| 单词 | the name of the game |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe name of the game Phrases P1. by name. a. Called. †Originally used with verbs of naming or calling (obsolete); later simply added to the proper name of a person, etc. Usually as postmodifier. Cf. —— by name, —— by nature at Phrases 7. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [adverb] by nameOE namely1551 nuncupatively1591 namedlya1641 nominally1641 namingly1847 nominately1880 the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [adverb] > by proper name by nameOE OE Cynewulf Elene 755 Syndon tu on þam, sigorcynn on swegle, þe man seraphin be naman hateð. OE Death of Edgar (Parker) 32 Þa wearð ætywed uppe on roderum steorra on staðole, þone stiðferhþe, hæleð higegleawe, hatað wide cometa be naman, cræftgleawe men. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) Ded. l. 324 Icc wass þær þær i crisstnedd wass. Orrmin bi name nemmnedd. a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) 19 Ðat defte meiden, Marie bi name. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xvii. 23 Þe ilke bastard man, Goliath bi name. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 7370 (MED) Dauid he hette bi his name [a1400 Vesp. dauid es his name]. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 367 (MED) The ylle disposede woman, Gorgones by name, chaungede men beholdenge here into stones. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 155 It doth befall, That I, one Flute (by name) present a wall. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 536 Wherever thus created, for no place Is yet distinct by name . View more context for this quotation 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 98. ⁋3 A famous Monk, Thomas Conecte by Name. a1832 W. Scott in J. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1900) I. 240 The last of my chargers..was a high-spirited..one, by name Daisy. 1925 W. Cather Professor's House ii. iii. 196 This old man was a castaway Englishman, Henry Atkins by name. 1972 W. Samarin Tongues Men & Angels vi. 141 A similar kind of pseudolanguage, ‘Bosvidian’ by name, is sometimes used by a certain small, intimate group of American students when they are high on marijuana. 1987 G. Ewart Late Pickings 101 She is a harlot, by name Camilla! b. With verbs of summoning, enumerating, mentioning, etc.: using the name of a person or thing. ΚΠ OE Judith 81 Ongan ða swegles weard be naman nemnan, nergend ealra woruldbuendra. OE West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) x. 3 Þa sceap gehyrað his stefne, & he nemð his agene sceap be naman. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 656 Ðet wæron be nam, Ithamar biscop of Rofecestre, and Wine biscop of Lundene. c1390 Cato's Distichs (Vernon) 622 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 608 Ȝif men tellen harm bi þi wyf Or oþer ffrend beo name, Til hit beo proued leeue hit nouȝt. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. ii. 4 A loueliche lady..Cam down fro þat castel and calde me by name. 1431 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 276 (MED) First, ye Aldirman schal clepene vpe ij men be name. a1500 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Wellcome) f. 28v (MED) Awake hym with a gret sownde of trumpis and taborus and call hym hy by his name. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 37 Amonges þat menye,—to myn hym be nome,—Homer was holden haithill of dedis. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. ii. 179 Iletell [sic] you them all by their names . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 649 The Creator calling forth by name His mightie Angels gave them several charge. View more context for this quotation 1738 A. Pope One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Eight Dialogue II 4 None but you by Name the Guilty lash. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xlii. 384 She forgot to send any message of kindness to Lady O'Dowd..and did not mention Glorvina by name. 1918 W. Faulkner Let. 19 Nov. in Thinking of Home (1992) 132 We are called up by name, given a medical examination, and told to beat it away. 1991 H. Gold Best Nightmare on Earth ii. 29 If I got lost in the maze of unmarked streets..I would stop and ask for the street by name. c. With know (formerly also with †can): individually, personally; (now also) by repute only (not really or actually). ΚΠ OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Exod. (Claud.) xxxiii. 17 Þu hæfst gyfe beforan me & ic can ðe be naman. a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Exod. xxxiii. 17 Thi silf Y haue knowe bi name. a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 7 (MED) Also loke he knowe his cheuenteynes by name in as moche as he may. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 577 Though all the Starrs Thou knewst by name . View more context for this quotation 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion iv. 195 Abhorrence and contempt are things He only knows by name . View more context for this quotation 1864 Cornhill Mag. Aug. 175 Sovereigns whom their subjects scarcely knew save by name. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage cxix. 630 The licencee knew all his customers by name. 1986 E. E. Scharff Worldly Power ii. 27 Practically anyone who knew a broker by name could buy stock on ten percent margin. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > specifically [phrase] by name1583 1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. viii. 417 We will neuer I feare see the mischeefe of playing, and by name of Dising. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §666 It is strange..that Dust helpeth the fruitfulness of Trees, and of Vines by name. 1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 27 The seeds of divers Sowbreads, by name the Roman,..doe the like. P2. in ——'s name ( in the name of ——).In early use also with †o (see on prep.) and †on. a. Invoking or expressing reliance on or devotion to a divine being. