brickbatn.

Brit.

/ˈbrɪkbat/, U.S.

/ˈbrɪkˌbæt/

Forms:

α. rare 1500s 1700s 1900s– brick back.

β. See brick n.¹ and adj.¹ and bat n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: brick n.¹, bat n.²

Etymology: < brick n.¹ + bat n.²The occasional but early α. forms apparently show assimilation of the final /t/ to the /k/ of the preceding syllable (hence implying slightly earlier currency of the β. forms).

a. A piece or lump of brick (or sometimes rock, etc.), esp. when thrown at someone or something. Cf. bat n.² 8a.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > stone as missile

stonec1275

ashlar1370

brickbat1563

beggars' bolts1608

brick-brack1649

rock1711

Irish confetti1908

1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1251/2 She sent a brick back [1570 brickebatte] after him & hit him on y^e back.

1597 S. Finche Let. 18 Feb. in A. C. Ducarel Some Acct. Town Croydon (1783) App. 153 They have filled up that trenche with..brickbatts, and rubbushe.

1671 J. Caryll Sir Salomon iv. 62 Presently Betty her self came to the Belcony, and threw a huge Brick-bat at me.

1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) II. l. 120 A very numerous mob..assaulted the room, where the club was sitting, with brickbats and stones.

1871 W. H. Dixon Tower IV. xxvii. 288 Mud and brick-bats greeted the returning guards.

1907 Washington Post 31 Dec. 8/6 Coleman's alley, the scene of many stabbing affrays, pistol and brickbat fights, added to its record last night.

2006 A. M. Foley Having my Say xv. 83 Everything in the world rattled off of us, stones and beer bottles and brickbats.

b. figurative. A verbal attack; an insult, criticism, or expression of vehement opposition.See also brickbats and bouquets at Phrases.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [noun] > instance of > an uncomplimentary speech or remark

brickbat1642

brick-brack1649

displiment1868

unpleasantry1916

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 19 I beseech ye friends, ere the brick-bats flye,..is it blasphemy..for me to answer a slovenly wincer.

1787 A. Bayly Remarks D. Levi's Lett. to Dr. Priestley 53 The dirt and brickbats, which he throws so thick and plentifully at Dr. Priestley in p. 29, 30, and 31.

1876 Spectator 8 July 857/2 Mr. Buchanan threw brickbats, and Mr. Swinburne retaliated with a volley of needles.

1899 W. T. Stead United States of Europe iv. vii. 351 All the vituperative brickbats which came handiest to those gentlemen who did me the honor to disagree with me.

1909 L. F. Post Social Service iv. 91 Lawson and Wilson don't know what communism is. They have never heard of it except as a verbal brickbat for pelting reformers with indiscriminately.

1966 Listener 30 June 960/3 There were some much-needed brickbats thrown at our hero's wife.

2008 R. Billington Lies & Loyalties xxviii. 245 Maggie had never spoken to him like that before. No one had—except in court where he was highly paid to withstand the brickbats of opposing counsel.

2. In plural. Astronomy. colloquial. Small rocks or rocky particles moving in a loose aggregation through space, esp. forming planetary rings.Chiefly in and with reference to the work of James Clerk Maxwell.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > superior planet > [noun] > Saturn > ring > material of

brickbats1857

1857 J. C. Maxwell Let. 24 Nov. in Sci. Lett. & Papers (1990) I. 566 I then conceive a cloud of brickbats, subject only to gravitation and producing no mutual pressure revolving as a ring.

1892 A. C. Ranyard Proctor's Old & New Astron. xiv. 640 (note) Clerk Maxwell used to describe the matter of the rings [of Saturn] as a shower of brickbats, amongst which there would inevitably be continual collisions taking place.

?1910 H. P. Hollis Chats about Astron. vii. 135 If we again put the question.., ‘What is a comet?’ the flippant answer may come, ‘A cloud of brickbats!’ which was a definition applied by a very famous astronomer to the rings of Saturn.

2009 J. A. Mahaffey Atomic Awakening i. i. 18 He [sc. Maxwell] concluded that the rings of the planet Saturn are composed not of completely solid material nor of gas nor of liquid, but are made of flying ‘brickbats’, or loose particles.

Phrases

brickbats and bouquets and variants: criticism and praise. Cf. sense 1b and bouquet n. 1b.In early quots. the phrase is perhaps intended literally.

