Februaryn.

Brit.

/ˈfɛbr(ər)i/,

/ˈfɛbjᵿri/,

/ˈfɛbjʊəri/, U.S.

/ˈfɛb(j)əˌwɛri/,

/ˈfɛbrəˌwɛri/

Forms:

α. early Middle English Feouerel, early Middle English Feouerrer, Middle English Fefirȝere, Middle English Feuere, Middle English Feuerel, Middle English Feuerer, Middle English Feuerere, Middle English Feuerȝeer, Middle English Feuerȝere, Middle English Feuerrer, Middle English Feueryeer, Middle English Feueryer, Middle English Feueryere, Middle English Feuerylll, Middle English Feverell, Middle English Feverer, Middle English Feverrer, Middle English Fevverell, Middle English ffeuyrer, Middle English ffeverer, Middle English–1500s Feuerell, 1500s Fevere, 1500s Feverelle, 1500s–1600s Feuerill; Scottish pre-1700 Feuerȝher; N.E.D. (1895) also records forms early Middle English Feoverer, Middle English Feverȝere, Middle English Feverrȝeer, Middle English Feveryl.

β. Middle English Feberȝer, Middle English Februare, Middle English Februari, Middle English Februer, Middle English ffeberȝer, Middle English ffebruare, Middle English 1600s Februar, Middle English 1600s Februere, Middle English–1600s Februarie, Middle English–1600s Februarij, Middle English–1600s Februarye, Middle English– February, 1500s Febrarie, 1500s Febreary, 1500s Feybruarii, 1500s Feybruary, 1500s ffebruarij, 1500s–1600s Febrewary, 1600s Febrary, 1600s Februry, 1600s ffebruarie, 1600s ffebruary, 1600s–1700s Februeer, 1600s– Febuary (now nonstandard), 1800s– Febberwerry (Irish English (northern)); English regional (midlands and northern) 1800s– Febiwerry, 1800s– Febriwerry, 1900s– Feberiwerry, 1900s– Febery, 1900s– Febewary, 1900s– Februaire (Cumberland); U.S. regional 1700s–1800s Febuary, 1900s– Febbywerry (chiefly in African-American usage), 1900s– Febiary, 1900s– Feboowery, 1900s– Fibbywerry (chiefly in African-American usage); Scottish pre-1700 Fabrewar, pre-1700 Fabrovar, pre-1700 Fabrowair, pre-1700 Fabruar, pre-1700 Fabruare, pre-1700 Fabruari, pre-1700 Fabruarie, pre-1700 Fabruarii, pre-1700 Fabruarij, pre-1700 Fabruerij, pre-1700 Fabrware, pre-1700 Feberwerrie, pre-1700 Febrewar, pre-1700 Februair, pre-1700 Februare, pre-1700 Februarie, pre-1700 Februarii, pre-1700 Februarye, pre-1700 Februerij, pre-1700 Februor, pre-1700 Febrvar, pre-1700 Febwarie, pre-1700 1700s– Februar, pre-1700 1700s– February, pre-1700 1800s Feberwar, 1700s Feberwary, 1800s Feberwarry, 1800s Feberweer.

Also represented by the abbreviations Feb, Feb., ffeb., Febb., ffebr. (with point).

