单词 | buckle |
释义 | bucklen. 1. a. A rim of metal, with a hinged tongue carrying one or more spikes, for securing a belt, strap, or ribbon, which passes through the rim and is pierced by the spike or spikes. Often with defining word prefixed, as knee-, shoe-buckle. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > clasp or buckle dalkc1000 buckle1340 clasp1480 fibula1673 safety pin1867 spang1892 society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > buckle buckle1340 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 236 Þet is þe bocle of þe gerdle. 1391 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 145 Un sayntour, le bukyll et le pendant de argent. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 41 Bocle or boculle [King's Cambr. bocul, Pynson bokyll or bocle], pluscula. c1450 Gloss. in Wright Voc. 122 Ad plusculas, bogyllis. 1483 in R. Arnold Chron. (c1503) f. xlij/2 A purple corse..enameled in the bukkel with ij ymagis. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 200/1 Bocle that beareth the byt, portemors. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. i. 147 His stubborne bucles..Shall more obey then to the edge of steele. View more context for this quotation 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 317. ¶22 Tongue of my Shooe Buckle broke. a1779 D. Garrick in R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough (1781) Prol. The buckle then it's modest limits knew. 1855 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers (1884) III. xxix. 329 He expected to hear next that..knee-buckles had been issued to the Highland Brigade. b. Phrases. †to come to buckle and bare thong: to be stripped of everything. †to turn the buckle of the girdle (see quots.). to cover the buckle: to dance (a particular step). †to hold or bring (bare) buckle and thong together (in U.S., to make buckle and tongue meet): to make both ends meet. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > be poor [verb (intransitive)] > be or become extremely poor not to have a shirtc1405 to come to buckle and bare thong1546 to arrive at one's fingers' ends1579 to have most fingers1677 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > moderation or reduction in expenditure > spend money sparingly [verb (intransitive)] > live within one's means to cut one's cloth according to one's calling1546 to hold or bring (bare) buckle and thong together1600 to cut and contrive1854 to make buckle and tongue meet1859 the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > be patient [verb (intransitive)] to take (something) as it comesc1350 patient1561 patience1596 to turn the buckle of the girdle1606 thole1674 society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [verb (intransitive)] > steps cut1603 heel1609 coupee1690 chassé1803 pigeon-wing1823 glissade1837 high-kicka1850 to cover the buckle1852 reverse1859 sashay1905 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. viii. sig. Kiiv He at length came to buckle and bare thong. 1600 Weakest goeth to Wall sig. E2 My benefice doth bring me in no more But what will hold bare buckle and thong together. 1606 N. Breton Poste with Packet Madde Lett. (new ed.) II. sig. H3 If you bee angrie, turne the buckle of youre girdle behinde you. 1656 O. Cromwell Speech 17 Sept. If any man be angry at it,—I am plain, and shall use an homely expression: Let him turn the buckle of his girdle behind him! If this were to be done again, I would do it. 1675 Pepys Ballads (1930) III. 12 Hold Buckle and Thong together. 1732 T. Fuller Gnomologia 100 He'll bring buckle and thong together. 1852 C. Reade Peg Woffington viii. 131 Woffington covered the buckle in gallant style; she danced, the children danced. 1859 H. E. Taliaferro Fisher's River 249 All they cared for was ‘to make buckle and tongue meet’ by raising stock..and a little corn for bread. 1888 Harper's Mag. Apr. 703/1 Beginning without money, he had as much as he could do to make ‘buckle and tongue meet’, as the phrase goes. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > rings or loops ringle1419 torret1429 button?1561 French buckle1691 bridge1795 dee1795 handpiece1840 pirn1846 thill-tug1859 Irish martingale1874 pipe-loop1875 kidney-link1883 1691 London Gaz. No. 2707/4 A Chesnut Mare..buckled up with a French Buckle. d. An iron loop for fastening the blade to the frame of a wood-saw. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > saw > [noun] > loop for fastening blade buckle1846 1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 725 The chairmakers' saw is in general a diminutive of the ordinary pit saw, and has a central blade strained by buckles and wedges. e. [apparently < buckle v. 2c] A vigorous struggle or conflict. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > an act or instance of flitec1000 strifea1225 wara1300 pulla1400 lakec1420 contenta1450 stour?c1450 contentiona1500 pingle1543 agony1555 feudc1565 combat1567 skirmish1576 grapple1604 counter-scuffle1628 scuffle1641 agon1649 tug1660 tug of war1677 risse1684 struggle1692 palaver1707 hash1789 warsle1792 scrabble1794 set-to1794 go1823 bucklea1849 wrestle1850 tussle1857 head-to-head1884 scrum1905 battleground1931 shoot-out1953 mud-wrestle1986 society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] > a contest or competition match1531 goala1555 vie1568 skirmish1576 rencounter1594 drop-vie1598 duellism1602 duello1606 bout1609 duel1613 competition1618 matcha1637 tournament1638 contest1648 rencontre1667 pingle?1719 sprawla1813 go1823 bet1843 bucklea1849 comp1929 cook-off1936 title race1948 a1849 J. Keegan Legends & Poems (1907) 268 Master Tom and the girls running out to..welcome me home, as if I was just returning from a buckle with the Terry Alts, or a rencontre with a scalping party of Huron Indians. 1876 Coursing Cal. 6 Wheatear and The Pet had a tremendous tight buckle for the lead. 1876 Coursing Cal. 181 Liberator and Controversy made a tight buckle for pace. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery worn on the ear > [noun] > pendant part of pendant1555 buckle1674 1674 London Gaz. No. 878/4 Lost a pair of Diamond Buckles, set Transparent in Silver, without any Gold Earrings to them. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > curled or frizzed style frizz1668 bullhead1672 bull1699 buckle1711 frizzle1850 cataract curls1864 Niagara1864 water wave1876 marcel wave1895 permanent wave1906 Greek goda1910 marcel1921 finger wave1925 permanent1926 perm1927 home perm1949 Afro1967 natural1967 Jewfro1976 Jheri curl1977 bubble perm1992 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 129. ¶7 The Wearer..lets his Wig lie in Buckle for a whole half Year. 1730 H. Fielding Tom Thumb i. vi. 6 What's a woman, when her Virtue's gone? A Coat without its Lace; Wig out of Buckle. 1731 A. Pope Epist. to Earl of Burlington 15 That live-long Wig..Eternal buckle takes in Parian stone. 1733 G. Cheyne Eng. Malady i. xi. 100 Hair, which, with great Difficulty, receives or retains a Buckle. 1762 C. Churchill Ghost iii. 92 His features too in buckle see. 1790 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum III. 267 And his hair has a natural buckle and a'. 4. In Architecture (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > other ornaments pommela1300 crest1430 finial1448 balloon1592 brattishingc1593 knob1610 cartouche1611 ogive1611 fret1626 galace1663 acroterion1664 paternoster1728 semi-urn1742 patera1776 purfling1780 sailing course1807 vesica piscis (also piscium)1809 antefix1819 vesica1820 garland1823 stop1825 Aaron's rod1830 headwork1831 Vitruvian scroll1837 hip knob1838 stelea1840 ball-flower1840 notch-head1843 brandishing1846 buckle1848 cat's-head1848 bucrane1854 cresting1869 semi-ball1875 canephorus1880 crest-board1881 wave pattern1905 husk1934 foliate head1939 green man1939 1848 J. H. Parker Rickman's Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 5) xxx A good bold corbel-table..it has been sometimes called a buckle, because some specimens resemble the tongue of a buckle. 1861 J. H. Parker Introd. Study Gothic Archit. (ed. 2) iv. 131 The corbels have the ornament called a buckle or mask. Compounds C1. General attributive. buckle-maker n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of part of finished article > of buckles buckle-makerc1440 buckle-smith?1518 buckle-manufacturer1795 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 42 Bokulle makere, pluscularius. 1722 London Gaz. No. 6088/3 A Brass Buckle-maker by Trade. buckle-manufacturer n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of part of finished article > of buckles buckle-makerc1440 buckle-smith?1518 buckle-manufacturer1795 1795 Ann. Reg. 1791 (Rivington ed.) ii. 54/1 Several respectable buckle-manufacturers from Birmingham..waited upon H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. buckle-ring n. buckle-shoe n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > with buckle or bow buckle-shoe1868 Cromwell shoe1879 1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice III. liv. 96 Trim buckle shoes. buckle-smith n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of part of finished article > of buckles buckle-makerc1440 buckle-smith?1518 buckle-manufacturer1795 ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj Bokell smythes, horse leches, and gold beters. buckle-tongue n. C2. