white-backedadj.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪtbakt/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)waɪtˌbækt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., backed adj.

Etymology: < white adj. + backed adj. With sense 2 compare white-back n. 1.

†1. Of a document: blank on the back, (hence) unendorsed. Cf. white adj. 2d Obsolete. rare.

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society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [adjective] > blank paper, not written upon > of document, back blank or unendorsed

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1466 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 87 Y sende yow þe writte white backed.

2. Having a white back. Frequently in names of birds and other animals.

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1762 tr. S. Gessner Rural Poems 86 Like a flock of sheep, the white-back'd waves sported around.

1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 82 White-backed Thrush.

1828 Mod. Traveller: India I. 91 There are two species of open-beaked heron..; one white-backed, the other wholly white except the back, which is black.

1886 Sci. Amer. 28 Aug. 129/2 It [sc. a monkey] was a rare specimen..—scarlet-faced, yellow-headed, white-backed, short-tailed.

1891 A. Conan Doyle White Company I. ii. 33 There was brother Bartholomew with a crucifix of rare carved ivory, and brother Luke with a white-backed psalter adorned with golden bees.

1909 Outlook 26 June 447/2 Here and there appeared a tree whose white-backed leaves—a synonym for turncoat in the Spanish—across the gorge looked not unlike our flowering dogwood.

1986 Canberra Times 19 Feb. 21/6 In the wake of last week's column about white-backed and black-backed magpies two people have reported sightings of grey magpies.

2002 Times 5 Apr. 43/1 The bite looked like that of the poisonous white-backed spider.

Compounds

white-backed vulture n. either of two vultures with white backs, Gyps africanus of the African savannah (more fully African white-backed vulture), and G. bengalensis of South and South-East Asia (more fully Indian white-backed vulture, Oriental white-backed vulture; also called white-rumped vulture).

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1832 Synopsis Contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 27) 88 The Pondicherry Vulture, Egyptian Vulture, Fulvous Vulture, White backed Vulture, and the Angola Vulture; these are all from the warm parts of the Old World.

1884 R. B. Sharpe Layard's Birds S. Afr. (ed. 2) 794 African White-backed Vulture... General colour deep brown.

1904 D. D. Cunningham Some Indian Friends & Acquaintances xx. 238 Almost every day, especially during the winter, numbers of the white-backed vulture, Pseudogyps bengalensis, are to be seen hanging aloft against the pale blue of the sky.

2004 Nature 12 Feb. p. ix It seems that Oriental white-backed vultures (Gyps bengalensis ) have fallen victim to diclofenac, a veterinary anti-inflammatory drug present in the livestock carcasses that they scavenge upon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	white-backed
释义	white-backedadj. Brit. /ˈwʌɪtbakt/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪtˌbækt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., backed adj. Etymology: < white adj. + backed adj. With sense 2 compare white-back n. 1. †1. Of a document: blank on the back, (hence) unendorsed. Cf. white adj. 2d Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [adjective] > blank paper, not written upon > of document, back blank or unendorsed white-backed1466 unsigneted1585 1466 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 87 Y sende yow þe writte white backed. 2. Having a white back. Frequently in names of birds and other animals. ΚΠ 1762 tr. S. Gessner Rural Poems 86 Like a flock of sheep, the white-back'd waves sported around. 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 82 White-backed Thrush. 1828 Mod. Traveller: India I. 91 There are two species of open-beaked heron..; one white-backed, the other wholly white except the back, which is black. 1886 Sci. Amer. 28 Aug. 129/2 It [sc. a monkey] was a rare specimen..—scarlet-faced, yellow-headed, white-backed, short-tailed. 1891 A. Conan Doyle White Company I. ii. 33 There was brother Bartholomew with a crucifix of rare carved ivory, and brother Luke with a white-backed psalter adorned with golden bees. 1909 Outlook 26 June 447/2 Here and there appeared a tree whose white-backed leaves—a synonym for turncoat in the Spanish—across the gorge looked not unlike our flowering dogwood. 1986 Canberra Times 19 Feb. 21/6 In the wake of last week's column about white-backed and black-backed magpies two people have reported sightings of grey magpies. 2002 Times 5 Apr. 43/1 The bite looked like that of the poisonous white-backed spider. Compounds white-backed vulture n. either of two vultures with white backs, Gyps africanus of the African savannah (more fully African white-backed vulture), and G. bengalensis of South and South-East Asia (more fully Indian white-backed vulture, Oriental white-backed vulture; also called white-rumped vulture). ΚΠ 1832 Synopsis Contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 27) 88 The Pondicherry Vulture, Egyptian Vulture, Fulvous Vulture, White backed Vulture, and the Angola Vulture; these are all from the warm parts of the Old World. 1884 R. B. Sharpe Layard's Birds S. Afr. (ed. 2) 794 African White-backed Vulture... General colour deep brown. 1904 D. D. Cunningham Some Indian Friends & Acquaintances xx. 238 Almost every day, especially during the winter, numbers of the white-backed vulture, Pseudogyps bengalensis, are to be seen hanging aloft against the pale blue of the sky. 2004 Nature 12 Feb. p. ix It seems that Oriental white-backed vultures (Gyps bengalensis ) have fallen victim to diclofenac, a veterinary anti-inflammatory drug present in the livestock carcasses that they scavenge upon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1466
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