单词 | to prick up |
释义 | > as lemmasto prick up ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > clad or cover [verb (transitive)] > plaster > processes involved in plastering litter1559 gauge1686 to prick up1779 key1837 stab1846 1779 [implied in: Ld. Mahon in Philos. Trans. 1778 (Royal Soc.) 68 887 Common coarse lime and hair (such as generally serves for the pricking-up-coat in plastering). (at pricking-up n. 1)]. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 373 A coat of plaster, which is pricked-up for the floated work. 1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 122/1 The wall is first pricked up with a coat of lime and hair. to prick up a. intransitive. to prick up: to rise or stand erect; to point or stick up; (figurative, with reference to the ears) to become attentive or alert. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > vertical position > be vertical [verb (intransitive)] > be or become upright standOE to stand upc1225 upstandc1275 risea1382 redress1480 stem1577 to prick up1657 upend1896 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > take note, observe [verb (intransitive)] > give ear, hearken > of the ears to prick up1887 1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ v. 55 The full ear [of corn] hangs the head, when the empty pricks up. 1763 J. Clubbe Physiognomy in Misc. Tracts (1770) I. 22 Their heads were both under water, but that the tips of their ears just pricked up above it. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) As't gers pricks up. 1887 W. Besant World Went xv His ears..prick up at the sound of a fiddle. 1905 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 321/2 The spires of churches are to be seen pricking up through the greenery. 1944 D. Welch In Youth is Pleasure ii. 41 He remembered flicking the little wheel [of a cigarette-lighter] and watching the flame prick up. 1997 J. Owen Camden Girls 158 The deejay executes a particularly wicked mix and Laura's ears prick up. < as lemmas |
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