culverkeysn.

Etymology: < culver n.¹ dove + key n.¹ and adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈculverkeys.

1. A popular name of various plants, the flowers of which suggest a bunch of keys.

a. In 17th cent. writers, and still in Somerset, etc., the wild Hyacinth or Blue-bell, Scilla nutans.Commentators on Dennys and Walton have wrongly guessed Columbine, Meadow Cranesbill, Orchis mascula.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > bluebell and allied flowers > bluebell or wild hyacinth

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a1609 J. Dennys Secrets of Angling (1613) i. xxxvii. sig. B7 Pale Ganderglass, and azour Culverkayes.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler xi. 214 I could..see here a Boy gathering Lillies and Lady-smocks, and there a Girle cropping Culverkeys and Cowslips.

1873 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener, & Country Gentleman 1 May 350/2 The Culverkey is well known in Somersetshire, and applies to the Bluebell (Hyacinthus non-scriptus). In Oxfordshire and Essex the same flower is by some called Culvers.

b. The Cowslip. (In some parts said to be the Oxlip; but cowslip and oxlip are confounded dialectally.)

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1736 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms Culverkeys, cowslips.

1873 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener, & Country Gentleman 1 May 350/2 The term Culverkeys is in general use among all the poorer classes of this neighbourhood [Ashford], and is applied to the Cowslip (Primula veris)..Culverkey wine is a much-admired beverage.

1878–86 Britten & Holland citing Field 26 June 1876 Coverkeys or Covey-keys, the Oxlip—not the true Primula elatior, but the plant known as P. variabilis. Kent.

1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Culver key, the cowslip.

c. In Clare, apparently a pale-flowered species of Vetch, ? Vicia sepium or V. sylvatica.

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1835 J. Clare Rural Muse 68 Here I in cutting nosegays would delight, The lambtoe tuft, the paler culverkey.

2. The seedpods of the ash, ash-keys. dialect.

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1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) (Britt. & Holl.).

1831 G. Johnston Flora Berwick-upon-Tweed

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	culverkeys
释义	culverkeysn. Etymology: < culver n.¹ dove + key n.¹ and adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈculverkeys. 1. A popular name of various plants, the flowers of which suggest a bunch of keys. a. In 17th cent. writers, and still in Somerset, etc., the wild Hyacinth or Blue-bell, Scilla nutans.Commentators on Dennys and Walton have wrongly guessed Columbine, Meadow Cranesbill, Orchis mascula. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > bluebell and allied flowers > bluebell or wild hyacinth harebell1387 crow-leekc1450 wild hyacinth1578 lily hyacinth1597 lily jacinth1597 culverkeysa1609 crow-bellsa1697 bluebell1755 wood hyacinth1897 a. a1609 J. Dennys Secrets of Angling (1613) i. xxxvii. sig. B7 Pale Ganderglass, and azour Culverkayes. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler xi. 214 I could..see here a Boy gathering Lillies and Lady-smocks, and there a Girle cropping Culverkeys and Cowslips. View more context for this quotation 1873 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener, & Country Gentleman 1 May 350/2 The Culverkey is well known in Somersetshire, and applies to the Bluebell (Hyacinthus non-scriptus). In Oxfordshire and Essex the same flower is by some called Culvers. b. The Cowslip. (In some parts said to be the Oxlip; but cowslip and oxlip are confounded dialectally.) ΚΠ 1736 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms Culverkeys, cowslips. 1873 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener, & Country Gentleman 1 May 350/2 The term Culverkeys is in general use among all the poorer classes of this neighbourhood [Ashford], and is applied to the Cowslip (Primula veris)..Culverkey wine is a much-admired beverage. 1878–86 Britten & Holland citing Field 26 June 1876 Coverkeys or Covey-keys, the Oxlip—not the true Primula elatior, but the plant known as P. variabilis. Kent. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Culver key, the cowslip. c. In Clare, apparently a pale-flowered species of Vetch, ? Vicia sepium or V. sylvatica. ΚΠ 1835 J. Clare Rural Muse 68 Here I in cutting nosegays would delight, The lambtoe tuft, the paler culverkey. 2. The seedpods of the ash, ash-keys. dialect. ΚΠ 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) (Britt. & Holl.). 1831 G. Johnston Flora Berwick-upon-Tweed This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1609
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