finchn.

Brit.

/fɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S.

/fɪn(t)ʃ/

Forms: Old English finc, Middle English–1500s fynche, Middle English– finch.

Etymology: Old English finc strong masculine = Middle Dutch vinke (Dutch vink), Old High German fincho weak masculine (Middle High German vinke, German fink); not recorded in Old Norse (Swedish fink, Danish finke). The Old Germanic *finki-z , finkjon- , would correspond to a pre-Germanic *ping- , which Fick finds in Greek πίγγα young bird (Hesych.), and in various Indo-European words denoting colour: Old Church Slavonic pęgŭ particoloured, Sanskrit pinga brown, reddish, also young animal, pinjára gold-coloured, pingalá brown, brown animal (compare Greek πίγγαλος lizard). Compare also spink n.¹, the chaffinch = Greek σπίγγος and σπίζα ( < *spingja). Of similar sound and meaning, but not demonstrably connected, are French pinson, Spanish pinchon, pinzon, Catalan pinsá, Italian pincione < medieval Latin pinciōn-em; also Welsh pinc, English dialect pink, Breton pint, tint, the chaffinch; and Russian penka willow-wren (and cognates in other modern Slavic languages) It seems possible that some at least of these words are of echoic origin; the call-note of the male chaffinch is, in England, often represented as ‘spink’ or ‘pink’.

a. A name given to many small birds of the order Passeres, esp. to those of the genus Fringilla or family Fringillidæ. †to pull a finch: to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting person (cf. to pluck a pigeon).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > member of

fincha700

fairy bird1809

fairy bluebird1839

passerine1840

cataract-bird1868

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun]

fincha700

spinkc1425

thistle-finch1589

thistlewarp1598

grosbeak1678

fringillide1853

thistle-bird1872

thistle-feeder1904

spinkie1911

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > defraud or swindle [verb (intransitive)]

to pull a finchc1386

to bore a person's nose?1577

to wipe a person's nose1577

verse1591

lurch1593

to grope a gull1594

cheat1647

to lick (another's) fingers1656

to live upon the shark1694

sharp1709

fineer1765

to pluck a pigeon1769

swindle1769

to run a game1894

to sell (a person) a pup1901

scam1963

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > cheat, swindle [phrase]

to pull a finchc1386

to wipe a person's nosea1475

to take (a person) at advantage(s)1523

to play fast and loose1557

to play false1576

to joint a person's nose of?1577

to make a cousin of1580

to sell smoke1589

munge1660

to sell (a person) a packet1886

to beat the count1897

to sell (a person) a pup1901

to hand (someone) a lemon1906

to sell (someone) a bill of goods1927

a700 Epinal Gloss. 423 Fringella, finc.

c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 286 Fringilla, finc.

c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. 654 Ful prively a finch eke coude he pull.

c1400 Rom. Rose 658 In many places were nyghtyngales, Alpes, fynches, and wodewales.

?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Civ The fynche, lLe pinchon.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. i. 123 The Fynch, the Sparrowe, and the Larke.

1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xi. 103 Finches for the most part live upon seeds.

1720 J. Gay Dione ii. iv, in Poems II. 459 And pecking finches scoop the golden rind.

1846 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia I. i. i. 45 The linnet and finch sang still from the neighbouring copses.

1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz in La Saisiaz: Two Poets of Croisic 71 Brisk as any finch He twittered.

b. With defining words, forming popular names of species of Fringillidæ and of other birds of similar appearance, as fallow finch n. the wheat-ear. mountain finch n. the brambling. purple finch n. U.S. (see quot. 1884¹). storm finch n. the stormy petrel. thistle finch n. = French chardonneret. Also bullfinch n.¹, chaffinch n., goldfinch n., greenfinch n., yellow finch at yellow adj. and n. Compounds 2b(a).

