单词 | creagh |
释义 | creaghcreachn. 1. An incursion for plunder (in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland); a raid, foray. ΚΠ 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xv. 212 (heading) A Creagh, and its Consequences. [Note] A creagh was an incursion for plunder, termed on the Borders a raid. 1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. XV. 198 A border parish was exposed to sudden inroads and craichs. 1888 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 535 Farmers who lay exposed to the creaghs. 2. Booty, prey. ΚΠ 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 250 The cattle were in the act of being driven off, when Butler..rescued the creagh. 1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VI. lxv. 291 Large creachs of prey were driven by the Highlanders. Derivatives creagh v. (transitive) to raid, plunder. ΚΠ 1883 Sat. Rev. 55 464 Those who are ‘creaghed’. 1884 M. Hickson Ireland in 17th Cent. I. 14 The wild creaghting life of Ulster. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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