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [adverb] > invocatory in ——'s nameOE OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Matt. xxviii. 19 Baptizantes eos in nomine patris et fili et spiritu sancti : fulwuande hia in noma fadores & sunu & halges gastes. OE Crist I 413 Þu gebletsad leofa, þe in dryhtnes noman dugeþum cwome heanum to hroþre. OE Blickling Homilies 141 Þu sylest urum leomum ræste, forðon ðe hie on þinum noman wunnon. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16813 He ne wass nohht ȝet. O cristess name fullhtnedd. c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (1973) 1431 (MED) Feole..þoleden anan deað i þe nome of drihtin. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 9 (MED) Ich cristni þe ine þe uader name, And sone, and holy gostes. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xviii. 20 Where two or three shulen be gedrid in my name. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 266 (MED) Now..wil we..In crist nam our bok be-gin. 1413 Will in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 217 In the name of god, Amen... I, Richard ȝong [etc.]. a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 794 (MED) Þe venim of addre or of snake: In my Goddes name I wole it take. a1500 Liber Pluscardensis (Marchm.) (1877) I. 336 In the name of the Fadir and the Son and the Hali Gaist. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) i. xix. sig. E.iiv That in the name of Jesus euery knee be bowed. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. ii. 153 This in the name of God I promise heere. View more context for this quotation 1662 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 607 I shoot yon man in the Divellis name. 1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) vi. v Or in the Name of Jesus, chase My Troublers all away. 1841 R. W. Emerson Ess. 1st Ser. (Boston ed.) i. 23 A haughty beneficiary, begging in the name of God. 1886 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. VIII. cxliii. 178 Then he said to her, ‘Sleep, in the name of Allah.’ 1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist iii. 111 A blessing..which I wish you from my heart, one and all, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 1992 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Feb. 12/3 We are two gathered together, to whom it is promised that, when so gathered in the name of Christ, He is in their midst. b. In solemn adjurations: calling to witness God, Christ, the saints, the Devil or hell, or (later) some other thing. Later frequently as int. or exclamatory phrase. In early use also with †on (obsolete).a God's name: see a prep.1 4. in God's name: see god n. and int. Phrases 1b. in the name of wonder: see wonder n. 6h. ΚΠ eOE (Kentish) Charter: Ealhburg to Christ Church, Canterbury (Sawyer 1195) in F. E. Harmer Sel. Eng. Hist. Docs. 9th & 10th Cent. (1914) 8 Ic Ealhburg bebiade Eadwealde minem mege an Godes naman & an ealra his haligra ðet he ðis wel healde his dei. eOE Form of Adjuration (Durh. A.iv.19) in F. Liebermann Gesetze der Angelsachsen (1903) I. 412 Ic eow ðe halsige on Fæder naman & on Suna naman. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 10136 Luces þe king..beð hine on godes nomen [c1300 Otho a godes name] þat him god uðe. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 306 (MED) Witerly dorst he nouȝt werne þe wille of his lord, but graunted him goddeli on godis holy name Forto worchen his wille. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 11915 (MED) Vnto your kyth, on godds nam, I bidd yow þat yee nu wend ham. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 264 (MED) In þe Name, speke, þou yong childe, & tell if þis dekyn did þis trispas! a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 306 ‘In the devyls name’, seyde the damesell. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (BL Add. 9066) (1879) 398 In the name of god and seynte marie..go and venge the dethe of thy mayster! a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. iii. 100 Name of mercy, when was this boy? View more context for this quotation 1642 J. Spelman View of Observ. upon His Majesties Late Answers 20 In the name of goodnesse then, what is that which the people speak of? 1720 J. Clarke Ess. Educ. Youth 19 In the Name of Wisdom, what can be the Meaning? 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iv. i. 62 Earth, in the name of God, let her food be Poison. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 203 What, in the name of goodness, do you come hither to teach? 1917 E. R. Burroughs Princess of Mars xx. 222 I am starving. In the name of humanity open to us. 1957 F. Hoyle Black Cloud (1960) 150 ‘It's almost time to go and try again, if anyone wants to. Does anyone want to?’ ‘In heaven's name, no!’ said Leicester. 1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo ix. 228 What in the name of all that is holy was going on? ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > role-playing > in the role of [phrase] in ——'s nameOE OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) x. 41 Se þe underfehð witegan on witegan naman he onfehþ witygan mede. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. x. 41 He that resceyueth a prophete in the name of a prophete. a1400 in K. W. Engeroff Untersuchung ‘Usages of Winchester’ (1914) 80 (MED) Euerych tannere..shal..twey shullynges by þe ȝere, and to þe clerke a peny in þe name of talage. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 114 (MED) Þei brennen his body in name of penance. 1464 Rolls of Parl. V. 559/2 Maire..shall pay..x li. in name of a peyne. 