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Fringillinae > fringilla montifringilla (brambling)

brambling1570

mountain spink1611

bramble1674

mountain finch1678

snow-finch1781

snow-hammer1802

snow-lark1832

cock of the North1834

furze-chucker1847

bramble-finch1865

the world > animals > birds > order Procellariiformes > [noun] > member of family Hydrobatidae > procellaria pelagica (stormy petrel)

devil's bird1634

sea-swallow1647

storm-finch1661

assilag1698

storm-bird1752

devil bird1759

Mother Carey's chicken1767

storm finch1768

witch1770

alamootiea1777

stormy petrel1776

water witch1794

spency1813

storm-petrel1833

stilt stormy petrel1884

Tom Tailor1885

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 255 The great pied Mountain-Finch..is of the bigness of a yellow Finch.

1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. lix. 244 Snytes..Thistle-Finches.

1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 434 Like the storm-finch, they are dispersed over the whole Atlantic ocean.

1825 H. W. Longfellow Autumn in U.S. Lit. Gaz. 1 Oct. 29 The purple finch.

1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 245 The Mountain Finch.

1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 346 Carpodacus purpureus, Purple Finch (better Crimson Finch).

1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 347 C. Cassini..Cassin's Purple Finch.

c. South African. = weaver n.¹ 4. Cf. fink n.¹

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Ploceinae (weaver)

finch1801

weaver-bird1826

weaver1828

fink1834

vink1834

weaver-finch1876

1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. iv. 247 Different species of small birds, chiefly sparrows, finches, and grossbeaks.

1833 S. Kay Trav. Caffraria iii. 85 The long-tailed finches..were here seen flying about.

1944 Cape Times 14 Oct. 6/7 Cape canaries, finches (their woven nests are hanging from the trees this month) and bush doves.

1963 C. W. Mackworth-Praed & C. H. B. Grant Birds S. Third Afr. II. 673 Southern Africa is very well supplied with Finches, particularly in the south.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as †finch-bird, finch-tribe.

ΚΠ

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Finche byrde, achantis.

1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 353 The Finch tribe.

C2.

† finch-egg n. Obsolete a contemptuous epithet.

ΚΠ

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. i. 33 Pat. Out gall. Ther. Finch egge .