ΚΠ

1878 Fayetteville (Arkansas) Democrat 4 May 3/3 Several young ladies at the lecture..were undecided, whether they would shower bouquets or brickbats on the handsome bachelor lecturer.

1885 Stark County (Indiana) Ledger 24 Dec. With such unfragrant feathers in his cap, Logan is liable to have more brickbats than bouquets flung at him by Republican hands in his Presidential campaign.

1898 San Antonio (Texas) Sunday Light 16 Jan. (headline) Brickbats, bouquets, etc.

1955 Times 4 May 9/6 The union would inevitably receive their share of the brickbats and bouquets.

1997 Shetland Times 21 Nov. 5/1 An intelligent, humorous man, he nonetheless received brickbats as well as bouquets during his time with the council.

2002 Irish News (Nexis) 4 July 19 His vociferating on the euro and other salient issues concerning the Northern Ireland economy..won him bouquets and brickbats in equal measure.

Compounds

brickbat cheese n. now historical and rare a type of cheese produced in brick-like rectangular blocks.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [noun] > a cheese

cheeseeOE

kebbuck1493

brickbat cheese1758

truckle1813

truckle-cheese1813

brick cheese1837

wheel1977

1758 H. Glasse Art of Cookery (ed. 6) App. 374 Brick-back Cheese [?1775 Brick-bat Cheese]..must be made in September.

1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. xxxii. 809 Brickbat cheese has nothing remarkable except its form.