1467–8 Rolls of Parl. V. 581/2 To have to hir for terme of hir life, in name of her Dower. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 59 (MED) Oure lorde hym comaunded to make a table in the name of that table at the whiche he was sette in the house of Symond leprouse. ?1549 J. Hooper Declar. 10 Commandm. ix. p. cliii To lose his hed in the name of apayne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. v. 92 To carry mee in the name of foule Cloathes to Datchet-lane. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. ii. 59 Which comes to me in name of Fault. View more context for this quotation 1638 Edinb. City Arch. (Moses Bundle) No. 25. 1033 Tuentie punds..in name of prentiss fie. 1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. iii. §209. 64 To deliver..the deed unto the feoffee in the name of seisin of the same land. 1797 R. Southey Lett. from Spain xxiv. 418 These men lay the people under contribution in the name of alms. d. Citing the authority of, acting as deputy for; on account of, on behalf of. Also with †of, †on (obsolete). in one's own name: on one's own behalf, independently, without the authority of another. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > as deputy or representative [phrase] > on behalf of or in the name of on behalf of1303 in behalf ofc1320 in ——'s namec1325 a (also in, of) party1372 in my voicea1616 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 10155 Þe pope..sende to all þe bissopes..Þat entredit in his name. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) xxi. 8 Sche wroot lettris of þe name of Acab & signede hem with his ryng. 1405 Rolls of Parl. III. 605/2 To fulfill all maner accordez..made..be..our Attournees, or be twa of them in oure name. 1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 108/2 To sue an Action of dette in his owne name. 1505 in W. Fraser Chiefs of Colquhoun (1869) I. 318 One the name and behalf of the said Schir Johne. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxiiijv Sir Thomas More made a brief oracion in the name of the citee. 1586 in W. Fraser Red Bk. Grandtully (1868) II. 131 That the said Sir Thomas nor na vtheris keparis and detenaris of the saidis hous in his name sall on na wayis [etc.] 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes v. Ded. 406 You who in the name of the rest were Solliciters in this business. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 13 The Envoy, having the Grand Vizier's word in the Name of his Highness, return'd to Genoa. 1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. i. 2 St. Peter, in the Name of all made answer, Lord, to whom shall we go? 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 17 A speech which the Bishop of Valence, in the name of the Gallican clergy, addressed..to Lewis the Fourteenth. 1891 Law Times Rep. 63 765/1 The defendants were liable as principals, as they had contracted in their own names. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 765/1 In 1864 Altona was occupied in the name of the German Confederation. 1960 Daily Mirror 21 June 9 One of them..chose the teams and sent off the coupon in her own name. 1995 Flight Internat. 1 Mar. 5/2 US ‘whistle blower’ legislation..allows an individual to bring an action in the name of the US Government against a company accused of wrongdoing. e. In support of, to meet the demands of (a cause, an abstract principle, a belief, etc.). Also: on the pretext of. ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) v. sig. Qq4 This peticion I make, euen in the name of iustice. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iii. 166 Both my reuenge and hate Loosing vpon thee, in the name of iustice, Without all termes of pittie. View more context for this quotation a1632 J. Webster & W. Rowley Cure for Cuckold (1661) i. i. sig. B4 Not one amongst us, but would be proud to wear the character of noble Friendship. In the name of which..expose to us the grief that troubles you. 1739 H. Baker & J. Miller tr. Molière Cheats of Scapin ii. v, in Molière Wks. IX. 215 In the name of Friendship, Leander, don't use him ill. 1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman ii. 54 In the name of truth and common sense, why should not one woman acknowledge that she can take more exercise than another? a1862 H. D. Thoreau Cape Cod (1865) x. 234 This was a good argument enough, if he had not put it in the name of religion. 1881 W. Gladstone in Times 8 Oct. 6/5 This he says he wants, not as protection, but in the name of fair trade. 1922 Flight 14 366/1 In the name of economy, the R.A.F. has had to be content with machines built during the War and ‘reconditioned’. 1967 S. Terkel Division Street viii. 182 It offends me terribly to see slovenly behavior in the name of a good cause. 1995 Interzone Feb. 12/2 Lena took three months off work to travel to Nigeria in the name of technology transfer. f. Indicating the assigned or stated ownership of a thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > owning > belonging to one [phrase] > in the assigned ownership of in ——'s name1649 1649 W. Leach Proposalls 3 That..such prisoner shall..declare in writing under his or her hand all the..debts and dutyes owing in his or her own name. 1848 B. C. Howard Rep. Supreme Court U.S. 6 233 In this case, the court decided, that, although the land for which the note was given was purchased in the name of the wife, yet still it was community property. 1888 Law Times 85 120/2 A sum of consols standing in the name of J. K.,..deceased. 1994 Which? May 51/3 If you use a nominee account, your shares are held in the name of the nominee company on your behalf. P3. under the name of. ΚΠ OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Mark (headings to readings) xxiv Doctrinam eorum praecepit sub fermenti nomine praecauendam : lar hiora [sc. the Pharisees] geheht under ðærstes noma fore tobehaldenne. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11463 Swillke..follȝhenn efft te laþe gast. Þurrh þatt teȝȝ deope sinness. Vnnderr þe name off crisstenndom All þeȝȝre þannkess follȝhenn. 1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 265 His shrewde seruauntis..Pretendyng evir the Kyngis title..vndir his name þe wrongid. c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 189 (MED) Som of the peeple..put thaim forth vnder the name of armes. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Zech. xiii. 3 Thou shalt dye, for thou speakest lyes vnder the name off the Lorde. 1538 N. Shaxton in Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation (1715) III. Collect. Rec. iii. 146 Gobbetts of Wodde, under the Name of Parcells of the Holy Cross. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. x. f. 12v [He] coyned money vnder his name. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iii. 12 He does it vnder name of perfect loue. View more context for this quotation a1849 T. L. Beddoes Death's Jest-bk. i. i, in Poems (1851) II. 10 Thou queen'st it bravely, Ruling the earth under the name of Truth. b. Also under the name. With the (purported) name or designation of. ΚΠ 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 452 Under the name of India, heere we comprehend all that Tract between Indus..on the West, unto China Eastward. 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iii. sig. Rrr2v Those desarts which Ptolomy blindeth under the name Terra incognita. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. vii. 299 There are a sort of Propositions, which under the name of Maxims and Axioms, have passed for Principles of Science. 1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §268 The Egyptians..had..even deified her under the name of Isis. 1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. vi. p. liii The characteristic circumstances..have been comprized by metaphysicians and physiologists under the name idiosyncrasy. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 659 Medicago..lupulina... It is cultivated in Norfolk under the name of Nonsuch. 1822 J. Imison Elem. Sci. & Art II. 90 Barytes is used as a white paint, under the name of permanent white. 1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 72 The plant itself, under the name Flesh-and-Blood, is a popular astringent medicine for children. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Feb. 12/1 The war of commerce which, under the name of ‘competition’, goes on unceasingly. 1920 Chem. Abstr. 14 1227 In the trade dekalin is not found pure, but always contains tetralin and is handled under the name tetralin extra. 1940 G. H. J. Adlam & L. S. Price Higher School Certificate Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) xxxiii. 266 Red mercuric sulphide is used as a pigment under the name of vermilion. 1998 Daily Tel. 20 Nov. 3/1 The drugs are ecstasy derivatives and are sold under the names DOB..and Flatliners. P4. a. by the name of: called, known as. Formerly used with verbs of naming or calling (cf. Phrases 1a). to be known by the name of: to be called. to go by the name of: see go v. Phrases 2d(a). Also with modifying adjective. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called ycleptc950 nominatec1450 by the name of1472 named1532 called1538 nuncupate1548 nuncupative1548 christened1564 denominate1579 styleda1625 of the name of1728 onymous1775 appellatived1828 1472 Rolls of Parl. VI. 64/1 Grete Fermes and Sommes..by the name of firma Balliar'..firma Ballivor'..and sume under the name of Minute firme..the said Shirefes know nat wher ner howe to levye. 1550 R. Sherry Treat. Schemes & Tropes sig. Cviv Of ye thyrd, you haue the larger exposiciouns vpon the Gospels called by the name of thys figure. 1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Epistle (1862) 36 Terming the cause by the name of Anabaptisterie. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. viii. 36 Passions that produce strange and unusuall behaviour, are called by the generall name of Madnesse. 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. G2 A nephew of his by the name of Maestro Santo. 1725 G. Berkeley Proposal supplying Churches (rev. ed.) 21 A charter for erecting a college by the name of St. Paul's college in Bermuda. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. iv. 168 This Barber, who went by the Name of little Benjamin, was a Fellow of great Oddity and Humour. View more context for this quotation 1841 W. M. Thackeray Second Funeral Napoleon 3 A grocer living there by the name of Greenacre. 1879 G. W. Cable Old Creole Days 26 A palish handsome woman, by the name—or going by the name—of Madame John. 1949 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 43 Suppl. 185 Any whale known by the name of gray whale, California gray, devil fish, hard head, mussel digger [etc.]. 2011 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Jan. 10/3 A secondhand compiler by the name of Didymus. b. of the name of: by the name of, called. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called ycleptc950 nominatec1450 by the name of1472 named1532 called1538 nuncupate1548 nuncupative1548 christened1564 denominate1579 styleda1625 of the name of1728 onymous1775 appellatived1828 1728 A. Pope Corr. 23 Mar. (1956) II. 480 A member of their Parliament, of the name of Jonathan Gulliver. 1843 M. A. Richardson Local Historian's Table Bk. (new ed.) Legendary Div. I. 116 A little crouse, chantin chieldie o' the name o' Tom Fenwick. 1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear ii. i. 164 A man by the name of Murphy had given him the address in Chicago. 