maccan.

Brit.

/ˈmakə/, U.S.

/ˈmækə/, Caribbean English

/ˈmaka/

Forms: 1800s– maca, 1800s– macca, 1900s– macka.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: macca-fat n.

Etymology: Probably short for macca-fat n.

Caribbean (chiefly Jamaican).

Any spine, prickle, burr, etc., borne by a plant or animal; such processes collectively. Also: a spiny or prickly plant, spec. the macaw palm, Acrocomia aculeata. Frequently attributive, esp. in the names of spiny or prickly varieties of plants and animals.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > oil palms

macaw1657

groo-groo1796

macaw fat1801

oil palm1850

macca-fat palm1873

babassu1876

oil-berry tree1878

macca1892

1892 T. D. A. Cockrell Provisional List Fishes Jamaica in Bull. (Inst. Jamaica) No. 1. 8/2 Gerres rhombeus,..Macca Back. Silver fish.

1910 I. Anderson & F. Cundall Jamaica Anancy Stories 31 De man dat hab on boot must go befo' so' mash macca.

1946 E. N. Burke Stories told by Uncle Newton I. 17 There was soft grease—applied warm—for prickles (‘macca’ to us children) in the fingers or toes.

1950 L. Bennett et al. Anancy Stories & Dial. Verse 81 Me wash it, me starch it, me iron it, Me hang it pan [= upon] pingwing [= pinguin] macka.

1954 Farmer's Guide (Jamaica Agric. Soc.) 587 Macca Kalalu... Unlike the closely related garden Kalalu, this unpleasant weed has sharp spines located in pairs at the base of each leaf.

1956 J. Hearne Stranger at Gate xvii. 131 They went through the bush..the dry macca crunching beneath their shoes.

1956 J. Hearne Stranger at Gate xxxi. 239 If I have to walk a hundred mile on macca thorn, I am going to be dere.

1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk i. 7 A thoroughly Jamaican word..is macca, which now means any kind of prickle, thorn, bur, or sharp spine on plants or animals... It is used in many combinations too, like macca breadfruit, macca yam, macca fern.

1978 D. Walcott in Amer. Poetry Rev. May–June 4/1 That ceaseless torrent of dust That carried the shacks of the poor..down the gullies of Yallahs and August Town, To lodge them on thorns of maca.

1995 L. Gunst Born fi' Dead i. 103 I knew that if any o' them found me in the macca, I woulda' been dead fi' true.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	macca
释义	maccan. Brit. /ˈmakə/, U.S. /ˈmækə/, Caribbean English /ˈmaka/ Forms: 1800s– maca, 1800s– macca, 1900s– macka. Origin: Probably formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: macca-fat n. Etymology: Probably short for macca-fat n. Caribbean (chiefly Jamaican). Any spine, prickle, burr, etc., borne by a plant or animal; such processes collectively. Also: a spiny or prickly plant, spec. the macaw palm, Acrocomia aculeata. Frequently attributive, esp. in the names of spiny or prickly varieties of plants and animals. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > oil palms macaw1657 groo-groo1796 macaw fat1801 oil palm1850 macca-fat palm1873 babassu1876 oil-berry tree1878 macca1892 1892 T. D. A. Cockrell Provisional List Fishes Jamaica in Bull. (Inst. Jamaica) No. 1. 8/2 Gerres rhombeus,..Macca Back. Silver fish. 1910 I. Anderson & F. Cundall Jamaica Anancy Stories 31 De man dat hab on boot must go befo' so' mash macca. 1946 E. N. Burke Stories told by Uncle Newton I. 17 There was soft grease—applied warm—for prickles (‘macca’ to us children) in the fingers or toes. 1950 L. Bennett et al. Anancy Stories & Dial. Verse 81 Me wash it, me starch it, me iron it, Me hang it pan [= upon] pingwing [= pinguin] macka. 1954 Farmer's Guide (Jamaica Agric. Soc.) 587 Macca Kalalu... Unlike the closely related garden Kalalu, this unpleasant weed has sharp spines located in pairs at the base of each leaf. 1956 J. Hearne Stranger at Gate xvii. 131 They went through the bush..the dry macca crunching beneath their shoes. 1956 J. Hearne Stranger at Gate xxxi. 239 If I have to walk a hundred mile on macca thorn, I am going to be dere. 1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk i. 7 A thoroughly Jamaican word..is macca, which now means any kind of prickle, thorn, bur, or sharp spine on plants or animals... It is used in many combinations too, like macca breadfruit, macca yam, macca fern. 1978 D. Walcott in Amer. Poetry Rev. May–June 4/1 That ceaseless torrent of dust That carried the shacks of the poor..down the gullies of Yallahs and August Town, To lodge them on thorns of maca. 1995 L. Gunst Born fi' Dead i. 103 I knew that if any o' them found me in the macca, I woulda' been dead fi' true. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1892
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