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > clasp or buckle > back of buckle-chape1761 1761 London Mag. 30 233 Foreigners..can afford to give a much higher price for our buckle-chapes than our buckle-makers can afford to do. buckle-covering n. a certain step or movement in dancing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > step > other steps reprise1521 double1531 reprinse1531 single1531 hop1579 cross-pointa1592 trip1601 back-tricka1616 inturna1627 shorta1652 coupee1673 cut1676 fleuret1677 bourrée step or pas de bourrée1706 contretemps1706 cross-step1728 boring1775 pigeon wing1807 pas de basque1818 cross-cut1842 flicflac1852 buckle-covering1859 reverse1888 reversing1892 cross-stepping1893 box step1914 jump turn1924 moonwalk1969 coupé- 1859 C. Dickens Haunted House: Ghost in Corner Room in All Year Round Extra Christmas No., 13 Dec. 48 There ensued such..buckle-covering, and double-shuffling. buckle-garter n. a garter fastened by a buckle. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of legs > having leglessc1390 bow-legged1552 crook-legged1580 shackle-hammed1592 baker-kneed1611 baker-legged1611 buckle-hammed1629 out-shinned1682 bandy-legged1688 crooked-legged1691 shackled-ham'd1733 badger-legged1738 tailor-legged1768 knock-kneed1774 scissor-legged1880 1629 J. Gaule Distractions 324 Buckle-hamm'd, Stump-legg'd, Splay-footed. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > others buckle-pit1532 marrowbone1533 put-pin?1577 primus secundus1584 fox in the hole1585 haltering of Hick's mare1585 muss1591 pushpin1598 Jack-in-the-box1600 a penny in the forehead1602 buckerels1649 bumdockdousse1653 peck-point1653 toro1660 wheelbarrow1740 thread-needle1751 thrush-a-thrush1766 runaway ring?1790 Gregory1801 pick-point1801 fighting cocks1807 runaway knock1813 tit-tat-toe1818 French and English1820 honeypots1821 roly-poly1821 tickle-tail1821 pottle1822 King of Cantland1825 tip-top-castle1834 tile1837 statue1839 chip stone1843 hen and chickens1843 king of the castle1843 King Caesar1849 rap-jacket1870 old witch1881 tick-tack-toe1884 twos and threes1896 last across (the road)1904 step1909 king of the hill1928 Pooh-sticks1928 trick or treat1928 stare-you-out1932 king of the mountain1933 dab cricket1938 Urkey1938 trick-or-treating1941 seven-up1950 squashed tomato1959 slot-racing1965 Pog1993 knights- 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. (1557) 574/2 Some suche prety playes of likelyhod as chyldren be woont to playe, as cheristone, mary bone, bokle pit, spurne poynte. buckle-plates n. see buckled adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > types of plate(s) black plate1701 buckled plates1852 buckle-plates1866 1866 Law Rep.: Common Pleas Div. 1 163 The plaintiff is..the patentee of certain buckle plates used for bridge flooring. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > buckle > part of tonguec1325 chape1686 anchor1761 buckle-ring1761 1761 London Mag. 30 233 The dispute between buckle-ring-makers and buckle-chape-makers. buckle-wig n. see buckled adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > wig > types of > curled storey wiga1833 buckle-wig1878 1878 Fraser's Mag. 18 579 Men and women in..powder and buckle wigs. Draft additions September 2020 North American. A cake made with fruit (typically blueberries) and having a crumbly streusel topping.Usually with distinguishing word, as apple buckle, blueberry buckle, raspberry buckle, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > other cakes honey appleeOE barley-cake1393 seed cakea1400 cake?a1425 pudding-cake?1553 manchet1562 biscuit cake1593 placent1598 poplin1600 jumbal1615 bread pudding1623 semel1643 wine-cakea1661 Shrewsbury cake1670 curd cake1675 fruitcake1687 clap-bread1691 simnel cake1699 orange-flower cake1718 banana cake1726 sweet-cake1726 torte1748 Naples cake1766 Bath cake1769 gofer1769 yeast-cake1795 nutcake1801 tipsy-cake1806 cruller1808 baba1813 lady's finger1818 coconut cake1824 mint cake1825 sices1825 cup-cake1828 batter-cake1830 buckwheat1830 Dundee seed cake1833 fat-cake1839 babka1846 wonder1848 popover1850 cream-cake1855 sly-cake1855 dripping-cake1857 lard-cake1858 puffet1860 quick cake1865 barnbrack1867 matrimony cake1871 brioche1873 Nelson cake1877 cocoa cake1883 sesame cake1883 marinade1888 mystery1889 oblietjie1890 stuffed monkey1892 Greek bread1893 Battenberg1903 Oswego cake1907 nusstorte1911 dump cake1912 Dobos Torte1915 lekach1918 buckle1935 Florentine1936 hash cake1967 space cake1984 1935 Hammond (Indiana) Times 19 July 11/3 (heading) Something New..Blueberry Buckle. 