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单词 toothpick
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toothpickn.

Brit. /ˈtuːθpɪk/, U.S. /ˈtuθˌpɪk/
Forms: see tooth n.; also Middle English–1500s -pike, 1500s -picke.
Etymology: See pick n.1 5.
1. An instrument for picking the teeth: usually a pointed quill or small piece of wood; sometimes of gold, silver, or other material.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > cleaning the teeth > implements for
picker1481
toothpick1488
picktooth1542
tooth-picker1545
tooth-scrape1552
pick1562
tooth-rake1585
tooth-scraper1585
teeth-brush1651
dentiscalp1656
toothbrush1690
quill toothpick1775
quill1785
chew-stick1858
tooth-stick1859
dental silk1907
dental floss1922
floss1936
airbrasive1945
Water Pik1962
water toothpick1965
1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 81 Twa tuthpikis of gold with a chenȝe.
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Nitella, a toothe pike [1545 tothe pykar]. Sometyme it signifyeth elegancy in speche.
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 34v Stickes and strawes and other tooth pickes.
1579 in J. W. Clay North Country Wills (1912) II. ii. 93 To Mr Roberte Toutte a tothe pike of silver.
1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi ix. §1. 457 Of these [porcupine] quills men make wholesome tooth-picks.
1775 Black in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 125 Stirring it gently with a quill tooth-pick.
1873 J. Doran Lady of Last Cent. xi. 298 A welcome which extended..from the manufacturer of toothpicks to the writer of an epic poem.
2. A name for the umbelliferous plant Ammi Visnaga, the hardened rays of the umbel of which are used as toothpicks: also called Spanish toothpick, toothpick bishop-weed (see Compounds 2).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > bishop-weed
wood-whistlea1400
ammi1551
toothpick chervil1578
ammeos1585
herb William1597
bull-wort1598
toothpick1598
bishop-weed1614
picktooth1706
toothpick bishop-weed1866
bishop's elder-
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Bisacuto, the hearbe toothpick, or cheruill.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 330 Tooth-pick, Daucus.
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Ammi Visnaga, Spanish Tooth~pick, Tooth-pick Bishop's-weed.
3. plural. Splinters, small elongated fragments, ‘matchwood’: in hyperbolic phrase smashed (etc.) into toothpicks.
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1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship I. ix. 196 The..ship will be beaten into toothpicks.
1899 Daily News 9 Mar. 5/3 The Pavonia tried to lower a boat, but it was smashed into toothpicks on the ship's side.
4. A bowie-knife: also Arkansas toothpick. U.S. slang.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] > types of
anlacec1300
misericord1324
bodkin1386
baselardc1390
popperc1390
wood-knife1426
spudc1440
pavade1477
bistoury1490
skene1527
dudgeon1548
sword dagger1567
machete1575
kris1589
bum dagger1596
stillado1607
stiletto1611
steelet1616
hanjar1621
pisaa1640
jockteleg1642
khanjar1684
bayonet1692
kuttar1696
parazonium1751
skene-ochles1754
scalping-knife1759
snick-a-snee1760
manchette1762
snickersnee1775
guard-dagger1786
boarding knife1807
scalp-knife1807
kukri1811
skene-dhu1811
parang1820
stylet1820
belt knife1831
bowie-knife1836
scalper1837
sheath-knife1837
toothpick1837
tumbok lada1839
snick-and-snee knife1843
tickler1844
bowie1846
toad-sticker1858
simi1860
scramasax1862
kinjal1863
left-hander1869
main gauche1869
aikuchi1875
tanto1885
toad-stabber1885
cinquedea1897
trench knife1898
puukko1925
panga1929
quillon dagger1950
flick-knife1957
ratchet knife1966
sai1973
ratchet1975
1837 Act Alabama Legislature 30 June in Baltimore Comm. Transcr. 21 Sept. 2/4 Any knife or weapon, known as Bowie knives or Arkansaw toothpicks.
1840 Daily Pennant (St. Louis) 20 July The young gentleman who borrowed..an ‘Arkansas toothpick’ from our office.
1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. i. i. 19 I didn't call but jest on one, an' he drawed toothpick on me, An' reckoned he warn't goin' to stan' no sech doggauned econ'my.
1881 A. B. Greenleaf Ten Years in Texas 27 With..an Arkansas ‘toothpick’ suspended to a raw-hide belt buckled around their waists.
5. A very narrow pointed boat. slang.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [noun] > having specific overall shape
butterbox1840
cigar-ship1869
flat-iron1886
toothpick1897
pig1898
1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous iv, in McClure's Mag. Jan. 229/2 ‘You should see one o' them toothpicks histin' up her anchor on her spike outer fifteen-fathom water’. ‘What's a toothpick, Dan?’ ‘Them new haddockers an' herrin' boats’.
1909 J. Dalziel High Life in East 201 The Magistrate got smartly into his ‘toothpick’, the attendant boat-boys..gave him carefully the necessary offing, he swung forward on his sculls.

