hagletn.

Brit.

/ˈhaɡlᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈhæɡlᵻt/

Forms: 1800s hacklet, 1800s– haglet.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hagden n., hackbolt n., -let suffix

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < hag-, hack- (in hagden n. and perhaps also in hackbolt n., although this is first attested later) + -let suffix.

Chiefly regional and Nautical. Now rare.

Any of various seabirds regarded as distinct from gulls, most often petrels, but also including shearwaters, fulmars, and kittiwakes.

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus tridactylus (kittiwake)

kittiwake1661

tarrock1674

petrel1770

haglet1803

kitty1806

tickle-ace1819

wake-up kittle1832

mackerel bird1879

1803 J. Grant Narr. Voy. New S. Wales 59 The black Haglet..procures its food by often harassing and fighting with other birds..until they throw up the food they have swallowed, which the other instantly seizes on.

1825 in N. H. Carter Lett. from Europe (1827) I. i. 16 Captain Davis and another party made an excursion in the jolly-boat, taking a musket with them, and bringing back a haglet, a large-sea-bird, apparently very fierce in its disposition.

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxxii From the Gull-rock rose a thousand birds..the choughs cackled, the hacklets wailed.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits ii. 33 Gulls, haglets, ducks, petrels, swim, dive, and hover around.

1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 74 The kittywake, or hacklet, a very small species of gull.

1922 A. C. Bent Life Hist. N. Amer. Gulls & Terns (Smithsonian Inst. National Mus. Bull. 113) 11 The ‘haglets’ are greedy feeders, and soon gulp down what pieces of food they can find.

1958 M. Holdgate Mountains in Sea 49 The Pediunker (the Great Grey Petrel), the Black Haglet (Great-winged Petrel), and the White-breasted Black Haglet (Atlantic Petrel) are all eaten [by islanders on Tristan da Cunha].

1999 C. R. Schultz Forty-niners Round Horn iii. 86 A passenger in the ship Panama described the method of catching numerous cape pigeons or speckled haglets and had them made into pigeon pot pies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	haglet
释义	hagletn. Brit. /ˈhaɡlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈhæɡlᵻt/ Forms: 1800s hacklet, 1800s– haglet. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hagden n., hackbolt n., -let suffix Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < hag-, hack- (in hagden n. and perhaps also in hackbolt n., although this is first attested later) + -let suffix. Chiefly regional and Nautical. Now rare. Any of various seabirds regarded as distinct from gulls, most often petrels, but also including shearwaters, fulmars, and kittiwakes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus tridactylus (kittiwake) kittiwake1661 tarrock1674 petrel1770 haglet1803 kitty1806 tickle-ace1819 wake-up kittle1832 mackerel bird1879 1803 J. Grant Narr. Voy. New S. Wales 59 The black Haglet..procures its food by often harassing and fighting with other birds..until they throw up the food they have swallowed, which the other instantly seizes on. 1825 in N. H. Carter Lett. from Europe (1827) I. i. 16 Captain Davis and another party made an excursion in the jolly-boat, taking a musket with them, and bringing back a haglet, a large-sea-bird, apparently very fierce in its disposition. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxxii From the Gull-rock rose a thousand birds..the choughs cackled, the hacklets wailed. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits ii. 33 Gulls, haglets, ducks, petrels, swim, dive, and hover around. 1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 74 The kittywake, or hacklet, a very small species of gull. 1922 A. C. Bent Life Hist. N. Amer. Gulls & Terns (Smithsonian Inst. National Mus. Bull. 113) 11 The ‘haglets’ are greedy feeders, and soon gulp down what pieces of food they can find. 1958 M. Holdgate Mountains in Sea 49 The Pediunker (the Great Grey Petrel), the Black Haglet (Great-winged Petrel), and the White-breasted Black Haglet (Atlantic Petrel) are all eaten [by islanders on Tristan da Cunha]. 1999 C. R. Schultz Forty-niners Round Horn iii. 86 A passenger in the ship Panama described the method of catching numerous cape pigeons or speckled haglets and had them made into pigeon pot pies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1803
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