单词 | juck |
释义 | † juckn. Obsolete. ? A joint of a bird's wing. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > wing or wings > part of pinion?a1425 juck1575 shoulder1735 wrista1836 wing1867 propatagium1872 thumb1872 patagium1887 flight-muscle1890 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 106 Giue hir but a little meate..that when she is therewith accustomed, you maye giue hir plumage and a Iuk [1611 iucke] of a ioynt. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 217 They giue them [sc. sparrowhawks] ioukes [so 1611] of wings of small birdes, & Quailes, when they haue fedde them, tearing them out with their teeth, and plucking away the longest feathers, and so giue it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). juckjukev. 1. intransitive. To make a sound or call imitated by this word, as a partridge. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [verb (intransitive)] > specific actions of partridge spring1589 juck1611 jug1648 1611 [see jucking n. at Derivatives]. 1621 G. Markham Hunger's Prevent. (1655) 241 The place where you heard them iuke. 2. Used in sense of jug v.3; cf. also jouk v.1 ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > rest resteOE sweveOE joukc1374 juck1828 1828 Sporting Mag. 22 430 Bushing the fields where they are likely to juck or sleep. Derivatives ˈjucking n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Perdix (partridge) > making sound jucking1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cabab, the chucking, churring, or iouking of a Partridge. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 252 Imitating their Notes at their Juking-time, which is usually in the Morning and in the Evening. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Spread Net You will soon know if there be any of the Birds by their Calling and Jucking. 1870 Blaine's Encycl. Rural Sports (rev. ed.) §2619 They [partridges] have several calls... One very important one, and to the practised sportsman readily recognised, is their jucking, when they settle down together for the night. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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