1990 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 12 June (Good Living section) 2 Stephen Bennett's raspberry buckle—a wonderful creation of American colonial origin—lightly braised raspberries baked in a light cake batter and topped with a delicious and integrated crisp sugar and butter crust. 2005 K. King Tate's Bake Shop Cookbk. 136 Two of my good customers used this recipe to win a blueberry buckle bake-off in Maine... I added a little more flour to the crumb topping, making it an even better buckle! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bucklev. I. With reference to buckle n. 1. 1. a. transitive. To fasten with a buckle. Often with preposition on, to, or with adverb on, up, together. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with buckle bucklec1400 spenc1400 embrace?c1475 c1400 Roland 694 Herd bukilis his helme, and gothe out sone. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1645 Nailynge the speres, and the helmes bokelynge. 1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados viii. v. 17 With popill tre hattis, buklit on thare hede. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. ii. 139 Iust. You liue in great infamy. Falst. He that buckles himselfe in my belt cannot liue in lesse. View more context for this quotation 1705 London Gaz. No. 4156/4 Stolen..a..Mare..buckled up with a French Buckle. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. iv. 74 A Servant on Horseback would buckle my Box. 1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. xvi. 332 Buckle this harness on. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. vii. 221 About his limbs The mail was buckled. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > back or up buckle1460 catch1622 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > enclose or confine [verb (transitive)] pena1200 bebar?c1225 loukc1275 beshuta1300 parc1300 to shut in1398 to close inc1400 parrockc1400 pinc1400 steekc1400 lock?a1425 includec1425 key?a1439 spare?c1450 enferme1481 terminea1500 bebay1511 imprisona1533 besetc1534 hema1552 ram1567 warda1586 closet1589 pound1589 seclude1598 confine1600 i-pend1600 uptie1600 pinfold1605 boundify1606 incoop1608 to round in1609 ring1613 to buckle ina1616 embounda1616 swathe1624 hain1636 coopa1660 to sheathe up1661 stivea1722 cloister1723 span1844 1460 Quia Amore Langueo 51 in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 152 Bocled my feet, as was her wille, with scharpe naile. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 129 The stretching of a span, buckles in his summe of age. View more context for this quotation 1796 A. Wilson Watty & Meg 4 Up my claes and cash I buckl'd. 2. a. transitive. With allusion to the fastening on of armour: To equip, prepare (for battle, an expedition, etc.). Chiefly reflexive, and now only figurative: To gird oneself, apply oneself resolutely to (a task). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (reflexive)] > for effort girdc1450 bracea1500 buckle1570 accinge1657 screw1785 to work up1820 nerve1821 poise1831 to screw up1841 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin an action [verb (reflexive)] > resolutely or vigorously settle1530 buckle1570 to set down1864 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Piii/1 To Buckle him, parare se. 1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 31 Everie man..must buckle himselfe to a painfull kind of life. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. viii. sig. Ff4v Buckling soone him selfe, gan fiercely fly Vppon that Carle. View more context for this quotation 1611 W. Sclater Key (1629) 326 No maruaile if Angels so desirously buckle themselues to prie hereinto. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 171 Cartwright buckled himself to the employment. a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) ix. 270 Where I thought I was best buckled. 1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 368 Now buckles himself to the uninterrupted perusal of the instructive text. b. intransitive (for reflexive) in same sense. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] buskc1330 agraith1340 to make readya1382 arraya1387 providec1425 prepare1517 addressa1522 apparel1523 bouna1525 buckle1563 to make frecka1572 fettle?c1600 fix1716 to set into ——1825 to show foot1825 ready1878 to fang a pump, (loosely) a well1883 prep1900 to get (oneself) organized1926 to sharpen one's pencil1957 the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake or set oneself to do [verb (intransitive)] > resolutely or vigorously buckle1627 yokea1630 to buckle to1712 square1849 to get it on1954 1563 Bp. Sandys in J. Strype Ann. Reformation I. xxxv. 398 Whereat one of Sir Johns men buckled to fight with him. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) xxi. 126 To teach dangers to come on, by ouer early Buckling towards them, is another Extreme. 1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 155 Before we either eate or drinke, or buckle about any worldly businesse. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxi. 139 The Epicure buckles to study, when shame..shall make him uneasie. 1757 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 30 Sept. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2245 Those who have a great deal of business must (to use a vulgar expression) buckle to it. 1877 W. Lytteil Landmarks Sc. Life & Lang. iv. x. 248 Their husbands and brothers must buckle to the fight. c. to buckle ˈto: to set to work, apply oneself vigorously. Also to buckle down (to) (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake or set oneself to do [verb (intransitive)] > resolutely or vigorously buckle1627 yokea1630 to buckle to1712 square1849 to get it on1954 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > begin an action or fall to doing something > resolutely or vigorously to sit in1736 strap1823 to get down1826 tackle1841 to buckle down (to)1865 to bite on1904 to wade into1904 to get stuck into1910 to get one's teeth into1935 to sink one's teeth into1935 to get stuck in1938 to get to grips with1947 1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. vii. 32 Esquire South buckl'd to, to assist his Friend Nic. 1747 E. Burke Let. 21 Mar. in Corr. (1958) I. 89 I have shook off idleness, and begun to buckle to. 1812 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 375 I cannot buckle to, until this business of the Museum is determined. 1865 Atlantic Monthly 15 301 If he would only buckle down to serious study. 1871 B. Harte Poems 55 Chiquita Buckled right down to her work. 1884 Pres. Addr. Philol. Soc. 4 He buckled to at once, learned in a month or so enough Iroquois for present needs. 1934 P. G. Wodehouse Right ho, Jeeves xxii. 280 The recollection of what this bell could do when it buckled down to it gave me pause. 1941 N.Y. Times 2 Oct. 28/4 The music and lyric makers [of Best Foot Forward] have been equally inventive, without being afraid of rhythm and melody. ‘Buckle Down, Winsocki’ is a song highly recommended to any school in need of such. 1949 A. Miller Death of Salesman i. 40 If he doesn't buckle down he'll flunk math! 1983 E. Reveley In Good Faith x. 157 But you'll really have to buckle down and cram for those exams, Moo. 3. a. transitive. To join closely. b. intransitive (for reflexive). To close, come to close quarters; to grapple, engage. Const. with (an adversary); also with adverbs together, in, rarely to. Obsolete or dialect. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > come to close quarters to fling togetherc1300 fewterc1440 to come to handstrokes1488 to come to (one's) hands (also hand)1524 to fight short1533 buckle1535 close1590 to close in1704 society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > fight at close quarters > grapple buckle1535 strangle1595 ingrapple1599 grapple1825 clinch1828 society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)] > engage in hostile encounter counter1330 encounter1555 to come to grips1640 to come to gripesa1645 buckle?1650 to lock horns (also antlers)1850 face1922 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. iv. 14 They buckled together, and the Heithen were discomfited. 1543 R. Grafton Contin. in Chron. J. Hardyng f. xx The erle..folowed his enemies..that..he might fight and buckell with them, before they came to London. 1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 29 Vnable to buckle with the dogge that would faine haue a snatch at his skinne. ?1650 Don Bellianis 198 A man that had been going to buckle with death. 1752 D. Hume Polit. Disc. x. 189 The whole armies were thus engag'd, and each man closely buckl'd to his antagonist. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > adhere constantly or steadfastly to [verb (transitive)] to stand in ——a1382 abidea1393 saddena1500 to bide bya1513 to stick to ——?1531 to stout out1568 to make good1606 winter1608 buckle1793 maintain1819 1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 53. 