| 单词 | keelie | 
| 释义 | keelien. northern dialect and Scottish.  1.  A local name for the sparrow-hawk or kestrel. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > 			[noun]		 > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco tinnunculus (kestrel) stanielc825 kestrel14.. stanchel?a1513 mollec1535 windfucker1599 stonegall1602 fleingall1608 fuckwind1611 scamela1616 furze-kite1635 wind-vanner1668 windhover1674 keelie1808 standgale1840 fanner1875 stand hawk1878 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > 			[noun]		 > genus Accipiter > accipiter nisus (sparrowhawk) sparhawkc725 sperverc1330 musketa1398 sparrow-hawk1548 pigeon hawk1731 chickenhawk?a1775 keelie1808 spier-hawk?c1810 1808    J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang.  				Keelie, a hawk, chiefly applied to a young one. Loth., Teviotd. 1893    R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words  				Keely-haak, the kestrel... Its note ‘keely-keely’ gives it the name. 1898    J. Colville Sc. Vernacular 		(1899)	 11  				Sclim the branchless stem of the fir for the keelie's nest.  2.  A low or vulgar boy; a street-loafer or rough. Scottish. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > 			[noun]		 > frequenting streets scamperer1712 corner-boy1855 plug-ugly1856 corner-cove1862 keelie1863 tough1866 larrikin1868 corner-man1885 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > 			[noun]		 > violent treatment or force > frequenting streets scamperer1712 sweater1712 corner-boy1855 plug-ugly1856 corner-cove1862 keelie1863 tough1866 larrikin1868 corner-man1885 voyoua1896 tsotsi1949 a1825    W. Scott in  J. Jamieson Sc. Dict.  				A combination of young blackguards in Edinburgh hence termed themselves the Keelie Gang.]			 1863    N. Brit. Daily Mail 18 Aug. 2/4  				The defender..said that I was a Saltmarket keelie, a fighting man, a thief. 1909    Athenæum 1 May 528/2  				Most people will..appreciate the sterling..character..of the Glasgow ‘keelie’ of twelve. 1937    Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Nov. 870/3  				Wondering..whether the rascally little Glasgow ‘keelie’..will succeed in betraying both sides for pay. 1962    ‘H. Calvin’ System ii. 31  				A Glasgow keelie who had grown up in a two-roomed slum. 1969    I. Opie  & P. Opie Children's Games iv. 155  				‘It has to be played in the dark’, remarks a keelie. 1973    Times 18 May (Glasgow Suppl.) p. iv/2  				The archetypal Glasgow keelie is a gallus man. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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