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French feverer, fevrier; Latin Februārius, Febrarius.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman feverer, feverrer, feveryer, feverzere, feverell, februer, februare, februarie, etc., Anglo-Norman and Old French fevrier, feverier, Old French (northern) fevriel (1119; Middle French fevrier , French février ), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin Februārius, in post-classical Latin also Febrarius (frequent in inscriptions), use as noun (short for mēnsis Februārius month of February) of masculine of Februārius of February < februa (plural; also februm , februum , singular) means of purification, expiatory offerings, of uncertain origin (see below) + -ārius -ary suffix¹; the Roman festival of purification was held on the 15th of this month. Compare Old Occitan febrier (late 12th cent.), Catalan febrer (late 13th cent.), Spanish febrero (end of the 11th cent.), Portuguese fevereiro (13th cent. as febreyro; earlier †feuerarias (10th cent.)), Italian febbraio (a1288); Middle Dutch febrier (Dutch februari), German Februar (15th cent.), Swedish februari (17th cent. as februarius).On the development of the ancient Roman calendar see note at September n. Ancient authors considered classical Latin februa to be of Sabine origin; some modern scholars accept this view. An alternative view derives the Latin word from the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek θεῖον sulphur (used in purification) (see thio- comb. form). In Old English and Middle English texts Latin Februarius is often used for the month (in Old English sometimes alongside the vernacular name Solmōnað ), e.g.:OE Tables of Lucky & Unlucky Days (Vitell. E.xviii) in K. Malone & M. B. Ruud Stud. Eng. Philol. in Honor of F. Klaeber 263 On Ian[ua]rius, þonne se mona bið þreora nihta eald and feowra, and on Februarius, þonne he bið fifa and seofena eald.OE Menologium 18 Swylce emb feower wucan þætte Solmonað sigeð to tune butan twam nihtum, swa hit getealdon geo, Februarius fær, frode gesiþas.OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. i. 58 On þissum monðe (þæt ys on Februario).a1450 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (1988) i. §10. 6 Next the cercle of the daies folewith the cercle of the names of the monthes, that is to say, Januarius, Februarius..November, December. Compare also Old English Februāriusmōnað ( < classical Latin Februārius (see above) + month n.¹):OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. i. 62 Februarius monð he [sc. bissextus] upabret. The Middle English forms in -l show dissimilation parallel to that seen in laurel n.¹ Forms in -ii and -ij may reflect the Latin genitive form Februārii. The pronunciation Brit. /ˈfɛbjʊəri/, U.S. /ˈfɛb(j)əˌwɛri/ (probably reflected in the nonstandard form Febuary) has been noted (and not infrequently censured) since at least the early 20th cent.; it has been ascribed both to dissimilation of r before a following r and to the analogy of January.

a. The second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, containing 28 days (or 29 in a leap year) and falling between January and March.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > specific months > [noun] > February

Februaryc1225

leap-month1566

fill-dike1611

sprout-kale1778

fill-ditch1879

α.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Royal) l. 594 Oþe sixtenðe dei of feouereles [c1225 Bodl. feouerreres] moneð.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 8238 In þe monþe of feuerer.

1394 in C. Innes & P. Chalmers Liber Aberbrothoc (1856) II. 42 The xvi day of the moneth of Feveryer this cunnande was made.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 7099 Of feuerȝere þe fift kalend.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 1 In Feuerȝher befell the sammyn cace, That Inglismen tuk trewis with Wallace.

a1500 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1912) 128 285 (MED) In Feuerel when þou heris thonder, It betokyneþ riche men liggyng low And a gode ȝere after to sowe.

1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 364 (MED) In Feueryer afore the fastyngange.

1602 W. Basse Three Pastoral Elegies ii. sig. C When Ianiuere in's one and thirtith age, Had late embrac'd the wintring Feuerill.

β. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 1234 (MED) The Monthe unto this Signe [sc. Pisces] ordeined Is Februer, which is bereined, And with londflodes in his rage At Fordes letteth the passage.a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ix. x. 530 Olde errour of naciouns halowid..Februere to þe neþir goddis.c1450 J. Capgrave Solace of Pilgrims (Bodl. 423) (1911) 53 (MED) This kyng eke addid on to þe ȝere too monthis, januari and februari, for þe ȝer be for his tyme be gan at march.1470 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 165 The Monunday the xxvj day of the moneth of Fabruarii.1550–1 in A. I. Cameron Sc. Corr. Mary of Lorraine (1927) 344 The panulte day of Fabruerij.1588 A. King Ample Declar. Kalendar sig. hiij, in tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. S. Matthias day y^t 24 of februar.1615 in Lett. & State Papers Reign James VI (1838) 259 The first of Feberwerrie.a1660 G. Wharton Disc. Years in Wks. (1683) 83 February à Februo, that is to sacrifice, because then the Romans sacrificed to Pluto..for the Souls of their Ancestors.1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella Of Husbandry 464 The xx of February Leo (the Lion) ceases to set.a1810 R. Tannahill Feberwar in Poet. Wks. (1846) 157 Thou cauld gloomy Feberwar, O gin thou wert awa'.1867 O. W. Holmes in Atlantic Almanac 1868 2/2 A warm day in February is a dream of April.1920 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 31 Mar. 6/5 The moon quartered four times in the west or northwest in the 29 days of February.2006 A. M. Foley Having my Say iii. 14 In January and February..we weren't in school.

b. personified.General February: see general n. 6d.