1992 Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) 6 Sept. (New Delhi ed.) (Colour Mag.) 6/4 About the same time as Columbus undertook his voyage, there was a Florentine adventurer of the name of Amerigo Vespucci who discovered the Bay of All Saints. P5. for want of a better name and variants: in the absence of a name which is more accurate, pleasing, appropriate, etc.; because no better name has been conceived. ΚΠ 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 85 I haue as yet heard no English name of Phalaris, but for lak of a better name it may be called peti panik, of the likenes that it hath with the ryght panic. 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. xxiii. 1148 Tragacantha..in English for want of a better name, Goates Thorne. 1768 Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 7 A little red mass, which I called the liver, for want of a better name. 1825 T. B. Macaulay Ess. (1860) I. 58 That propensity which, for want of a better name, we will venture to christen Boswellism. 1866 H. James in Nation 22 Feb. 247/1 In the tale before us this same want of judgment, as we may still call it in the absence of a better name,..is shown. 1891 C. Eliot in Charles Eliot: Landscape Architect (1924) xx. 366 The art which, for want of a better name, is sometimes called Landscape Architecture. 1920 Lancet 23 Oct. 848/2 We have called the condition about to be described ‘senecio disease’ for want of a more appropriate name. 1964 J. A. M. Meerloo Hidden Communion iii. 68 There exists a disease, which for lack of a better name is still called schizophrenia. 1995 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 2 July 11 The less assertive, but still masculine Ken (for want of a better name) treats his barbie like a chess-board. ΚΠ 1565–73 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 256 Being at borde at the said Agnes house, then wedoo, and was in name with hir. 1575–6 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 284 She was then in name with one Francis Castell. P7. —— by name, —— by nature and variants: used to indicate that a person or thing is aptly named, the name matching some quality, behaviour, etc.Typically a personal name is (punningly) linked to a personal quality. ΚΠ 1577 N. Breton Floorish vpon Fancie sig. Bv One is a foole By nature and by name, for Follie men him call. 1613 H. Parrot Laquei Ridiculosi sig. Bv Disgrace by nature, onely Grace by name.] 1688 H. Walker in J. Barker Poet. Recreations ii. 220 She became By Nature Candid, as she was by Name. 1766 C. Jemmat Misc. in Prose & Verse 176 Careless by name, and careless by nature. 1842 G. W. Lovell Love's Sacrifice i. ii. 16 Charmant means charming, which he says I am, both by name and by nature. 1873 G. H. Calvert Maid of Orleans iv. ii. 84 The famed Lord Talbot is a nobleman By nature as by name. 1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn iii. 41 Trubiggs. Tru by name and true by nature. Heh? 1958 H. E. Bates Darling Buds of May i. 11 ‘Larkin, that's me,’ Pop said... ‘Larkin by name, Larkin by nature.’ 1991 H. Hauxwell & B. Cockcroft Hannah 251 When I enquired if it was Miss or Mrs Maxwell, she said, ‘Oh no, no, no—Miss by name and Miss by nature, that's what my uncle always said.’ P8. to lend one's name to. a. = to give one's name to at Phrases 10b. ΚΠ 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. xi. sig. L4 The stony shallow Lone, That to old Loncaster his name doth lend. View more context for this quotation 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion v. 82 Since, holy Dauids seat; which of especiall grace Doth lend that nobler name, to this vnnobler place. 1788 T. Jefferson Observ. Whale-fishery in Papers (1958) XIV. 243 The Dutch and Hanse towns..have continued to lend their name to British and Dutch [whale] oils. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) viii. 65 The very chickens turning ferocious—if they have anything to do with that infant malady to which they lend their name. 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge ii. 27 At the bottom stood the village which lent its name to the upland. 1923 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 50 285 So characteristic a tree of this region is Altingia that it may well lend its name to the subzone. 1998 E. Davis TechGnosis (1999) iii. 81 It seems important to wrestle a bit with the concept of information itself, that strange new angel that lends its name to our age. b. To allow something to be done in one's name or under one's auspices; to give one's support to, to be associated with. ΚΠ 1664 L. Carlell tr. P. Corneille Heraclius ii. vi. 24 How rashly too Heraclius name is lent To a small Partie, an ill manag'd Plot? 1686 tr. Plutarch Life Galba in Lives V. 738 Galba..whose authority was such, that but lending his name to Vindex's defection from Nero, what was call'd Rebellion before, was termed now only a civil War. 1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph II. 218 I own it was with great reluctance that I lent my name to impose on you. 1793 H. Boyd Royal Message iv. iii, in Poems 413 No private wrongs shall make me lend my name To public mischief. 1878 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 41 305 It has been found worth while to pay an English house a large commission to lend its name for the issue. 1965 F. E. Perry & F. R. Ryder Thomson's Dict. Banking (ed. 11) 375/1 The great merchant banking houses of today have evolved from..merchants who..built up their business by lending their names to bills financing particular transactions. 1993 Guardian 11 Nov. 18/8 Should the Stock Exchange really be lending its name to the risky game of derivatives trading? P9. what's in a name?: used rhetorically to suggest that a name is unimportant or tells one nothing about the true nature of its referent. ΚΠ 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. i. 86 Whats in a name? That which we call a Rose, By any other name would smell as sweet. View more context for this quotation 1798 W. Wordsworth Peter Bell in Poet. Wks. (1895) 236 (heading) What's in a ‘name’? 