merlen.¹

Brit.

/ˈməːl/, U.S.

/ˈmər(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English– merle, 1500s meryll, 1500s–1700s mearle, 1600s merl, 1600s mirle, 1600s–1700s mearl; Scottish pre-1700 mearle, pre-1700 merl, pre-1700 merll, pre-1700 mirle, pre-1700 1700s–1800s merl, pre-1700 1700s– merle; Irish English (northern) 1800s– merl, 1800s– merle.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French merle.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French merle blackbird or a similar bird (c1165 in Old French, 1190 in Anglo-Norman; compare the 15th-cent. gloss of merula as noire merle in the Lille Glossary), kind of sea fish (1554 in Middle French) < classical Latin merula , merulus blackbird or ouzel, kind of sea fish, probably < the Indo-European base of Welsh mwyalch , Old Cornish moelh , Breton moualch blackbird, and perhaps also of ouzel n. Compare Italian merlo (13th cent.), merla (a1342), Old Occitan merle (13th cent.), merla (14th cent.), Portuguese merlo (1258, now usually in the metathesized form melro ), Catalan merla (17th cent.), Spanish †mierla (beginning of the 15th cent.), mirlo (1734), and Middle Dutch meerle , merle (Dutch meerl , merel ), Old High German merla (Middle High German merl , merle , German regional Merle ). Compare merul n.

1. Chiefly Scottish and poetic. The blackbird, Turdus merula.Perhaps never in general use but occurring frequently in Scottish poetry from the 15th cent. onwards. Drayton adopted from Scottish poetry the traditional association of ‘mavis and merle’, which he frequently repeats, and which in the 19th cent. often appears in English and American poetry in imitation of Scott or Burns. As used by Caxton (quot. 1483) and Philemon Holland, the word is an independent adoption from French.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Turdus (thrush) > turdus merula (blackbird)

ouzeleOE

blackbirdc1350

merula1398

merle1483

black-mack1519

blackie1841

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 146 b/2 A blacke byrde that is called a merle came on atyme to saynt benet.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 101 I hard a merle with mirry notis sing A sang of lufe.

c1524 Thomas of Erceld. (Lansd. MS) 29 I harde the Meryll and the Iay.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 712 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 117 The maviss and ye merle syngis.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxx. vii. 382 The Thrush or Mauis..is soueraigne for the dysenterie: so is the Merle or black-bird.

1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. B3 In yonder goodly Tree, Where the sweet Merle and warbling Mauis bee.

1618 W. Mure Kings Maiestie came to Hamilton in J. Adamson Muses Welcome 274 Heir Mearle, and Maves sing melodious layes.

1684 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia: 1st Pt. (ed. 15) i. 6 What abundance of..merles, fieldfares, ousles.

1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. at Merula A mearle, a blackbird.

1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 178 The merle, in his noontide bower, Makes woodland echoes ring.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iv. 158 Merry it is in the good green wood, When the mavis and merle are singing.

1863 H. W. Longfellow Poet's Tale i, in Tales Wayside Inn 189 It was the season, when through all the land The merle and mavis..building sing Those lovely lyrics.

1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 64 My old heart Goes pit-a-pat to hear it; like the merle That sees a gled o'erhead.

1929 M. W. Simpson Day's End 21 Or the sunshine glint thro' the saft hill rain, An' the merle an' the mavis sing.

1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 183/2 Merl,..a blackbird.

1989 Scots Mag. Apr. 100 At mornin-licht I heard the merle the gairden chaunt and sing.

†2. A sea fish resembling a carp; (perhaps) a wrasse. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Labrioidei (wrasse) > [noun] > family Labridae > member of (wrasse)

old wife1585

merle1601

rockfish1605

cook fish1611

wrasse1686

wroth1750

bergle1795

partridge1890

bluehead1919

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. xv. 244 Of Stone-fishes, such as live among rocks, the sea Thrush, the sea Merle, and the purple shell-fishes are not to be found.