ΚΠ

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ix. x. 530 Februere is ipeintid an olde man sittinge by þe fire.

a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vii. vii, in Faerie Queene (1609) 43 Lastly came cold February, sitting In an old wagon, for he could not ride.

1821 P. B. Shelley Dirge for Year in Poems (1891) 568/2 February bears the bier.

1863 R. Chambers Bk. of Days I. 202/1 February comes in like a sturdy country maiden, with a tinge of the red, hard winter apple on her healthy cheek.

1941 Art. Bull. 23 285 (note) Winter is not represented indeed by a tender boy, but by a bent old man (February).

1993 D. Dunn Dante's Drum-kit 84 Pale and sinister February..this Amazon Giantess with icy lips.

Phrases

Proverbs. Esp. in February fill-dike and variants, indicating the prevalence of rain or snow in this month. Cf. fill-dike adj. at fill v. Compounds.

ΚΠ

1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. D.i Feuerell fill dyke, doth good with his snowe.

a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub i. i. 2 in Wks. (1640) III Februere Doth cut and sheare.

1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 40 All the moneths in the year curse a fair Februeer.

1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 40 February fill dike, Be it black or be it white, But if it be white, It's the better to like.

1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling ii. viii. 165 The Welchman had rather see his dam on the bier, Than see a fair Februeer.

1889 W. Allan Weather Wisdom 15 If in February there be no rain, 'Tis neither good for hay nor grain.

1914 Brit. Weekly 12 Mar. 690/5 The old English saying, ‘Febuary [sic] makes a bridge, and March breaks it.’

1978 R. Whitlock Cal. Country Customs iii. 38 One farming adage asserts that ‘If in February there be no rain Tis neither good for hay nor grain.’

1997 Independent (Nexis) 1 Mar. 18 Thames Water..has begun doing the opposite: in times of plenty, such as fill-dike February, it is pouring treated water back down.

Compounds

C1. General attributive and similative, as February face, February fruit, February night, etc.

ΚΠ

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. iv. 41 Whats the matter? That you haue such a Februarie face.

1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery xviii. 164 February Fruits... The same as in January.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 368 Late February days.

2007 Cornish Guardian (Nexis) 18 July 21 They had responded to a call at around 10pm on a February night.

C2.

February red n. Angling any of several reddish stoneflies emerging in early spring, now esp. those of the genus Taeniopteryx; (also) an imitation of any of these flies used for angling.

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1854 W. Cartwright Rambles 148 February Red.—Still on the water. Hook, No. 9... Body of a red sheepskin mat..; legs, a red hackle.

1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling vi. 170 The February Red..belongs to the perlideæ.

1910 Times 8 Mar. 19/4 Do not forget such half-mythical insects as the February red—which I am inclined to suspect live chiefly in the imagination of the tackle maker.

2004 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 Mar. d7/4 Other winter species include a medium sized Allocapnia and the medium-sized February Reds and Winter Browns called Nemoura and Taenipteryx.

February Revolution n. (also with lower-case initial in the second element) [with reference to France compare French révolution de février (1848); with reference to Russia compare Russian fevral′skaja revoljucija (1918 or earlier)] (a) (in France) the revolution of February 1848, leading to the abdication of King Louis Philippe and the founding of the Second Republic; (b) (in Russia) the popular uprising of March (February Old Style) 1917, resulting in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the establishment of a provisional (non-communist) government (cf. October Revolution n. at October n. Compounds 2).

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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] > specific revolutions

American Revolution1779

revolution1784

French Revolution1789

revolution1790

Fructidor1793

Russian Revolution1805

agrarian revolution1824

February Revolution1848

October Revolution1917

revolution1917

cultural revolution1929

velvet revolution1989

1848 Times 6 Oct. 3/3 The commercial community..have been crippled by the effects of the February revolution on their timber trade with France.

1918 Times 28 Jan. 5/2 Andrei Ivanovitch Shingareff after the February Revolution was for a time Minister of Agriculture and Food.

1932 M. Eastman tr. L. Trotsky Hist. Russ. Revol. I. 17 The premises both of the February revolution and of the October revolution which replaced it.

1962 French Hist. Stud. 2 361 On the anniversary of the February Revolution, two-thirds of the textile workers at the Croix-Rousse..remained away from work.