Compounds

General attributive.
C1. attributive or as adj. (a) in reference to the use of the toothpick as an idle occupation; (b) denoting objects of narrow and pointed shape.
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the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > slender and
spear-like1567
styliform1578
styliformed1578
lance-like1579
arrowy1637
needle-like1672
needly1694
spiculated1745
lanceolated1752
subulated1752
subulate1757
lanceolate1760
toothpick1761
spear-shaped1763
lance-shaped1776
hastate1777
needle-formed1784
needled1786
needle-shaped1786
subuliform1804
aciform?a1808
needle-form1807
spicular1813
hastiformc1820
speary1821
splintery1836
aiguillesque1856
fleam-shaped1856
toothpick-shaped1905
1761 C. Churchill Night 6 Or if in tittle-tattle tooth-pick way Our rambling thoughts with easy freedom stray.
1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! II. 168 To enjoy uninterrupted, listless, toothpick ease.
1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad I. 235 A heaped-up confusion of red roofs, quaint gables,..toothpick steeples.
1895 S. B. Kennedy in Outing 27 6/1 [She] gave me the go-by for a patent medicine drummer with tooth-pick shoes.
C2. General attributive.
a.
toothpick-box n.
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1669 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 448 2 knives, a toothpick-box, and a tiremoelle.
toothpick-case n.
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1684 London Gaz. No. 1972/4 A tooth pick Case of Black wood, tipt on both ends, and at the opening with Silver.
b.
toothpick-shaped adj.
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the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > slender and
spear-like1567
styliform1578
styliformed1578
lance-like1579
arrowy1637
needle-like1672
needly1694
spiculated1745
lanceolated1752
subulated1752
subulate1757
lanceolate1760
toothpick1761
spear-shaped1763
lance-shaped1776
hastate1777
needle-formed1784
needled1786
needle-shaped1786
subuliform1804
aciform?a1808
needle-form1807
spicular1813
hastiformc1820
speary1821
splintery1836
aiguillesque1856
fleam-shaped1856
toothpick-shaped1905
1905 W. E. Geil Yankee in Pigmy Land v. 64 We tramped past many trees armed with long, white toothpick-shaped thorns.
C3.
toothpick bishop-weed n. (see 2).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > bishop-weed
wood-whistlea1400
ammi1551
toothpick chervil1578
ammeos1585
herb William1597
bull-wort1598
toothpick1598
bishop-weed1614
picktooth1706
toothpick bishop-weed1866
bishop's elder-
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 51 Tooth-pick Bishop-weed, A[mmi] Visnaga, is so called on account of the use made in Spain of the rays or stalks of the main umbel. These, after flowering, shrink, and become so hard that they form convenient tooth-picks.
toothpick chervil n. Obsolete = toothpick bishop-weed n., or allied species.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > bishop-weed
wood-whistlea1400
ammi1551
toothpick chervil1578
ammeos1585
herb William1597
bull-wort1598
toothpick1598
bishop-weed1614
picktooth1706
toothpick bishop-weed1866
bishop's elder-
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. i. 615 This herbe is called..in Spayne, Visnaga:..it may be called Toothpicke Cheruill.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

> as lemmas

toothpick
Frequently as the second element in compounds, as earpick, toothpick, etc. (for more established compounds see the first element).extracted from pickn.1
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