| 单词 |
tucket |
| 释义 |
▪ I. tucket1 arch.|ˈtʌkɪt|
Also 7 tucquet.
[Connected with tuck n.2; cf. toccata, also OF. touchet blow, stroke (c 1500 in Godef. Compl.).]
A flourish on a trumpet; a signal for marching used by cavalry troops. (Cf. sennet1.) Also fig.
1593Shakes. Rich. II, i. iii. 26 (Stage direct.) Tucket. Enter Hereford, and Harold [Herald; the lists at Coventry]. 1599― Hen. V, iv. ii. 35 Then let the Trumpets sound The Tucket Sonuance, and the Note to mount. 1601― All's Well iii. v, (Stage direct.) A Tucket afarre off. Enter old Widdow of Florence [etc.]. 16051st Pt. Ieronimo i. v, (Stage direct.) A Tucket within. King. How now, what means this trumpets sound? 1623Webster Devil's Law-Case v. vi, (Stage direct.) Two tuckets by several trumpets. 1625Markham Soldier's Accid. 61 The fourth [sound or signal given by the trumpet] is, Tucquet, or March; Which being hearde simplie of it selfe..Commands nothing but Marching after the Leader. 1889W. B. Squire in Grove Dict. Mus. IV. 184. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conq. 242 A tucket of herald newspapers told the world of Victor's returning to his London.
▪ II. tucket2 local U.S.|ˈtʌkɪt|
[Origin obscure; perh. ad. F. toquet, dim. of toque cap.]
A small ear of Indian corn in the unripe milky stage.
1874J. T. Trowbridge Coupon Bonds etc. 253 He had made, during the day, frequent deposits of green corn, of the diminutive species called tucket. 1889Farmer Americanisms, Tucket, the young green ear of Indian corn. Gathered when soft, and cooked in milk.
▪ III. [tucket
erron. f. tucet, a steak, a collop.] |
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