curlewn.

Brit.

/ˈkəːl(j)uː/, U.S.

/ˈkərˌlu/

Forms: α. Middle English curlu, curleeu, corlue, corolu, kurlu, Middle English corlew(e, Middle English–1500s curlewe, Middle English–1600s curlue, Middle English kyrlewe, corelewe, 1600s courlieu, 1600s–1700s curliew, 1600s–1800s curlieu, 1700s kerlew, Middle English– curlew; also β. Middle English corlure, curlure, Middle English curlowyr.

Etymology: Identical with Old French courlieus (13th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), corlys (16th cent. in Littré), courlis, corlis, corlieu (Cotgrave), modern French courlieu, courlis, in French dialect querlu, kerlu, corlu, corleru; compare also medieval Latin (a1250) corlivus, Italian chiurlo. The French name is held by etymologists to be an imitation of the cry of the bird; but if so, it was apparently assimilated to the word corliu (11th cent.), courlieu, curleu, corli courier, messenger, derivative of courir to run. Found in verse with stress curˈlew in 15th and 19th centuries.

1. A grallatorial bird of the genus Numenius (family Scolopacidæ), with a long slender curved bill; esp. the common European species N. arquatus (called in Scotland whaup).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Numenius (miscellaneous) > numenius arquata (curlew)

curlew1377

spowe1519

whaup1538

shot-whaip1639

stock whaupa1795

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiv. 43 Fissch to lyue in þe flode..Þe corlue by kynde of þe eyre.

a1440 Sir Degrev. 1406 Fatt conyngus and newe, ffesauntus and corelewe.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. vi. f. 119^v A great curlewe as bygge as a storke came flying to the gouernours shippe.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xvii. 110 The Woodcocke and Curlew, and other birdes haunting the water and riuers.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 233 A Pidgeon, or a Curlieu.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake v. 202 Wild as the scream of the curlieu.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 92 'Tis the place, and round the gables, as of old, the curlews call.

†2. Used (esp. in the Bible) to translate Latin coturnix, Greek ὄρτυξ, a quail. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Coturnix (quail)

eddish-henc825

arrish-henOE

curlewa1340

quail1381

mountain partridge1728

mountain quail1846

stubble-quail1848

koreke1871

Mearns quail1903

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter civ. 38 Þai asked & þe curlu come [1382 Wyclif, ther kam a kurlu (v.r. curlew, corlure); Vulgate, venit coturnix].

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 309 Þe same Delon hatte Ortygia; for ortigie, (þat beeþ coturnicies, curlewes,) beeþ þerynne greet plente.

?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 762/3 Hic conturnix, curlowyr.

1508 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (1876) 186 Curlewes, or quayles.

3. Applied in combination or with qualification to other grallatorial birds, as curlew-jack n., curlew knot n. the Whimbrel, a small species of curlew, Numenius phæops. curlew sandpiper n., pigmy curlew n. Tringa subarquata. stone curlew n. a name for the Norfolk plover ( Œdicnemus scolopax), and also for the whimbrel.

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Burhinus (thick-knees) > burhinus oedicnemus (stone curlew)

caladriea1425

whistling plover1668

stone curlew1678

stone plover1678

great plovera1705

Norfolk plover1766

stone-snipe1785

1605 in Archæol. XIII. 341 These Foules bee nowe in seasone. Bustarde..Widgeon, Curlewiake.

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. v. xiv. 306 The Stone-Curlew..The Throat, Neck [etc.]..like that of a Curlew: whence they of Norfolk call it, the Stone-Curlew.

1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 128 From a similarity of colors to the Curlew, it [sc. the Norfolk plover] is there called the stone Curlew.

1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 363 It [sc. the whimbrel]..visit[s] the neighbourhood of Spalding (where it is called the Curlew knot) in vast flocks in April.

1768 G. White Let. 30 Mar. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 43 I wonder that the stone curlew..should be mentioned by the writers as a rare bird.

1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 179, 194.