1953 G. P. Sanders Cheese Varieties & Descr. 17 Brickbat cheese..is made from fresh milk to which a small portion of cream is added.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	brickbat
释义	brickbatn. Brit. /ˈbrɪkbat/, U.S. /ˈbrɪkˌbæt/ Forms: α. rare 1500s 1700s 1900s– brick back. β. See brick n.¹ and adj.¹ and bat n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: brick n.¹, bat n.² Etymology: < brick n.¹ + bat n.²The occasional but early α. forms apparently show assimilation of the final /t/ to the /k/ of the preceding syllable (hence implying slightly earlier currency of the β. forms). 1. a. A piece or lump of brick (or sometimes rock, etc.), esp. when thrown at someone or something. Cf. bat n.² 8a. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > stone as missile stonec1275 ashlar1370 brickbat1563 beggars' bolts1608 brick-brack1649 rock1711 Irish confetti1908 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1251/2 She sent a brick back [1570 brickebatte] after him & hit him on y^e back. 1597 S. Finche Let. 18 Feb. in A. C. Ducarel Some Acct. Town Croydon (1783) App. 153 They have filled up that trenche with..brickbatts, and rubbushe. 1671 J. Caryll Sir Salomon iv. 62 Presently Betty her self came to the Belcony, and threw a huge Brick-bat at me. 1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) II. l. 120 A very numerous mob..assaulted the room, where the club was sitting, with brickbats and stones. 1871 W. H. Dixon Tower IV. xxvii. 288 Mud and brick-bats greeted the returning guards. 1907 Washington Post 31 Dec. 8/6 Coleman's alley, the scene of many stabbing affrays, pistol and brickbat fights, added to its record last night. 2006 A. M. Foley Having my Say xv. 83 Everything in the world rattled off of us, stones and beer bottles and brickbats. b. figurative. A verbal attack; an insult, criticism, or expression of vehement opposition.See also brickbats and bouquets at Phrases. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [noun] > instance of > an uncomplimentary speech or remark brickbat1642 brick-brack1649 displiment1868 unpleasantry1916 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 19 I beseech ye friends, ere the brick-bats flye,..is it blasphemy..for me to answer a slovenly wincer. 1787 A. Bayly Remarks D. Levi's Lett. to Dr. Priestley 53 The dirt and brickbats, which he throws so thick and plentifully at Dr. Priestley in p. 29, 30, and 31. 1876 Spectator 8 July 857/2 Mr. Buchanan threw brickbats, and Mr. Swinburne retaliated with a volley of needles. 1899 W. T. Stead United States of Europe iv. vii. 351 All the vituperative brickbats which came handiest to those gentlemen who did me the honor to disagree with me. 1909 L. F. Post Social Service iv. 91 Lawson and Wilson don't know what communism is. They have never heard of it except as a verbal brickbat for pelting reformers with indiscriminately. 1966 Listener 30 June 960/3 There were some much-needed brickbats thrown at our hero's wife. 2008 R. Billington Lies & Loyalties xxviii. 245 Maggie had never spoken to him like that before. No one had—except in court where he was highly paid to withstand the brickbats of opposing counsel. 2. In plural. Astronomy. colloquial. Small rocks or rocky particles moving in a loose aggregation through space, esp. forming planetary rings.Chiefly in and with reference to the work of James Clerk Maxwell. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > superior planet > [noun] > Saturn > ring > material of brickbats1857 1857 J. C. Maxwell Let. 24 Nov. in Sci. Lett. & Papers (1990) I. 566 I then conceive a cloud of brickbats, subject only to gravitation and producing no mutual pressure revolving as a ring. 1892 A. C. Ranyard Proctor's Old & New Astron. xiv. 640 (note) Clerk Maxwell used to describe the matter of the rings [of Saturn] as a shower of brickbats, amongst which there would inevitably be continual collisions taking place. ?1910 H. P. Hollis Chats about Astron. vii. 135 If we again put the question.., ‘What is a comet?’ the flippant answer may come, ‘A cloud of brickbats!’ which was a definition applied by a very famous astronomer to the rings of Saturn. 2009 J. A. Mahaffey Atomic Awakening i. i. 18 He [sc. Maxwell] concluded that the rings of the planet Saturn are composed not of completely solid material nor of gas nor of liquid, but are made of flying ‘brickbats’, or loose particles. Phrases brickbats and bouquets and variants: criticism and praise. Cf. sense 1b and bouquet n. 1b.In early quots. the phrase is perhaps intended literally. ΚΠ 1878 Fayetteville (Arkansas) Democrat 4 May 3/3 Several young ladies at the lecture..were undecided, whether they would shower bouquets or brickbats on the handsome bachelor lecturer. 1885 Stark County (Indiana) Ledger 24 Dec. With such unfragrant feathers in his cap, Logan is liable to have more brickbats than bouquets flung at him by Republican hands in his Presidential campaign. 1898 San Antonio (Texas) Sunday Light 16 Jan. (headline) Brickbats, bouquets, etc. 1955 Times 4 May 9/6 The union would inevitably receive their share of the brickbats and bouquets. 1997 Shetland Times 21 Nov. 5/1 An intelligent, humorous man, he nonetheless received brickbats as well as bouquets during his time with the council. 2002 Irish News (Nexis) 4 July 19 His vociferating on the euro and other salient issues concerning the Northern Ireland economy..won him bouquets and brickbats in equal measure. Compounds brickbat cheese n. now historical and rare a type of cheese produced in brick-like rectangular blocks. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [noun] > a cheese cheeseeOE kebbuck1493 brickbat cheese1758 truckle1813 truckle-cheese1813 brick cheese1837 wheel1977 1758 H. Glasse Art of Cookery (ed. 6) App. 374 Brick-back Cheese [?1775 Brick-bat Cheese]..must be made in September. 1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. xxxii. 809 Brickbat cheese has nothing remarkable except its form. 1953 G. P. Sanders Cheese Varieties & Descr. 17 Brickbat cheese..is made from fresh milk to which a small portion of cream is added. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). brickbatv. Brit. /ˈbrɪkbat/, U.S. /ˈbrɪkˌbæt/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: brickbat n. Etymology: < brickbat n. Compare earlier brickbatting n. Now chiefly South Asian. transitive. To assail or pelt (a person, a house) with brickbats. See brickbat n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > stone steenc950 heneOE stonec1175 lapidate1816 brickbat1830 rock1836 1830 Morning Post 11 Sept. King Abimelech..and King Pyrrhus..were the only two people I ever heard of brick-batted to death by the fair hands of ladies. 1839 Times & Seasons Dec. 20/1 Night came on and a party of the mob, who had staid in the village, were heard brick-batting the houses. 1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 27 Oct. 7 The Republican procession was brickbatted. 1904 in W. E. B. Du Bois Some Notes on Negro Crime 38 We had two boys arrested, both colored, for brick-batting a colored woman in her house. 2018 Times of India (Nexis) 15 June Locals gathered and brickbatted the police. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1563v.1830
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brickbatn.

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Compounds

brickbatv.