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 578 Shakespeares were as common as Murphies. What's in a name? 1935 L. Charteris Saint in N.Y. viii. 253 What's in a name?—as the actress said to the bishop when he told her that she reminded him of Aspasia. 1996 N. Maraire Zenzele iii. 37 What's in a name, what difference does it make if Katie is called Mai Farai, Professor Marodzi or Professor Marimba? P10. a. to give name to (now rare), to give the (also a) name to: = to give one's name to at Phrases 10b. ΚΠ 1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 144 This Castle giveth name unto a Family sufficiently knowne. a1671 T. Fairfax Short Mem. (1699) 84 The place was Marston fields, which afterwards gave the name to this battel. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 460 Frontignan, a little wall'd Town..which gives name to the so famous muscate wine. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 8 On the Promontory..was formerly the Temple of Hercules Monœcus, which still gives the Name to this small Principality [sc. Monaco]. 1728 Philos. Trans. 1726–7 (Royal Soc.) 34 222 Mr. Doyly, (who was a great searcher after Curiosities, and gave Name to a sort of Stuffs worn in Summer). 1883 Ordnance Surv. Gazetteer Scotl. III. 18 It gave name to an ancient thanage. 1913 F. S. Eden Anc. Glass 51 The branches of the tree or vine seemed to run in and out of a trellis, a circumstance which has given name to such windows—trellis windows. 1995 F. R. Shivers Walking in Baltimore 49 A mythical old salt gave a name to the Admiral Fell Inn at the far corner of the left hand side. b. to give one's name to: to be the source of the name of (something with which one is associated, esp. historically or at its origin); to invent, discover, or found something which then becomes known by one's name. ΚΠ 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 76 Nick Machiavel had ne'r a trick, (Though he gave his Name to our Old Nick). 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. V. 180 The abbey of Denkendorf, which gives its name to the generalship. 1802 W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border I. Introd. p. lxxxiv Shellycoat, a spirit who resides in the waters, and has given his name to many a rock and stone upon the Scotish coast. 1868 Boy's Own Bk. (new ed.) 359 The Nun..attracts notice from the pleasing contrast in its feathers; its head is almost covered with a veil of white feathers, which gives it its name. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 3/1 The formerly degraded but now respected and civilized Fingos or Fengus, who give their name to the district of Fingoland. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 163 The fruits are Mazzards and Merries, and give their name to the tree. 1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo vii. 120 Hammerkops, the queer brown bird with the blunt head that gives it its name. 1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Dec. 61/1 Gorgonzola has established..a twinship with Stilton, the English city that gives it name to this cheese. P11. to put a person's name down, to enter a person's name: to put a person's name on a list of names, esp. to indicate an interest in or desire for a particular commodity, activity, etc.; spec. to apply for a person to be admitted (to a school, club, etc.). Also to have one's name down (for). ΚΠ 1662 J. Graunt Nat. & Polit. Observ. Bills Mortality iii. 31 Such other Ministers..had not the Authority or command of the Register to enter the names of the Baptized. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 336 He made me enter my Name in a Publick Register, with his Affidavit, affirming..that I was alive. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1784 II. 495 The Oxford post-coach took us up in the morning at Bolt-court... I found from the way-bill, that Dr. Johnson had made our names be put down. 1819 M. Edgeworth Let. 2 Apr. (1971) 193 Lady Jersey..told me she would put down our names and give me some tickets for Almacks. 1821 M. Edgeworth Let. 30 Oct. (1971) 248 The Colleges are now so full that a young mans name must be written down 3 or 4 years before he can hope to get in. 1824 Examiner 397/2 Mr. Bolton put down his name for 200l. 1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit xxxviii. 442 He sat in coffee-rooms entering his name in the great pocket-book, over and over again. 1868 A. Trollope Phineas Finn liii, in St. Pauls Mag. Nov. 249 As he passed the Athenaeum he saw his chief, Lord Cantrip... ‘I have put your name down here’, said his lordship. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 455/1 He entered his name as a student of medicine. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage cxii. 593 He put his name down to be a clerk in the ward devoted to feminine ailments. 1969 Guardian 20 Mar. 20/3 Lord Linley, seven-year-old son of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon, had had his name put down for Eton. 1993 A. L. Kennedy Looking for Possible Dance 88 All we need is enough people to put their names down and we can start a credit union. P12. or my name is not ——: expressing asseveration. Also if (…), my name is not ——. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [phrase] at the reverence of God1414 aye1576 that's flat1598 or my name is not ——1803 my eye1826 I'm a Dutchman1843 1803 S. Owenson St. Clair vi. 29 Sir Patrick will make the walls of the old Abbey ring again, or my name is not Michael M'Carty. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xvi. 172 I will, or my name is not Pickwick. 1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 220 I tell yer straight, if me an' Kitty don't make Soufend sit up, my name ain't Bill Brown. a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) ix. 319 I'll bankrupt him, or my name is not Jadwin! 