1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella Of Husbandry viii. xvi A rocky sea nourishes fishes of its own name,..as the merle, the sea-thrush, and the sea-bream.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

merlen.³adj.

Brit.

/ˈməːl/, U.S.

/ˈmər(ə)l/

Origin: Probably formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: English merly , marly adj.², merled , marled adj.²

Etymology: Probably shortened < merly, variant of marly adj.², or merled, variant of marled adj.², or a similar regional variant: see Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. mirl, and Sc. National Dict. s.v. mirl n.¹.

A dog, esp. a collie, having a pattern of coat pigmentation consisting of irregular dark blotches on a lighter background; (also) this pattern of coat pigmentation. Frequently with distinguishing word indicating the underlying coat colour, esp. in blue merle. Also attributive or as adj. Cf. marled adj.²

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > sheepdog > [noun] > collie

colliea1651

collie-dogc1774

merle1905

1905 C. H. Wheeler in J. Watson Dog Bk. v. 351 The remainder of the litter [of collies] were blue merles.

1936 A. W. Meyer Dogs 262 Merle—Bluish-gray with some black, as seen in certain collies.

1948 C. L. B. Hubbard Dogs in Brit. xviii. 193 The eyes [of collies] are medium in size, almond in shape, and coloured brown except in merle dogs when they are ‘wall’ (a blue-and-white or china shade).

1971 F. Hamilton World Encycl. Dogs 67 (caption) Blue merles provide an extra challenge for Collie breeders, because of the difficulty of producing correct markings and a good color.

1977 Times 3 Sept. 12/4 Colours range from the popular black-and-white and tricolour (which includes tan) to..the latest addition, red merle.

