh Flora Amer. Septentrionalis I. 188 Zizyphus volubilis..in the Dismal swamp, near Suffolk in Virginia,..is known there by the name of Supple-Jack. 1816–20 T. Green Universal Herbal II. 260 Paullinia Polyphylla; Parsley-leaved Paullinia, or Supple Jack. 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 788/1 Supple-jack: Paullinia curassavica, barbadensis, and Cardiospermum grandiflorum. 1867 E. Sauter tr. F. von Hochstetter New Zealand vi. 135 The so-called ‘supple-jack’ of the colonists (Ripogonum parviflorum). 1884 J. H. Kerry-Nicholls King Country xxii. 266 The supple-jacks, which we found growing everywhere [in New Zealand] in a perfect network of snakelike coils. 1912 Emu 12 75 The cunnyanna tree (Ventilago viminalis..)..is also known as supplejack. 1967 Kokomo (Indiana) Tribune 20 Aug. 25/2 The birds are perched on the rattan vine, or supplejack (Berchemia scandens). 2003 T. King Truth about Stories v. 135 In the wilds of New Zealand, tripping over supplejack, wading through cold water. b. The stems of any of these plants, or an individual stem, as a material. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > pliant stems used for binding supplejack1768 1768 J. Byron Narrative 152 Along the edges of the plank, they make small holes, at about an inch from one to the other, and sew them together with the supple-jack or woodbine. 1804 A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. II. 251 Bits of blankets..sewed together with split supple-jacks. 1865 Reader No. 119. 405/2 Lashed together with strips of supple-jack. 1902 G. S. Whitmore Last Maori War ix. 141 All the next day the armed constabulary worked hard, and constructed a sort of light hurdle ladders of long poles, joined by supple-jack twinings and cross sticks. 1959 P. O'Brian Unknown Shore xiii. 271 Sewn together with supplejack and suspended on a tripod of wigwam poles. 1982 O. Sansom In Grip of Island 14 My fish basket cradle was oval and sturdy and made of supplejacks. 2010 in J. Prosek Eels iii. 65 My parents, they had a net from about here to the door, made of supplejack. 2. A walking stick or cane made of the stem of one of these plants; a tough pliant stick. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on > other types of walking stick pikeOE bourdona1300 pickc1330 pickstaff1356 pikestaff?a1500 gribble1578 supplejack1748 crutch-stick1780 spear-stick1801 kebbie1816 Penang lawyer1827 alpenstock1829 thumb-stick1945 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxiv. 224 He bestowed on me several severe stripes, with a supple Jack he had in his hand. 1786 ‘P. Pindar’ Lyric Odes for 1785 (new ed.) i. 2 Take, take my supple-jack, Play St. Bartholomew with many a back! 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiv. 305 You will never rest till my supple-jack and your shoulders become acquainted. 1838 in J. Sturge & T. Harvey West Indies in 1837 (2007) xii. 339 He admits having struck Susan Porter with a supplejack. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors III. iii. 53 A good knot to grasp;..there's no break in it, whack as you may. They call it a Demerara supple-jack. 1902 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 10 Oct. 13/5 A little boy of about nine or ten years of age named Norman Willis was beaten on his bare back by his mother-in-law Johanna Willis with a supplejack. 1949 V. S. Reid New Day I. iv. 26 Down Judge jumps from his horse and flogs the woman with his supple-jack so she must fall like dead. 1994 B. Gilroy Sunlight on Sweet Water 23 She snatched the supple-jack away from Mr Joseph, threatened him with it and bade the boy follow her. 3. U.S. A toy representing the human figure, having jointed limbs moved by string. Frequently figurative. Now chiefly in comparisons or similes. Cf. jumping-jack n. at jumping adj. Compounds 2, supple Tam n. at supple adj. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > other figures > [noun] > movable by string or wire puppet1538 marionettea1645 pantine1748 supplejack1776 supple Tam1825 string-jack1863 jumping-jack1883 monkey on a stick1926 1776 M. Cutler Jrnl. 17 June in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 55 They made us several presents of the small affairs in the cabins, such as sweetmeats, cayenne-pepper, supple-jacks, cassada or bread..trinkets etc. 1791 W. Maclay Jrnl. 25 Feb. (1927) xiv. 390 Schuyler is the supple-jack of his son-in-law Hamilton. 1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn II. i. 19 He would shake himself like a merry-andrew, and spring from the floor upwards, flinging out his arms and legs like a supple-jack. 1835 A. B. Longstreet Georgia Scenes 13 Bob Simons danced..like a ‘Suple-Jack’..when the string is pulled with varied force, at intervals of seconds. 1871 W. Whitman Democratic Vistas 30 How the millions of sturdy farmers and mechanics are thus the helpless supple-jacks of comparatively few politicians. 1904 N.Y. Times 8 July 5 Those political supplejacks who go about with sanctimonious moan, saying: ‘The President is wrong, but we must support the President.’ 1994 J. E. Woods tr. A. Schmidt Coll. Novellas 230 A neurospastic set his supplejacks twitching in the marionette theatre. 2005 A. van Gemert tr. M. Prantl Shining Heart vii. i. 120 Must you row with your arms and legs like a supplejack, in order to laboriously and often vainly hold your balance, where you have a balance organ..if only you tolerate no more fear in yourself? Derivatives † supplejackically adv. humorous Obsolete in a manner threatening punishment with a supplejack.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows I. liv. 289 The squire saw my look, and smiled. My father saw it, and frowned, and looked supple-jackically at me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1696
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