green linnetn.

Brit.

/ˌɡriːn ˈlɪnɪt/, U.S.

/ˌɡrin ˈlɪnᵻt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: green adj., linnet n.

Etymology: < green adj. + linnet n. Compare earlier greenfinch n.

1. The greenfinch, Carduelis chloris.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Carduelis > carduelis chloris (greenfinch)

greenfincha1500

green bird1675

green linnet1678

green grosbeak1776

greeny1825

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 246 The Green-finch: Chloris..It is bigger than a House-Sparrow..It is called by some the Green Linnet.

1737 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Eng. Song-birds 29 (heading) Of the Green-finch, Green-linnet: Or, as it is commonly called, the Green-bird.

?1795 E. Sibly Key to Physic 87 The red-breast, the yellow-hammer, the green-linnet, or the winchat, is generally the nurse of the young cuckow.

1857 B. P. Brent Let. 23 Oct. in C. Darwin Corr. (1990) VI. 470 I have had both Goldfinch mule cocks and Green linnet mule cocks paired with, and tread hen canaries, but no produce.

1907 H. E. Forrest Vertebr. Fauna North Wales 138 The Greenfinch, or Green Linnet as it is often called, is one of the most abundant birds in the district.

1937 N. M. Gunn Highland River vii. 109 Kenn never caught a green linnet. He is not sorry for that now.

2006 B. O'Shea Call of Country i. 6 Every substantial hedge seemed to support the nest of a hedge sparrow (dunnock)..or perhaps that of a green linnet as we used to call the greenfinch.

2. In plural. With capital initials. The members of the 39th Regiment of Foot of the British Army, and its successors, whose uniform had green facings. Now historical.In 1881 the 39th Regiment of Foot was amalgamated with the 54th to form the Dorsetshire Regiment. This was merged with the Devonshire Regiment in 1958 to form the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, which was incorporated into the Rifles in 2007.

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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British

Ulsters1649

Scots Guardsa1675

fusilier1680

guards1682

Scots Dragoons1689

Scots Fusiliers1689

Inniskilling1715

Scots Greys1728

blue1737

Black Watch1739

Oxford blues1766

green linnets1793

Grenadiers1800

slashers1802

the Buffs1806

tartan1817

Gay Gordons1823

cheesemongers1824

Green Jacket1824

The Bays1837

RHA1837

dirty half-hundred1841

die-hard1844

lifeguard1849

cherry-picker1865

lancer-regiment1868

cheeses1877

Territorial Regiment1877

the Sweeps1879

dirty shirts1887

Scottish Rifles1888

shiner1891

Yorkshire1898

imperials1899

Irish guards1902

Hampshires1904

BEF1914

Old Contemptibles1915

contemptibles1917

Tank Corps1917

the Tins1918

skins1928

pioneer corps1939

red devils1943

Blues and Royals1968

U.D.R.1969

1793 Parl. Reg. Ireland XIII. 550 A regiment was raised;..from being clad in green, [they] were, by the people, called the Green Linnets.

1870 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable 365/2 Green Linnets, the 39th Foot, so called from the colour of their facings.

1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness (1902) 191 Dorsets and Middlesex (famous old corps, with famous old sobriquets, ‘Green Linnets’ and ‘Die-Hards’).

1914 W. R. Hodder Brit. Regts. at Front Introd. 33 In 1742 the [Dorsetshire] regiment was popularly known as ‘The Green Linnets’ from the ‘sad green’ facings of its uniform.