1991 Atlantic Feb. 81/2 Though most are black and white..some are short-coated, red, merle, black, or black and tan.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	merle
释义	merlen.¹ Brit. /ˈməːl/, U.S. /ˈmər(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English– merle, 1500s meryll, 1500s–1700s mearle, 1600s merl, 1600s mirle, 1600s–1700s mearl; Scottish pre-1700 mearle, pre-1700 merl, pre-1700 merll, pre-1700 mirle, pre-1700 1700s–1800s merl, pre-1700 1700s– merle; Irish English (northern) 1800s– merl, 1800s– merle. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French merle. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French merle blackbird or a similar bird (c1165 in Old French, 1190 in Anglo-Norman; compare the 15th-cent. gloss of merula as noire merle in the Lille Glossary), kind of sea fish (1554 in Middle French) < classical Latin merula , merulus blackbird or ouzel, kind of sea fish, probably < the Indo-European base of Welsh mwyalch , Old Cornish moelh , Breton moualch blackbird, and perhaps also of ouzel n. Compare Italian merlo (13th cent.), merla (a1342), Old Occitan merle (13th cent.), merla (14th cent.), Portuguese merlo (1258, now usually in the metathesized form melro ), Catalan merla (17th cent.), Spanish †mierla (beginning of the 15th cent.), mirlo (1734), and Middle Dutch meerle , merle (Dutch meerl , merel ), Old High German merla (Middle High German merl , merle , German regional Merle ). Compare merul n. 1. Chiefly Scottish and poetic. The blackbird, Turdus merula.Perhaps never in general use but occurring frequently in Scottish poetry from the 15th cent. onwards. Drayton adopted from Scottish poetry the traditional association of ‘mavis and merle’, which he frequently repeats, and which in the 19th cent. often appears in English and American poetry in imitation of Scott or Burns. As used by Caxton (quot. 1483) and Philemon Holland, the word is an independent adoption from French. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Turdus (thrush) > turdus merula (blackbird) ouzeleOE blackbirdc1350 merula1398 merle1483 black-mack1519 blackie1841 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 146 b/2 A blacke byrde that is called a merle came on atyme to saynt benet. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 101 I hard a merle with mirry notis sing A sang of lufe. c1524 Thomas of Erceld. (Lansd. MS) 29 I harde the Meryll and the Iay. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 712 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 117 The maviss and ye merle syngis. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxx. vii. 382 The Thrush or Mauis..is soueraigne for the dysenterie: so is the Merle or black-bird. 1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. B3 In yonder goodly Tree, Where the sweet Merle and warbling Mauis bee. 1618 W. Mure Kings Maiestie came to Hamilton in J. Adamson Muses Welcome 274 Heir Mearle, and Maves sing melodious layes. 1684 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia: 1st Pt. (ed. 15) i. 6 What abundance of..merles, fieldfares, ousles. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. at Merula A mearle, a blackbird. 1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 178 The merle, in his noontide bower, Makes woodland echoes ring. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iv. 158 Merry it is in the good green wood, When the mavis and merle are singing. 1863 H. W. Longfellow Poet's Tale i, in Tales Wayside Inn 189 It was the season, when through all the land The merle and mavis..building sing Those lovely lyrics. 1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 64 My old heart Goes pit-a-pat to hear it; like the merle That sees a gled o'erhead. 1929 M. W. Simpson Day's End 21 Or the sunshine glint thro' the saft hill rain, An' the merle an' the mavis sing. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 183/2 Merl,..a blackbird. 1989 Scots Mag. Apr. 100 At mornin-licht I heard the merle the gairden chaunt and sing. †2. A sea fish resembling a carp; (perhaps) a wrasse. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Labrioidei (wrasse) > [noun] > family Labridae > member of (wrasse) old wife1585 merle1601 rockfish1605 cook fish1611 wrasse1686 wroth1750 bergle1795 partridge1890 bluehead1919 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. xv. 244 Of Stone-fishes, such as live among rocks, the sea Thrush, the sea Merle, and the purple shell-fishes are not to be found. 1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella Of Husbandry viii. xvi A rocky sea nourishes fishes of its own name,..as the merle, the sea-thrush, and the sea-bream. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † merlen.² Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: merlin n.¹ Etymology: Shortened < merlin n.¹, probably influenced by merle n.¹ Obsolete. rare. The merlin, Falco columbarius. ΚΠ 1838 H. W. Longfellow Drift-wood in Prose Wks. (1886) I. 382 He can no longer fly his hawks and merles in the open country. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2018). merlen.³adj. Brit. /ˈməːl/, U.S. /ˈmər(ə)l/ Origin: Probably formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: English merly , marly adj.², merled , marled adj.² Etymology: Probably shortened < merly, variant of marly adj.², or merled, variant of marled adj.², or a similar regional variant: see Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. mirl, and Sc. National Dict. s.v. mirl n.¹. A dog, esp. a collie, having a pattern of coat pigmentation consisting of irregular dark blotches on a lighter background; (also) this pattern of coat pigmentation. Frequently with distinguishing word indicating the underlying coat colour, esp. in blue merle. Also attributive or as adj. Cf. marled adj.² ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > sheepdog > [noun] > collie colliea1651 collie-dogc1774 merle1905 1905 C. H. Wheeler in J. Watson Dog Bk. v. 351 The remainder of the litter [of collies] were blue merles. 1936 A. W. Meyer Dogs 262 Merle—Bluish-gray with some black, as seen in certain collies. 1948 C. L. B. Hubbard Dogs in Brit. xviii. 193 The eyes [of collies] are medium in size, almond in shape, and coloured brown except in merle dogs when they are ‘wall’ (a blue-and-white or china shade). 1971 F. Hamilton World Encycl. Dogs 67 (caption) Blue merles provide an extra challenge for Collie breeders, because of the difficulty of producing correct markings and a good color. 1977 Times 3 Sept. 12/4 Colours range from the popular black-and-white and tricolour (which includes tan) to..the latest addition, red merle. 1991 Atlantic Feb. 81/2 Though most are black and white..some are short-coated, red, merle, black, or black and tan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1483n.²1838n.³adj.1905
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