单词 | well-blacked |
释义 | well-blackedadj. Thoroughly or properly blackened, esp. (of shoes or boots) by being treated with black polish or blacking. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > making or becoming black > [adjective] > blackened forswartedc1305 bletchy1520 blackeneda1522 well-blacked1592 collied1600 blackeda1643 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. D3v Pumps and Pantofles because they were well blackt and glistered iolly freshly on it, being rubd ouer with inke. 1602 N. Breton Wonders Worth Hearing sig. Cv His stockings wel gartered and his shooes wel blacked. 1610 J. Healey tr. Lucan in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God ii. xi. 71 If euer I inuok'd In well black't phrase. 1789 Walker's Hibernian Mag. Oct. 551/1 Well black'd shoes, With little copper buckles clear and bright. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. ii. 30 His low, flat..cap, and his well-blacked, shining shoes, indicated that he belonged to the city. 1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 140 A basin..and a well blacked crock. 1934 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Grey Granite iii. 210 He blew out a cloud of smoke, brushed it aside, he was standing with his big, well-blacked boots unlaced, his waistcoat open. 2003 D. Lambdin Havoc's Sword xxix. 322 Legs encased in unadorned, well-blacked boots as tall as a dragoon's. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1592 |
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