2007 Monitor (McAllen, Texas) (Nexis) 2 Mar. The February revolution had two indisputable achievements to its credit: the restoration of the Patriarchate and Solzhenitsyn's prose.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	february
释义	Februaryn. Brit. /ˈfɛbr(ər)i/, /ˈfɛbjᵿri/, /ˈfɛbjʊəri/, U.S. /ˈfɛb(j)əˌwɛri/, /ˈfɛbrəˌwɛri/ Forms: α. early Middle English Feouerel, early Middle English Feouerrer, Middle English Fefirȝere, Middle English Feuere, Middle English Feuerel, Middle English Feuerer, Middle English Feuerere, Middle English Feuerȝeer, Middle English Feuerȝere, Middle English Feuerrer, Middle English Feueryeer, Middle English Feueryer, Middle English Feueryere, Middle English Feuerylll, Middle English Feverell, Middle English Feverer, Middle English Feverrer, Middle English Fevverell, Middle English ffeuyrer, Middle English ffeverer, Middle English–1500s Feuerell, 1500s Fevere, 1500s Feverelle, 1500s–1600s Feuerill; Scottish pre-1700 Feuerȝher; N.E.D. (1895) also records forms early Middle English Feoverer, Middle English Feverȝere, Middle English Feverrȝeer, Middle English Feveryl. β. Middle English Feberȝer, Middle English Februare, Middle English Februari, Middle English Februer, Middle English ffeberȝer, Middle English ffebruare, Middle English 1600s Februar, Middle English 1600s Februere, Middle English–1600s Februarie, Middle English–1600s Februarij, Middle English–1600s Februarye, Middle English– February, 1500s Febrarie, 1500s Febreary, 1500s Feybruarii, 1500s Feybruary, 1500s ffebruarij, 1500s–1600s Febrewary, 1600s Febrary, 1600s Februry, 1600s ffebruarie, 1600s ffebruary, 1600s–1700s Februeer, 1600s– Febuary (now nonstandard), 1800s– Febberwerry (Irish English (northern)); English regional (midlands and northern) 1800s– Febiwerry, 1800s– Febriwerry, 1900s– Feberiwerry, 1900s– Febery, 1900s– Febewary, 1900s– Februaire (Cumberland); U.S. regional 1700s–1800s Febuary, 1900s– Febbywerry (chiefly in African-American usage), 1900s– Febiary, 1900s– Feboowery, 1900s– Fibbywerry (chiefly in African-American usage); Scottish pre-1700 Fabrewar, pre-1700 Fabrovar, pre-1700 Fabrowair, pre-1700 Fabruar, pre-1700 Fabruare, pre-1700 Fabruari, pre-1700 Fabruarie, pre-1700 Fabruarii, pre-1700 Fabruarij, pre-1700 Fabruerij, pre-1700 Fabrware, pre-1700 Feberwerrie, pre-1700 Febrewar, pre-1700 Februair, pre-1700 Februare, pre-1700 Februarie, pre-1700 Februarii, pre-1700 Februarye, pre-1700 Februerij, pre-1700 Februor, pre-1700 Febrvar, pre-1700 Febwarie, pre-1700 1700s– Februar, pre-1700 1700s– February, pre-1700 1800s Feberwar, 1700s Feberwary, 1800s Feberwarry, 1800s Feberweer. Also represented by the abbreviations Feb, Feb., ffeb., Febb., ffebr. (with point). Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French feverer, fevrier; Latin Februārius, Febrarius. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman feverer, feverrer, feveryer, feverzere, feverell, februer, februare, februarie, etc., Anglo-Norman and Old French fevrier, feverier, Old French (northern) fevriel (1119; Middle French fevrier , French février ), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin Februārius, in post-classical Latin also Febrarius (frequent in inscriptions), use as noun (short for mēnsis Februārius month of February) of masculine of Februārius of February < februa (plural; also februm , februum , singular) means of purification, expiatory offerings, of uncertain origin (see below) + -ārius -ary suffix¹; the Roman festival of purification was held on the 15th of this month. Compare Old Occitan febrier (late 12th cent.), Catalan febrer (late 13th cent.), Spanish febrero (end of the 11th cent.), Portuguese fevereiro (13th cent. as febreyro; earlier †feuerarias (10th cent.)), Italian febbraio (a1288); Middle Dutch febrier (Dutch februari), German Februar (15th cent.), Swedish februari (17th cent. as februarius).On the development of the ancient Roman calendar see note at September n. Ancient authors considered classical Latin februa to be of Sabine origin; some modern scholars accept this view. An alternative view derives the Latin word from the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek θεῖον sulphur (used in purification) (see thio- comb. form). In Old English and Middle English texts Latin Februarius is often used for the month (in Old English sometimes alongside the vernacular name Solmōnað ), e.g.:OE Tables of Lucky & Unlucky Days (Vitell. E.xviii) in K. Malone & M. B. Ruud Stud. Eng. Philol. in Honor of F. Klaeber 263 On Ian[ua]rius, þonne se mona bið þreora nihta eald and feowra, and on Februarius, þonne he bið fifa and seofena eald.OE Menologium 18 Swylce emb feower wucan þætte Solmonað sigeð to tune butan twam nihtum, swa hit getealdon geo, Februarius fær, frode gesiþas.OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. i. 58 On þissum monðe (þæt ys on Februario).a1450 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (1988) i. §10. 