1962 ‘C. S. Forester’ Hornblower & Hotspur xiii. 174 We'll have a westerly gale, sir, or my name's not William Bush. 1992 E. Field Counting Myself Lucky 140 His balls will dangle from my sceptre or my name's not Count Honkie. P13. to one's name: belonging to one, of one's own; to one's credit. Frequently in negative contexts, as not to have a penny to one's name, etc. Cf. Phrases 2f. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > owning > belonging to one [phrase] to one's name1827 1827 R. Emmons Fredoniad I. v. 146 Green was a host—an army to her name—The second chief to Washington in fame. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xx. 175 She was reported to have..a deal of money in the funds; and three stars to her name in the East India stockholders' list. 1876 G. J. Whyte-Melville Katerfelto vii I have not a horse to my name. 1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn xii. 159 ‘Are you broke?’ ‘Prett' nearly. Only got about ten dollars to my name.’ 1951 E. E. Evans-Pritchard Kinship & Marriage among Nuer iii. 109 If a man dies without legal male heirs, a kinsman of his..ought to take a wife to his name. 1987 Bella 14 Dec. 37/5 I will prove that even if you haven't got a penny to your name you can still get justice. 1998 On the Edge June 42/2 Jim Sandford has many first ascents to his name. P14. to put a name to something: to remember or recount the name of something; to remember what something is called; to identify. ΚΠ 1844 H. W. Herbert Lord of Manor viii. 51 She? she!.. I'll bet you a rouleau I can put a name to the she! 1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear ii. vii. 290 I guess when I move out of the chair I can put a name to the man that's coming after me. 1920 E. Wharton Age of Innocence ix. 77 I can't put a name to you—but I'm sure I've met you. 1998 Transport News Aug. 48/1 (advt.) Can you put a name to the roundabout or junction road-signed above? P15. colloquial. give it a name: ‘what would you like to drink?’ ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking salutations [interjection] > invitation to drink give it a name1854 1854 C. Dickens Hard Times i. vi. 43 What thall it be, Thquire... Thall it be Therry? Give it a name, Thquire!..have a glath of bitterth. c1863 T. Taylor in M. R. Booth Eng. Plays of 19th Cent. (1969) II. 88 I hope you'll allow me to stand treat—give it a name, gentlemen... Thank you, I never drink with strangers. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. i. vi. 235 The waiter collected orders and told Inigo to give it a name. 1931 T. R. G. Lyell Slang, Phrase & Idiom Colloq. Eng. 540 Well, boys, the drinks are on me! Give it a name! 1951 J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge i. ii. 59 What are you drinking? Give it a name, chaps—there's everything here. P16. to live up to one's name: to behave in accordance with the implication or literal meaning of one's name; to behave or perform in accordance with one's reputation. ΚΠ 1886 Catholic World Mar. 796 A Mac Duinnshleibhe (Dunlevy)..was called Cu Uladh, war-dog of Ulster—a name he lived up to by worrying the invaders in many a hard-fought round. 1930 Nature Mag. Mar. 156/2 Grouse drum in the lowlands, and ‘foolhens’ live up to their name. 1960 Business Week 8 Oct. 98/1 This year Mother Bell has really lived up to her name; she's given birth to a whole brood of new telephonic devices for the home. 1994 City Paper (Baltimore) 29 June 36/1 The Travelers have lived up to their name, playing gigs from Texas to Taiwan. P17. colloquial. the name of the game. a. The most important aspect or underlying reality of something; the main concern or purpose. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object willeOE errand?c1225 purposec1300 endc1305 emprisec1330 intentc1340 use1340 conclusionc1374 studya1382 pointc1385 causec1386 gamea1393 term?c1400 businessc1405 finec1405 intentionc1410 object?a1425 obtent?a1475 drift1526 intend1526 respect1528 flight1530 finality?1541 stop1551 scope1559 butt?1571 bent1579 aiming point1587 pursuitc1592 aim1595 devotion1597 meaning1605 maina1610 attempt1610 design1615 purport1616 terminusa1617 intendment1635 pretence1649 ettle1790 big (also great) idea1846 objective1878 objective1882 the name of the game1910 the object of the exercise1958 thrust1968 1910 Chicago Tribune 6 Sept. 16/6 The exercise needed includes brain and hand And work is the name of the game. 1963 E. L. Bond (title) ‘The name of the game’: our changing perception of life and how it will affect marketing concepts; an address. (Association of National Advertisers, U.S.) 1966 Legionary (Ottawa) Oct. 36/1 Where the knight's concerned, quality is the name of the game. 1973 Nature 6 July 2/1 Call my bluff was the name of the game at last week's meeting of the International Whaling Commission. 1986 High Life (Brit. Airways) July 70/2 The name of the film-making game in Britain has to be—diversity. 1992 I. Pattison More Rab C. Nesbitt Scripts 100 Your husband's in a state of extreme trauma here. Reassurance is the name of the game, alright? b. U.S. The end, the finish. Now rare.J. E. Lighter's Hist. Dict. Amer. Slang (1997) II. 637/2 suggests that this use of the phrase may allude to ‘the practice of announcing the name of the card game, e.g. “That's gin (rummy)”, when claiming the winning hand’. ΚΠ 1957 A. O. Myrer Big War 203 Another one like this [war], it'll be the name of the game. 1960 D. MacCuish Do not go Gentle 248 Yeah, Norman thought, the very last half. Hudge tossed it to him. ‘Name of the game.’ P18. to have a person's name on it: (of a bullet, etc.) to be destined to hit a particular person; (hence more widely) to be destined or appropriate for a particular person. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > must as decreed by fate [verb (intransitive)] > be destined for a person (of bullet) to have a person's name on it1917 to have a person's number on it1917 1917 A. G. Empey Over Top 312 Tommy detests these mortars because..he knows that it is only a matter of minutes before a German shell with his name and number on it will be knocking at his door. 1919 Athenæum 18 July 632/2 A soldier refers to the shell that kills him as ‘having his name and number on it’. 1959 R. Storey Touch it Light in Plays of Year XVIII. 376 Ted. That farmer don't like us, sir. Ever since that bomb fell on his cowshed. Og. He thought it should have fallen on you? Syd. It had our name on it all right. 1973 D. Francis Slay-ride xii. 140 The bomb probably had my name on it in the first place. 1979 N. Wallington Fireman! iii. 45 My younger watch colleagues had already forewarned me: somewhere in the water main were a few gallons of water which had my name on them. 1991 G. Cotter Eng. v. West Indies 287 With West Indies on 147 for 2 and Richards and Richardson in full flow, the game had West Indies' name on it. P19. one's name in lights (originally one's name in electric lights): an actor's name displayed in lights outside a theatre or cinema; (in extended use) fame, stardom. Frequently in to have (also get) one's name in lights. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > appear as performer [verb (intransitive)] > be star performer star1815 co-star1896 to have (also get) one's name in lights1918 1918 D. Parker in Vanity Fair (N.Y.) July 29/3 Her costumes are simply unbelievable. Whoever made them should have his name in electric lights over the theatre. 1922 Life 16 Feb. 22/3 She is absolutely lacking in the inspiration which every great actress must possess. But her name is in the electric lights, with letters two feet high. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. ii. i. 282 His determination to top the bill and have his name in electric lights. 1946 Liberty 25 May 19/2 While he was admiring the size and brilliance of his name in lights..the bobby-soxers discovered him. 1972 Guardian 15 Jan. 8/4 I couldn't wait to get up there with the best of them and see my name up in lights—topping the bill at the Palladium. 1992 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 15 Nov. 1/3 Many of these films boasted stars hardly better known than Selznick himself at his name-in-lights height. P20. colloquial (originally Army slang). no names, no pack drill: used proverbially or parenthetically to indicate that the person or persons guilty of a misdemeanour will not be named, in order to spare them recrimination. Now usually humorous in more general use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keeping from publication > [noun] censorship1591 suppressing1591 reservation1612 suppression1628 no names, no pack drill1903 blackout1941 1903 Bucks Herald 11 Apr. 6/4 Witness asked him who the other man was, and he said, ‘no names, no pack drill’. 1923 O. Onions Peace in our Time i. ii. 25 Men had a way of omitting the names of those of whom they spoke; no names no pack-drill. 1926 E. Wallace More Educated Evans vii. 160 There's a certain party—no names no pack-drill—who's fairly doggin' me to get information. 1931 P. MacDonald Crime Conductor i. i. 7 ‘Meaning?’ said Cuthbertson. ‘No names,’ said Garth Johnson quickly, ‘no pack drill!’ 1955 M. Allingham Beckoning Lady ii. 32 It just means no name, no pack drill, and always speak well of them as has money to sue. 1962 ‘B. Graeme’ Undetective iii. 32 ‘It's a lie, mister. Who told you?’ ‘No names, no pack drill.’ 1990 D. Lucie Doing the Business in Fashion, Progress, Hard Feelings, Doing the Business (1991) 265 There was a guy..being told by an Oxbridge twit, no names no pack drill,..that he was a morally bankrupt, senseless philistine. P21. Military. name, rank, and (serial) number: the conventional minimum amount of information that a prisoner of war is expected to give his or her captors; hence allusively in a variety of contexts. ΚΠ 1929 Times 27 July 11/3 The clauses dealing with a prisoner's capture are framed to protect the prisoner. In future he need only give his name, rank, and number. 1938 S. Bond Mil. Sci. & Tactics, Infantry (Basic) 285 When questioned he [sc. a captured scout] should divulge nothing concerning his organization, or the designations, strength or locations of any other friendly troops, giving the enemy no information except his own name, rank and serial number. 1944 Flying Mag. Nov. 32/3 A pilot is taken to a small, isolated camp where he is quarantined for questioning. All he need do is tell his name, rank and serial number, although additional questions are always asked. earlier examples. 1953 A. Christie Crooked House (rev. ed.) xii. 96 If you were captured, your name, rank, and number [1949 name, rank, and unit], but nothing more. 1973 T. Allbeury Choice of Enemies xxi. 105 Our friend's a traditionalist—he remembers all that jazz about name, rank and number. 1991 W. Perry Roads that Move (BNC) 16 As a soldier, Nathaniel was no longer Nathaniel. He was a name, rank and number, his individuality merely an accident. 2001 Daily Mail (Nexis) 2 Apr. 65 He seems to have been trained in the OK-school of journalism which teaches you to ask..nothing more probing than name, rank and number. P22. a handle to one's name: see handle n.1 4a. for one's name('s) sake: see sake n.1 7c. name to conjure with: see conjure v. 6. their name is Legion: see legion n. 3. to answer to a name: see answer v. 7. to call by the name of: see call v. 10. to call names: see call v. Phrases 2d. to call out of one's name: see call v. Phrases 2c. to mention no name(s): see mention v. 1a. to name names: see name v. 10a. to take a person's name in vain: see vain adj. and n. Phrases 2b. < as lemmas |
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