单词 | marlet |
释义 | † marletn. Obsolete. = martlet n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Hirundinidae > genus Delichan (house-martin) martinet1440 martina1525 marlet1530 house martin1767 window swallow1791 window martin1793 eaves-martin1833 the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Apodidae > genus Apus > apus apus (swift) martinet1440 martleta1460 marlet1530 swift1668 black martin1673 Apus1774 longwing1786 deviling1797 devilet1828 flap-wing1834 squealer1854 devil1885 devil bird1885 1530 T. Wall Bk. Crests in Ancestor (1905) 12 86 Ward..beryth to his crest a marlet. 1562 J. Withals Shorte Dict. (rev. ed.) 5 A marlet [1553 martlette], whiche is of the quantitee of a swalow, hauying no feete to go, but onely stumpes, cypsellus. 1578 T. Cooper Thesaurus (new ed.) Cypselus,..a byrde called a marlett [1565 martlette]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. vi. 4 The Temple-haunting Barlet [read Marlet]. a1698 C. Morton Enquiry in Harleian Misc. (1810) V. 499 The summer birds, that breed here, as the nightingale, the cuckow, marlot, &c. a1698 C. Morton Enquiry in Harleian Misc. (1810) V. 505 The swallow swift and marlet are almost always flying. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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