419 I resolved to buckle to my tenets till the last extremity. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > carry on (a contest, fight, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > engage in contention with tangle1535 to make with ——1548 bucklea1605 to take on1866 to take tea with1888 to have on1939 a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 154 Pedler, I pittie thee sa pinde To buckle him that beares the bell. 4. a. transitive. To unite in marriage. humorous or dialect. Cf. splice v. 3. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > join in marriage wedOE join1297 spousec1325 bind1330 couplea1340 to put togethera1387 conjoin1447 accouple1548 matea1593 solemnize1592 espouse1599 faggot1607 noose1664 to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1700 rivet1700 to tie the knot1718 buckle1724 unite1728 tack1732 wedlock1737 marry1749 splice1751 to turn off1759 to tie up1894 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) I. 28 An ye wad gi's a bit land Wee'd buckle us e'en the gither. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iv. iv. 228 Our friend the licentiate, who will buckle you handsomely. ?1795 H. Macneill Scotland's Scaith 9 Soon they loo'd, and soon ware buckl'd. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel III. ii. 34 Dr. R. who buckles beggars for a tester and a dram of Geneva. b. intransitive. To unite oneself in wedlock. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (intransitive)] weda1225 marrya1325 spousec1390 to make matrimonyc1400 intermarry1528 contract1530 to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1535 to make a match1547 yoke1567 match1569 mate1589 to go to church (with a person)1600 to put one's neck in a noosec1600 paira1616 to join giblets1647 buckle1693 espouse1693 to change (alter) one's condition1712 to tie the knot1718 to marry out1727 to wedlock it1737 solemnize1748 forgather1768 unite1769 connubiate1814 conjugalize1823 connubialize1870 splice1874 to get hitched up1890 to hook up1903 1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vi. 90 Is this an Age to Buckle with a Bride? 1806 J. Train Poet. Reveries 64 (Jam.) Ask'd her..Gin she wadna buckle too. 1823 J. G. Lockhart Reginald Dalton III. vii. v. 163 May..is the only month that nobody in the north country ever thinks o' buckling in. II. With reference to buckle n. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > curl crispc1340 crook1340 pincha1398 curl1447 frouncea1529 creis1553 frizzle1565 thrum1598 becurl1614 calamistrate1628 frizz1660 fruz1702 crimp1708 buckle1721 befriz1772 crape1774 crêpe1818 crinkle1871 permanently wave1901 marcel1906 water-wave1912 permanent wave1921 permanent1924 perm1928 tong1932 scrunch1983 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Buckle..to put into buckles as hair. 1770 W. Guthrie New Geogr. Gram. 478 Their hair, which they buckle up in a very agreeable manner. III. To bend, warp. 6. a. transitive. To warp, crumple, bend out of its plane. Now chiefly techn.: To bend a bar or surface (under longitudinal pressure) into a double curve; as ‘to buckle a saw, or the wheel of a bicycle or tricycle’. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > put out of shape [verb (transitive)] > put out of plane bucklec1525 c1525 in W. J. Thoms Anecd. & Trad. (1839) 54 Ninepences are a little buckled to distinguish in their currancie. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ee2 Reason doth buckle and bowe the Mind vnto the Nature of things. View more context for this quotation ?c1640 W. Rowley et al. Witch of Edmonton (1658) ii. i. 13 I am..like a Bow buckl'd and bent together. 1854 Notes & Queries i. IX. 576/1 An awkward person, working incautiously with a saw, will probably..buckle it. 1868 Daily Tel. 3 July It..struck the 15-inch portion..buckling, bending, and breaking the inner bars. 1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 58 It would buckle the mast. 1921 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 291 It [sc. the French budget] may..for practical purposes, be considered to be ‘buckled’. b. intransitive. To bend under stress or pressure. †Of persons: To bend, stoop, double up (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > bend down stoopc893 bowOE aloutOE fold13.. bendc1374 courbe1377 curb1377 inclinec1390 declinea1400 nuzzlec1450 buckle1600 doup1694 huckle1854 overbend1856 the world > space > shape > misshapenness > lose shape or become misshapen [verb (intransitive)] > buckle to buckle up1866 buckle1888 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. i. 141 Whose feuer-weakned ioynts, Like strengthlesse hinges buckle vnder life. View more context for this quotation 1637 J. Pocklington Altare Christianum 154 His knees may not buckle to Baal. 1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xiii. 222 Where ever they find the Work buckle. 