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	finch
释义	finchn. Brit. /fɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /fɪn(t)ʃ/ Forms: Old English finc, Middle English–1500s fynche, Middle English– finch. Etymology: Old English finc strong masculine = Middle Dutch vinke (Dutch vink), Old High German fincho weak masculine (Middle High German vinke, German fink); not recorded in Old Norse (Swedish fink, Danish finke). The Old Germanic finki-z , finkjon-* , would correspond to a pre-Germanic ping- , which Fick finds in Greek πίγγα* young bird (Hesych.), and in various Indo-European words denoting colour: Old Church Slavonic pęgŭ particoloured, Sanskrit pinga brown, reddish, also young animal, pinjára gold-coloured, pingalá brown, brown animal (compare Greek πίγγαλος lizard). Compare also spink n.¹, the chaffinch = Greek σπίγγος and σπίζα ( < spingja). Of similar sound and meaning, but not demonstrably connected, are French pinson, Spanish pinchon, pinzon, Catalan pinsá, Italian pincione* < medieval Latin pinciōn-em; also Welsh pinc, English dialect pink, Breton pint, tint, the chaffinch; and Russian penka willow-wren (and cognates in other modern Slavic languages) It seems possible that some at least of these words are of echoic origin; the call-note of the male chaffinch is, in England, often represented as ‘spink’ or ‘pink’. a. A name given to many small birds of the order Passeres, esp. to those of the genus Fringilla or family Fringillidæ. †to pull a finch: to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting person (cf. to pluck a pigeon). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > member of fincha700 fairy bird1809 fairy bluebird1839 passerine1840 cataract-bird1868 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] fincha700 spinkc1425 thistle-finch1589 thistlewarp1598 grosbeak1678 fringillide1853 thistle-bird1872 thistle-feeder1904 spinkie1911 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > defraud or swindle [verb (intransitive)] to pull a finchc1386 to bore a person's nose?1577 to wipe a person's nose1577 verse1591 lurch1593 to grope a gull1594 cheat1647 to lick (another's) fingers1656 to live upon the shark1694 sharp1709 fineer1765 to pluck a pigeon1769 swindle1769 to run a game1894 to sell (a person) a pup1901 scam1963 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > cheat, swindle [phrase] to pull a finchc1386 to wipe a person's nosea1475 to take (a person) at advantage(s)1523 to play fast and loose1557 to play false1576 to joint a person's nose of?1577 to make a cousin of1580 to sell smoke1589 munge1660 to sell (a person) a packet1886 to beat the count1897 to sell (a person) a pup1901 to hand (someone) a lemon1906 to sell (someone) a bill of goods1927 a700 Epinal Gloss. 423 Fringella, finc. c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 286 Fringilla, finc. c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. 654 Ful prively a finch eke coude he pull. c1400 Rom. Rose 658 In many places were nyghtyngales, Alpes, fynches, and wodewales. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Civ The fynche, lLe pinchon. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. i. 123 The Fynch, the Sparrowe, and the Larke. View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xi. 103 Finches for the most part live upon seeds. 1720 J. Gay Dione ii. iv, in Poems II. 459 And pecking finches scoop the golden rind. 1846 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia I. i. i. 45 The linnet and finch sang still from the neighbouring copses. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz in La Saisiaz: Two Poets of Croisic 71 Brisk as any finch He twittered. b. With defining words, forming popular names of species of Fringillidæ and of other birds of similar appearance, as fallow finch n. the wheat-ear. mountain finch n. the brambling. purple finch n. U.S. (see quot. 1884¹). storm finch n. the stormy petrel. thistle finch n. = French chardonneret. Also bullfinch n.¹, chaffinch n., goldfinch n., greenfinch n., yellow finch at yellow adj. and n. Compounds 2b(a). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Fringillinae > fringilla montifringilla (brambling) brambling1570 mountain spink1611 bramble1674 mountain finch1678 snow-finch1781 snow-hammer1802 snow-lark1832 cock of the North1834 furze-chucker1847 bramble-finch1865 the world > animals > birds > order Procellariiformes > [noun] > member of family Hydrobatidae > procellaria pelagica (stormy petrel) devil's bird1634 sea-swallow1647 storm-finch1661 assilag1698 storm-bird1752 devil bird1759 Mother Carey's chicken1767 storm finch1768 witch1770 alamootiea1777 stormy petrel1776 water witch1794 spency1813 storm-petrel1833 stilt stormy petrel1884 Tom Tailor1885 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 255 The great pied Mountain-Finch..is of the bigness of a yellow Finch. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. lix. 244 Snytes..Thistle-Finches. 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 434 Like the storm-finch, they are dispersed over the whole Atlantic ocean. 1825 H. W. Longfellow Autumn in U.S. Lit. Gaz. 1 Oct. 29 The purple finch. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 245 The Mountain Finch. 1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 346 Carpodacus purpureus, Purple Finch (better Crimson Finch). 1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 347 C. Cassini..Cassin's Purple Finch. c. South African. = weaver n.¹ 4. Cf. fink n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Ploceinae (weaver) finch1801 weaver-bird1826 weaver1828 fink1834 vink1834 weaver-finch1876 1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. iv. 247 Different species of small birds, chiefly sparrows, finches, and grossbeaks. 1833 S. Kay Trav. Caffraria iii. 85 The long-tailed finches..were here seen flying about. 1944 Cape Times 14 Oct. 6/7 Cape canaries, finches (their woven nests are hanging from the trees this month) and bush doves. 1963 C. W. Mackworth-Praed & C. H. B. Grant Birds S. Third Afr. II. 673 Southern Africa is very well supplied with Finches, particularly in the south. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as †finch-bird, finch-tribe. ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Finche byrde, achantis. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 353 The Finch tribe. C2. † finch-egg n. Obsolete a contemptuous epithet. ΚΠ 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. i. 33 Pat. Out gall. Ther. Finch egge . View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a700
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