6 Next the cercle of the daies folewith the cercle of the names of the monthes, that is to say, Januarius, Februarius..November, December. Compare also Old English Februāriusmōnað ( < classical Latin Februārius (see above) + month n.¹):OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. i. 62 Februarius monð he [sc. bissextus] upabret. The Middle English forms in -l show dissimilation parallel to that seen in laurel n.¹ Forms in -ii and -ij may reflect the Latin genitive form Februārii. The pronunciation Brit. /ˈfɛbjʊəri/, U.S. /ˈfɛb(j)əˌwɛri/ (probably reflected in the nonstandard form Febuary) has been noted (and not infrequently censured) since at least the early 20th cent.; it has been ascribed both to dissimilation of r before a following r and to the analogy of January. a. The second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, containing 28 days (or 29 in a leap year) and falling between January and March. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > specific months > [noun] > February Februaryc1225 leap-month1566 fill-dike1611 sprout-kale1778 fill-ditch1879 α. c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Royal) l. 594 Oþe sixtenðe dei of feouereles [c1225 Bodl. feouerreres] moneð. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 8238 In þe monþe of feuerer. 1394 in C. Innes & P. Chalmers Liber Aberbrothoc (1856) II. 42 The xvi day of the moneth of Feveryer this cunnande was made. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 7099 Of feuerȝere þe fift kalend. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 1 In Feuerȝher befell the sammyn cace, That Inglismen tuk trewis with Wallace. a1500 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1912) 128 285 (MED) In Feuerel when þou heris thonder, It betokyneþ riche men liggyng low And a gode ȝere after to sowe. 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 364 (MED) In Feueryer afore the fastyngange. 1602 W. Basse Three Pastoral Elegies ii. sig. C When Ianiuere in's one and thirtith age, Had late embrac'd the wintring Feuerill. β. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 1234 (MED) The Monthe unto this Signe [sc. Pisces] ordeined Is Februer, which is bereined, And with londflodes in his rage At Fordes letteth the passage.a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ix. x. 530 Olde errour of naciouns halowid..Februere to þe neþir goddis.c1450 J. Capgrave Solace of Pilgrims (Bodl. 423) (1911) 53 (MED) This kyng eke addid on to þe ȝere too monthis, januari and februari, for þe ȝer be for his tyme be gan at march.1470 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 165 The Monunday the xxvj day of the moneth of Fabruarii.1550–1 in A. I. Cameron Sc. Corr. Mary of Lorraine (1927) 344 The panulte day of Fabruerij.1588 A. King Ample Declar. Kalendar sig. hiij, in tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. S. Matthias day y^t 24 of februar.1615 in Lett. & State Papers Reign James VI (1838) 259 The first of Feberwerrie.a1660 G. Wharton Disc. Years in Wks. (1683) 83 February à Februo, that is to sacrifice, because then the Romans sacrificed to Pluto..for the Souls of their Ancestors.1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella Of Husbandry 464 The xx of February Leo (the Lion) ceases to set.a1810 R. Tannahill Feberwar in Poet. Wks. (1846) 157 Thou cauld gloomy Feberwar, O gin thou wert awa'.1867 O. W. Holmes in Atlantic Almanac 1868 2/2 A warm day in February is a dream of April.1920 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 31 Mar. 6/5 The moon quartered four times in the west or northwest in the 29 days of February.2006 A. M. Foley Having my Say iii. 14 In January and February..we weren't in school. b. personified.General February: see general n. 6d. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ix. x. 530 Februere is ipeintid an olde man sittinge by þe fire. a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vii. vii, in Faerie Queene (1609) 43 Lastly came cold February, sitting In an old wagon, for he could not ride. 1821 P. B. Shelley Dirge for Year in Poems (1891) 568/2 February bears the bier. 1863 R. Chambers Bk. of Days I. 202/1 February comes in like a sturdy country maiden, with a tinge of the red, hard winter apple on her healthy cheek. 1941 Art. Bull. 23 285 (note) Winter is not represented indeed by a tender boy, but by a bent old man (February). 