Compounds

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curlew-berry n. a name given in Labrador to the Crowberry ( Empetrum nigrum).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	curlew
释义	curlewn. Brit. /ˈkəːl(j)uː/, U.S. /ˈkərˌlu/ Forms: α. Middle English curlu, curleeu, corlue, corolu, kurlu, Middle English corlew(e, Middle English–1500s curlewe, Middle English–1600s curlue, Middle English kyrlewe, corelewe, 1600s courlieu, 1600s–1700s curliew, 1600s–1800s curlieu, 1700s kerlew, Middle English– curlew; also β. Middle English corlure, curlure, Middle English curlowyr. Etymology: Identical with Old French courlieus (13th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), corlys (16th cent. in Littré), courlis, corlis, corlieu (Cotgrave), modern French courlieu, courlis, in French dialect querlu, kerlu, corlu, corleru; compare also medieval Latin (a1250) corlivus, Italian chiurlo. The French name is held by etymologists to be an imitation of the cry of the bird; but if so, it was apparently assimilated to the word corliu (11th cent.), courlieu, curleu, corli courier, messenger, derivative of courir to run. Found in verse with stress curˈlew in 15th and 19th centuries. 1. A grallatorial bird of the genus Numenius (family Scolopacidæ), with a long slender curved bill; esp. the common European species N. arquatus (called in Scotland whaup). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Numenius (miscellaneous) > numenius arquata (curlew) curlew1377 spowe1519 whaup1538 shot-whaip1639 stock whaupa1795 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiv. 43 Fissch to lyue in þe flode..Þe corlue by kynde of þe eyre. a1440 Sir Degrev. 1406 Fatt conyngus and newe, ffesauntus and corelewe. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. vi. f. 119^v A great curlewe as bygge as a storke came flying to the gouernours shippe. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xvii. 110 The Woodcocke and Curlew, and other birdes haunting the water and riuers. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 233 A Pidgeon, or a Curlieu. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake v. 202 Wild as the scream of the curlieu. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 92 'Tis the place, and round the gables, as of old, the curlews call. †2. Used (esp. in the Bible) to translate Latin coturnix, Greek ὄρτυξ, a quail. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Coturnix (quail) eddish-henc825 arrish-henOE curlewa1340 quail1381 mountain partridge1728 mountain quail1846 stubble-quail1848 koreke1871 Mearns quail1903 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter civ. 38 Þai asked & þe curlu come [1382 Wyclif, ther kam a kurlu (v.r. curlew, corlure); Vulgate, venit coturnix]. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 309 Þe same Delon hatte Ortygia; for ortigie, (þat beeþ coturnicies, curlewes,) beeþ þerynne greet plente. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 762/3 Hic conturnix, curlowyr. 1508 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (1876) 186 Curlewes, or quayles. 3. Applied in combination or with qualification to other grallatorial birds, as curlew-jack n., curlew knot n. the Whimbrel, a small species of curlew, Numenius phæops. curlew sandpiper n., pigmy curlew n. Tringa subarquata. stone curlew n. a name for the Norfolk plover ( Œdicnemus scolopax), and also for the whimbrel. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Burhinus (thick-knees) > burhinus oedicnemus (stone curlew) caladriea1425 whistling plover1668 stone curlew1678 stone plover1678 great plovera1705 Norfolk plover1766 stone-snipe1785 1605 in Archæol. XIII. 341 These Foules bee nowe in seasone. Bustarde..Widgeon, Curlewiake. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. iii. v. xiv. 306 The Stone-Curlew..The Throat, Neck [etc.]..like that of a Curlew: whence they of Norfolk call it, the Stone-Curlew. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 128 From a similarity of colors to the Curlew, it [sc. the Norfolk plover] is there called the stone Curlew. 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 363 It [sc. the whimbrel]..visit[s] the neighbourhood of Spalding (where it is called the Curlew knot) in vast flocks in April. 1768 G. White Let. 30 Mar. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 43 I wonder that the stone curlew..should be mentioned by the writers as a rare bird. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 179, 194. Compounds Categories » curlew-berry n. a name given in Labrador to the Crowberry ( Empetrum nigrum). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1340
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