单词 | dory |
释义 | doryn.2 A fish, Zeus faber, found in European seas, and much esteemed as food. Also called John Dory n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > [noun] > order Zeiformes (dories) > genus Zeus > zeus faber (John Dory) doryc1440 St. Peter's fish1611 penny fisha1682 Peter-fisha1682 John Dory1729 c1440 Anc. Cookery in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 449 Salmon, fresshe and dorre rosted, or gurnard sothen. c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 582 Whale, Swerdfysche, purpose, dorray, rosted wele. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 246 The Doree or Goldfish, called Zeus and Faber. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xviii. 152 The Dorry is very like to a Sea-bream, of most excellent taste. 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide iv. ii. 28 She has order'd for Dinner a Piper and Dory. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 478 The Dory..is said to be an excellent fish for the table. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). doryn.3α. 1700s doree, 1700s– dory, 1800s– dorey, 1900s– dori (rare). β. 1800s–1900s doris (singular, in sense 2). 1. A canoe or small round-bottomed boat, chiefly used in Central America and the Caribbean.In quot. 1709 referring to a boat used to cross creeks in South Carolina. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > vessels of primitive construction > [noun] > canoe of indigenous peoples > other types of canoe pirogue1666 dory1709 Montreal canoe1793 waka1807 tandem canoe1867 Rob Roy1868 canot du maître1872 Peterborough1882 snake-boat1882 shadow canoe1883 tandem1884 buckeye1885 Canader1893 vinta1900 bellum1901 spoon canoe1907 sponson canoe1911 ratting canoe1944 tarada1960 canot du nord1961 1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 13 The French were very officious in assisting with their small Dories to pass over these Waters. 1726 N. Uring Hist. Voy. & Trav. 346 We launched the Dory over the reef. 1809 G. Henderson Acct. Brit. Settlement Honduras v. 78 The Pip-pan being flat-bottomed, the Dory round. 1870 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 22 Aug. Sixth race. Pulling—for dories and canoes not over 20 feet, pulling two oars. 1965 Belize Newslet. 26 July 8 The three children..were crossing the river in a dorey. 2019 Päyä Dec. 25 (caption) A local fisherman paddles his dory. 2. A small flat-bottomed rowing boat with a raised bow and stern, originally used for fishing in New England and Atlantic Canada. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > rowing boat > other types of rowing boat coblec950 row barge1466 bark1477 rowing barge1548 galley1570 caïque1625 catur1653 dory1726 skiff1793 dinghy1810 panga1811 dinghy1818 randan1838 dragon boat1846 guinea-boat1867 drive boat1879 pea pod1884 in-rigger1893 pointer1901 sandolo1928 1726 Boston Gaz. 25 Apr. 4/1 He..put a shore on an Island, where finding a Doree 5 of them went into her up to the Bay Men. 1830 Newburyport (Mass.) Herald 16 July Mr. Blaney took the dorey, and went alone about half a mile distant from the schooner to fish. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table vii. 189 A fancy ‘dory’ for two pairs of sculls. 1903 Month Aug. 146 The little flat-bottomed doris, holding two or three men, drift away. 1951 Mariner's Mirror 37 186 The Argus could hoist inboard and nest her fifty-three working dories in twenty minutes. 2007 Fiddlehead Winter 65 Men who worked too hard for far too little, men like Father who hand-lined cod from a dory. Compounds General use in various types of compound. ΚΠ 1860 Brit. Colonist (Halifax, Nova Scotia) 11 Aug. A number of barrels were caught by dory fishermen. 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous viii, in McClure's Mag. Feb. 349/2 Men had met one another before, dory-fishing in the fog. 1911 H. Bury Bishop amongst Bananas iv. 47 One of the best dorey men on the coast. 1994 Toronto Star 9 July j20/2 The ‘Fisheries Ex’ features a variety of industry-related events, including dory races, lobster-trap making and scallop-shucking contest. 2014 T. Anderson Deadly Shores 214 They were busy..trying to save as many of the stacked, dory-shaped landing craft aboard the ship as they could. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † dorydoryeadj.n.1 Obsolete. 1. Of a golden colour; bright yellow. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > golden yellow gildenOE goldena1382 goldya1398 dory1398 goldc1400 goldisha1425 sunlyc1425 goldlya1450 aureatec1450 gildedc1450 giltenc1450 scorn-golda1586 Pactolian1586 aureal1587 gold colour1648 gold-coloured1674 spun gold1728 aurulent1731 aurelian1791 deaurated1818 Tuscan1830 corn-coloured1854 old gold1877 buttercup yellow1880 aureoline1881 sun gold1887 Tuscan-coloured1905 guinea-gold1938 spun-golden1978 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xlv. 162 Yelowe coloure..Dorrey and cytrine and lyghte redde. 2. Old Cookery. Glazed with ‘almond milk’, ‘endored’: cf. dore v. As n. A dish so glazed. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > garnishing > [adjective] > glazed doryc1430 glazed1747 c1430 Two Cookery-bks. i. 11 Soupes dorye. c1430 Two Cookery-bks. i. 11 Soupes dorroy..Do þe dorry a-bowte. c1450 Two Cookery-bks. ii. 90 Soppes Dorre. c1450 Two Cookery-bks. ii. 114 Soupes dorrees. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.2c1440n.31709adj.n.11398 |
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