1993 D. Dunn Dante's Drum-kit 84 Pale and sinister February..this Amazon Giantess with icy lips. Phrases Proverbs. Esp. in February fill-dike and variants, indicating the prevalence of rain or snow in this month. Cf. fill-dike adj. at fill v. Compounds. ΚΠ 1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. D.i Feuerell fill dyke, doth good with his snowe. a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub i. i. 2 in Wks. (1640) III Februere Doth cut and sheare. View more context for this quotation 1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 40 All the moneths in the year curse a fair Februeer. 1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 40 February fill dike, Be it black or be it white, But if it be white, It's the better to like. 1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling ii. viii. 165 The Welchman had rather see his dam on the bier, Than see a fair Februeer. 1889 W. Allan Weather Wisdom 15 If in February there be no rain, 'Tis neither good for hay nor grain. 1914 Brit. Weekly 12 Mar. 690/5 The old English saying, ‘Febuary [sic] makes a bridge, and March breaks it.’ 1978 R. Whitlock Cal. Country Customs iii. 38 One farming adage asserts that ‘If in February there be no rain Tis neither good for hay nor grain.’ 1997 Independent (Nexis) 1 Mar. 18 Thames Water..has begun doing the opposite: in times of plenty, such as fill-dike February, it is pouring treated water back down. Compounds C1. General attributive and similative, as February face, February fruit, February night, etc. ΚΠ 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. iv. 41 Whats the matter? That you haue such a Februarie face. View more context for this quotation 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery xviii. 164 February Fruits... The same as in January. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 368 Late February days. 2007 Cornish Guardian (Nexis) 18 July 21 They had responded to a call at around 10pm on a February night. C2. February red n. Angling any of several reddish stoneflies emerging in early spring, now esp. those of the genus Taeniopteryx; (also) an imitation of any of these flies used for angling. ΚΠ 1854 W. Cartwright Rambles 148 February Red.—Still on the water. Hook, No. 9... Body of a red sheepskin mat..; legs, a red hackle. 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling vi. 170 The February Red..belongs to the perlideæ. 1910 Times 8 Mar. 19/4 Do not forget such half-mythical insects as the February red—which I am inclined to suspect live chiefly in the imagination of the tackle maker. 2004 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 Mar. d7/4 Other winter species include a medium sized Allocapnia and the medium-sized February Reds and Winter Browns called Nemoura and Taenipteryx. February Revolution n. (also with lower-case initial in the second element) [with reference to France compare French révolution de février (1848); with reference to Russia compare Russian fevral′skaja revoljucija (1918 or earlier)] (a) (in France) the revolution of February 1848, leading to the abdication of King Louis Philippe and the founding of the Second Republic; (b) (in Russia) the popular uprising of March (February Old Style) 1917, resulting in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the establishment of a provisional (non-communist) government (cf. October Revolution n. at October n. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] > specific revolutions American Revolution1779 revolution1784 French Revolution1789 revolution1790 Fructidor1793 Russian Revolution1805 agrarian revolution1824 February Revolution1848 October Revolution1917 revolution1917 cultural revolution1929 velvet revolution1989 1848 Times 6 Oct. 3/3 The commercial community..have been crippled by the effects of the February revolution on their timber trade with France. 1918 Times 28 Jan. 5/2 Andrei Ivanovitch Shingareff after the February Revolution was for a time Minister of Agriculture and Food. 1932 M. Eastman tr. L. Trotsky Hist. Russ. Revol. I. 17 The premises both of the February revolution and of the October revolution which replaced it. 1962 French Hist. Stud. 2 361 On the anniversary of the February Revolution, two-thirds of the textile workers at the Croix-Rousse..remained away from work. 2007 Monitor (McAllen, Texas) (Nexis) 2 Mar. The February revolution had two indisputable achievements to its credit: the restoration of the Patriarchate and Solzhenitsyn's prose. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1225
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