单词 | waulked |
释义 | waulkedadj. Originally and chiefly Scottish. 1. a. Of cloth: shrunk, matted, and thickened by washing and beating. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > treated or processed in specific way > [adjective] > fulled waulked1490 milled1558 thicked1604 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > treated or processed in specific way > [adjective] > other waulked1490 ungrainedc1503 undressed1535 gummed1598 green1727 greige1835 limp1866 print1883 unweighted1883 sueded1888 satinized1891 crushed1895 beaver-finished1909 Schreinered1929 pre-boarded1940 permanent press1944 perma-pressed1951 perma-press1956 warp-printed1957 stabilized1960 1490 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 166/2 A tanny wob contenand xx elen of walkit claitht. 1536 Linlithgow Sheriff Court 6 Oct. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Walkit Sex ellis of wakkut clayth. 1584 Edinb. Test. XXVIII. 149 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Walkit Ane wob in the walk myln of quhyt contenand xxi elnis of raw claith quhilk being walkit extendis to x elnis walkit quhyt claith. 1648 Inventar Wholl Guidis & Geir Palace of Linlithgow 25 Nov. in J. Maidment Spottiswoode Misc. (1844) I. 372 Ane pair of walkit blanketts for covering the fatt. 1681 in New Mills Cloth Manuf. (1905) Introd. 86 33 ells raw will yeeld of waked or drest cloath 23 or 23½ ells. 1703 in Trans. E. Lothian Antiquarian & Field Naturalists' Soc. (1948) 4 28 A thicke wacked blankett. c1750 in S. Smiles Lives of Engineers II. 97 Cloth made of waulked plaiding. 1869 D. Bremner Industries Scotl. 200 So anxious were the magistrates to encourage him, that no dyed or waulked cloth was allowed to be hung on the Canongate Bridge. 2008 J. P. Wild in J. P. Oleson Oxf. Handbk. Engineering & Technol. Classical World xviii. 478 This ‘waulked’ cloth was then rinsed in tanks, and dried. b. Of hair: matted, tangled. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > tangled tattered1340 unkempt?a1439 dishevelc1450 tatty1513 tautyc1560 feltered1567 dishevelled1582 elf-locked1647 tatted1716 tauted1786 matty-haired1824 tangle-haired1861 draggle-haired1865 tangle-headed1884 waulked1894 natty1974 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Walkeet, wackeet, wauked, matted, entangled; a very common term for long hair that has matted or ‘tatted’ and has to be cut out. 1922 Mair Swatches o’ Hamespun 64 He wis in a ter'le stew. He reeve his waukit tappie. 2. Of skin (usually on hands or feet): calloused, roughened, thickened. Sc. National Dict. (at Waulk) records this sense as still in use in the Northern Isles and central Scotland in 1973. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [adjective] > hardening or thickening > afflicted with callosea1400 callousa1400 brawny1613 warded1658 imperspirable1668 callused1714 calloused1746 waulked1786 hoofed1828 horn-fisted1929 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 104 I..heav'd on high my wauket loof, To swear by a' yon starry roof. 1855 H. Ainslie Sc. Songs, Ballads, & Poems 32 Then upward let the spirit leap, An' spread the waukit han', Gi'e thanks to heaven we sow an' reap Within this blessed lan'. 1873 A. Anderson Song of Labour 124 I see him the noo.., Runnin' through the schule green wi' a hap, step, and jump, His bare waukit heels on the stanes playin' dump. 1874 R. Reid Moorland Rhymes 29 Tae the chastenin' o' Thy rod I turn my waukit side. 1881 D. Thomson Musings among Heather 225 If we ever meet, I guess, I'll be fu' fain Tae get your waukit loof tae press, Firm in my ain. 1931 Mod. Scotl. Apr. 20 This auld breist that waukit was lang syne. CompoundsΚΠ 1823 J. Hogg Shepherd's Calendar in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 633/1 A waukit-woo'd wedder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1490 |
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