greyglen.

Brit.

/ˈɡrɛɡl/, U.S.

/ˈɡrɛɡ(ə)l/

Forms: 1800s grægle, 1800s gregole, 1800s greygole, 1800s greygoyle, 1800s– graegle, 1800s– greggle, 1800s– greygle, 1800s– griggle.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymon: grey adj.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. The first element apparently shows grey adj.The form grægle probably shows a consciously archaic spelling, assuming an origin as a derivative of grey adj.

English regional (south-western). Now chiefly historical.

Any of several wild flowers; spec. the bluebell or wild hyacinth, Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Also gramfer greygle. Chiefly in plural.

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1844 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. 267 An' beds o' grēgoles, thick an' gây, Did dick the groun' in yerly Mây.

1847 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. (ed. 2) 53 The wood-screen'd grægle's bell.

1850 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Prov. Words. (ed. 2) 1. Greygole, the bluebell.

1869 Notes & Queries 4th Ser. 4 345 When we came to some blue-bell squills (Scilla nutans)..I asked him [sc. a Dorset boy] what their name was. Without any hesitation he answered..‘Gramfer greygles’.

1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. xx. 246 She grew to talk of ‘greggles’ as ‘wild hyacinths’.

1920 W. E. Brenchley Weeds of Farm Land xiii. 218 (gloss.) Orchis mascula,..gramfer-greygles, greygles.

2006 C. Erickson Last Wife Henry VIII xv. 114 I walked past tables where gooseberry tarts were spread out for sale, along with crisp late apples and bunches of dried blue graegles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	greygle
释义	greyglen. Brit. /ˈɡrɛɡl/, U.S. /ˈɡrɛɡ(ə)l/ Forms: 1800s grægle, 1800s gregole, 1800s greygole, 1800s greygoyle, 1800s– graegle, 1800s– greggle, 1800s– greygle, 1800s– griggle. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymon: grey adj. Etymology: Origin uncertain. The first element apparently shows grey adj.The form grægle probably shows a consciously archaic spelling, assuming an origin as a derivative of grey adj. English regional (south-western). Now chiefly historical. Any of several wild flowers; spec. the bluebell or wild hyacinth, Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Also gramfer greygle. Chiefly in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > bellflowers bell-flower1578 bluebell1578 Canterbury bells1578 Coventry bells1578 Coventry Marians1578 Coventry rapes1578 fair-in-sight1578 gauntlet1578 haskwort1578 Marian's violet1578 throatwort1578 lady's looking glass1597 mariet1597 Mercury's violet1597 peach-bells1597 steeple bells1597 uvula-wort1597 Venus looking-glass1597 campanula1664 Spanish bell1664 corn-violet1665 rampion1688 Venus' glass1728 harebell1767 heath-bell1805 witch bell1808 slipperwort1813 meadow-bell1827 greygle1844 platycodon1844 lady's thimble1853 kikyo1884 witches' bells1884 balloon flower1901 fairy thimble1914 mountain bell1923 1844 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. 267 An' beds o' grēgoles, thick an' gây, Did dick the groun' in yerly Mây. 1847 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. (ed. 2) 53 The wood-screen'd grægle's bell. 1850 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Prov. Words. (ed. 2) 1. Greygole, the bluebell. 1869 Notes & Queries 4th Ser. 4 345 When we came to some blue-bell squills (Scilla nutans)..I asked him [sc. a Dorset boy] what their name was. Without any hesitation he answered..‘Gramfer greygles’. 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. xx. 246 She grew to talk of ‘greggles’ as ‘wild hyacinths’. 1920 W. E. Brenchley Weeds of Farm Land xiii. 218 (gloss.) Orchis mascula,..gramfer-greygles, greygles. 2006 C. Erickson Last Wife Henry VIII xv. 114 I walked past tables where gooseberry tarts were spread out for sale, along with crisp late apples and bunches of dried blue graegles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844
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