eidern.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪdə/, U.S.

/ˈaɪdər/

Forms: Also 1700s–1800s edder.

Etymology: Ultimately < Icelandic æðar /aiðar/, genitive of æð-r eider-duck, in the combination æðar-dún eiderdown. The continental forms, Swedish †eider, now ejder (-gås), Danish eder(-fugl), German eider(-ente), are similarly adopted < Icelandic The present English spelling is probably from the Swedish used by Von Troil.

1. A species of duck, Somateria mollissima, abundant in the Arctic regions, that lines its nest with eiderdown n.; also, king-eider ( Somateria spectabilis). Chiefly attributive, as in eider-bird, eider-duck, eiderdown n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Somateria > somateria mollissima (eider)

St. Cuthbert's duck1674

duntera1688

eider-duck1744

sea-duck1753

1744 Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 612 Amongst the Sea-birds are the Edder, Ducks of Three Kinds.

1780 tr. U. von Troil Lett. on Iceland 143 The eider-bird is yet more useful to the natives.

1852 D. M. Moir Fowler viii The eider ducks, With their wild eyes, and necks of changeful blue.

1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies vii. 269 Swans and brant geese, harlequins and eiders.

1863 Spring Lapl. 384 The king eider and Barrow's Iceland duck are only occasionally seen in the autumn.

2. The down itself.

ΚΠ

1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 152 The down, known by the name of Eider or Edder, which these birds furnish.

3. attributive or adj. Resembling eiderdown.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > [adjective] > soft like specific thing or material

uddery1398

butteryc1450

carnose1562

silk-soft1570

downy1583

linty1607

flower-softa1616

lawny1615

unwoody1635

snow-like1663

pillowy1769

eider1789

puddingy1825

cushiony1839

sarcoid1841

cushioned1861

marshmallowy1993

1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II 18 Sleep protects him with his eider wings.

1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. iii. ii. 259 Beneath her eider robe the..earth Watches..for the sun.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	eider
释义	eidern. Brit. /ˈʌɪdə/, U.S. /ˈaɪdər/ Forms: Also 1700s–1800s edder. Etymology: Ultimately < Icelandic æðar /aiðar/, genitive of æð-r eider-duck, in the combination æðar-dún eiderdown. The continental forms, Swedish †eider, now ejder (-gås), Danish eder(-fugl), German eider(-ente), are similarly adopted < Icelandic The present English spelling is probably from the Swedish used by Von Troil. 1. A species of duck, Somateria mollissima, abundant in the Arctic regions, that lines its nest with eiderdown n.; also, king-eider ( Somateria spectabilis). Chiefly attributive, as in eider-bird, eider-duck, eiderdown n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Somateria > somateria mollissima (eider) St. Cuthbert's duck1674 duntera1688 eider-duck1744 sea-duck1753 1744 Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 612 Amongst the Sea-birds are the Edder, Ducks of Three Kinds. 1780 tr. U. von Troil Lett. on Iceland 143 The eider-bird is yet more useful to the natives. 1852 D. M. Moir Fowler viii The eider ducks, With their wild eyes, and necks of changeful blue. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies vii. 269 Swans and brant geese, harlequins and eiders. 1863 Spring Lapl. 384 The king eider and Barrow's Iceland duck are only occasionally seen in the autumn. 2. The down itself. ΚΠ 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 152 The down, known by the name of Eider or Edder, which these birds furnish. 3. attributive or adj. Resembling eiderdown. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > [adjective] > soft like specific thing or material uddery1398 butteryc1450 carnose1562 silk-soft1570 downy1583 linty1607 flower-softa1616 lawny1615 unwoody1635 snow-like1663 pillowy1769 eider1789 puddingy1825 cushiony1839 sarcoid1841 cushioned1861 marshmallowy1993 1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II 18 Sleep protects him with his eider wings. 1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. iii. ii. 259 Beneath her eider robe the..earth Watches..for the sun. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1744
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