1700 J. Brome Trav. i. 34 We were enforced..to stoop, and buckle almost double. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xiii. 66 The two tall masts buckling like Indian canes in land tornadoes. 1888 N.E.D. at Buckle Mod. The wheel of his tricycle has buckled. c. to buckle up: to become warped and bent, to collapse. Also figurative (cf. 7). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > lose shape or become misshapen [verb (intransitive)] > buckle to buckle up1866 buckle1888 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > give way or give in benda1400 sink?a1513 to give over1530 to cry creak?1562 yield1576 to hold up1596 succumb1604 to give in1616 to hoist, lower, strike the topsaila1629 to cry cravena1634 to give up or cross the cudgels1654 incumb1656 to fall in1667 to knock under1670 to knock under board, under (the) table1692 to strike underc1730 knuckle down1735 to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860 chuck up (the sponge)1864 to throw in one's hand1893 to sky the wipe (or towel)1907 to drop one's bundle1915 to throw (chuck, or toss) in the towel1915 to buckle up1927 1866 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 2 i. 140 Its expansion and contraction..rendering it [sc. plane iron] liable to ‘buckle up’. 1927 Daily Tel. 1 Nov. 12/2 Such a man as Biquet is not given to buckling up. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > offer no resistance [verb (intransitive)] > give in descend?a1400 to give up the girdlea1400 submita1525 to give over1530 subscribe1560 yield1576 come1607 to give in1616 to give the stoop1623 buckle1642 incumb1656 to knock under board, under (the) table1692 capitulate1714 to strike underc1730 knuckle down1735 cave1844 to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860 incline1866 to give (it) best1878 give way1879 to roll over1919 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 260 Outwardly they..seeme to crouch and buckle. 1664 S. Pepys Diary 17 Dec. (1971) V. 348 The Duch, as high as they seem, do begin to buckle. 1703 J. Savage tr. Select Coll. Lett. Antients lxxii. 212 Consider, how many great Nations..they have..forc'd to Buckle. 1864 E. Capern Devon Provincialism ‘To make him buckle’ is To make him yield. CompoundsΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > ignorant > performing irregular marriages buckle-beggarc1700 knit-beggar1700 couple-beggar1702 c1700 Ld. Fountainhill Diary in Larwood Bk. Cleric. Anecd. 294 He after turn'd a buckle-beggar, i.e. one who married without licence. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. vi. 134 A hedge-parson, or buckle-beggar..sate on the Duke's left. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > official who executes orders of court > bailiff beadlec1000 ridemanlOE cacherela1325 outrider1332 bailiff1377 catchpolea1382 bailiec1386 officer?1387 sheriff's manc1400 attacher1440 messenger1482 tipped staffc1500 servitor1527 bailie-errant1528 processar1534 bum-bailiff1560 tipstaff1570 nut-hook1600 saffo1607 servera1612 bailiff-errant1612 bum-bailey1615 process servera1616 buckle-bosom1622 bumbee1653 exploiter1653 moar1656 bum1659 bummer1675 bumbail1696 bulldog1699 sheriff's officer1703 bum-trap1749 bound-bailiff1768 shelly-coata1774 body snatcher1778 lurcher1785 fool-finder1796 messenger1801 bugaboo1809 borough-bailiff1812 sheriff mair1812 speciality1815 grab1823 legalist1835 candy man1863 writter1882 sheriff1928 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 63 Buckle-bosomes, Collar-catchers: in a word, they are Sergeants, and Catch-poles. Draft additions 1993 d. to buckle up: to fasten one's seat-belt. North American. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > fasten seat-belt to buckle up1976 1976 Forbes 15 Oct. 40/1 As you gulp your martini and buckle up, a silver lining begins to girdle the clouds. 1986 New Yorker 7 Apr. 38/2 She settles in, buckles up, then leans forward and runs one finger over the dashboard. 1987 Los Angeles Times 27 Apr. v. 5/2 The Night Rider and another device, the Night Lighter, with lights that spin around the license plate, are displayed beneath a sign that reads ‘Buckle Up and Light Up!’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1340v.c1400 |
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