1988 C. Chant Handbk. Brit. Regiments 137 The nicknames associated with The Dorset Regiment were ‘Sankey's Horse’, ‘The Green Linnets’ and ‘The Flamers’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	green linnet
释义	green linnetn. Brit. /ˌɡriːn ˈlɪnɪt/, U.S. /ˌɡrin ˈlɪnᵻt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: green adj., linnet n. Etymology: < green adj. + linnet n. Compare earlier greenfinch n. 1. The greenfinch, Carduelis chloris. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Carduelis > carduelis chloris (greenfinch) greenfincha1500 green bird1675 green linnet1678 green grosbeak1776 greeny1825 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 246 The Green-finch: Chloris..It is bigger than a House-Sparrow..It is called by some the Green Linnet. 1737 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Eng. Song-birds 29 (heading) Of the Green-finch, Green-linnet: Or, as it is commonly called, the Green-bird. ?1795 E. Sibly Key to Physic 87 The red-breast, the yellow-hammer, the green-linnet, or the winchat, is generally the nurse of the young cuckow. 1857 B. P. Brent Let. 23 Oct. in C. Darwin Corr. (1990) VI. 470 I have had both Goldfinch mule cocks and Green linnet mule cocks paired with, and tread hen canaries, but no produce. 1907 H. E. Forrest Vertebr. Fauna North Wales 138 The Greenfinch, or Green Linnet as it is often called, is one of the most abundant birds in the district. 1937 N. M. Gunn Highland River vii. 109 Kenn never caught a green linnet. He is not sorry for that now. 2006 B. O'Shea Call of Country i. 6 Every substantial hedge seemed to support the nest of a hedge sparrow (dunnock)..or perhaps that of a green linnet as we used to call the greenfinch. 2. In plural. With capital initials. The members of the 39th Regiment of Foot of the British Army, and its successors, whose uniform had green facings. Now historical.In 1881 the 39th Regiment of Foot was amalgamated with the 54th to form the Dorsetshire Regiment. This was merged with the Devonshire Regiment in 1958 to form the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, which was incorporated into the Rifles in 2007. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British Ulsters1649 Scots Guardsa1675 fusilier1680 guards1682 Scots Dragoons1689 Scots Fusiliers1689 Inniskilling1715 Scots Greys1728 blue1737 Black Watch1739 Oxford blues1766 green linnets1793 Grenadiers1800 slashers1802 the Buffs1806 tartan1817 Gay Gordons1823 cheesemongers1824 Green Jacket1824 The Bays1837 RHA1837 dirty half-hundred1841 die-hard1844 lifeguard1849 cherry-picker1865 lancer-regiment1868 cheeses1877 Territorial Regiment1877 the Sweeps1879 dirty shirts1887 Scottish Rifles1888 shiner1891 Yorkshire1898 imperials1899 Irish guards1902 Hampshires1904 BEF1914 Old Contemptibles1915 contemptibles1917 Tank Corps1917 the Tins1918 skins1928 pioneer corps1939 red devils1943 Blues and Royals1968 U.D.R.1969 1793 Parl. Reg. Ireland XIII. 550 A regiment was raised;..from being clad in green, [they] were, by the people, called the Green Linnets. 1870 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable 365/2 Green Linnets, the 39th Foot, so called from the colour of their facings. 1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness (1902) 191 Dorsets and Middlesex (famous old corps, with famous old sobriquets, ‘Green Linnets’ and ‘Die-Hards’). 1914 W. R. Hodder Brit. Regts. at Front Introd. 33 In 1742 the [Dorsetshire] regiment was popularly known as ‘The Green Linnets’ from the ‘sad green’ facings of its uniform. 1988 C. Chant Handbk. Brit. Regiments 137 The nicknames associated with The Dorset Regiment were ‘Sankey's Horse’, ‘The Green Linnets’ and ‘The Flamers’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas green linnet 2. Applied, with qualifications, to birds of other genera. green linnet, the greenfinch (see green adj. and n.¹ Compounds 1d(b)). pine linnet, a siskin of North America, Chrysomitris (or Spinus) pinus. ΚΠ 1868 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands xxix. 550 The Indigo Bird or Blue Linnet of America (Spiza cyanea). 1884 J. Burroughs Fresh Fields (1895) vi. 140 The greenfinch or green linnet is an abundant bird everywhere. 1886 J. Burroughs Signs & Seasons (1895) ii. 41 The pine grosbeak and the pine linnet are both nurslings of this tree. extracted from linnetn. < n.1678 as lemmas
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