morfreyn.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːfri/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrfri/

Forms: 1800s– mophrey, 1800s– morfra, 1800s– morphrey, 1900s– moffery, 1900s– moffrey, 1900s– moffry, 1900s– mophry, 1900s– morfery, 1900s– morfrey, 1900s– morphry.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: morphodite n.

Etymology: Shortened < morphodite n. (see forms s.v.); compare -y suffix⁶. Eng. Dial. Dict. also records maffie used in Norfolk as the name of a type of cart (compare the forms moff , moph in quot. 1995). Compare also hermaphrodite n. 4b (denoting a kind of sailing vessel), maphrodite adj., moff n.²

English regional (Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and East Anglian).

A farm cart or wagon capable of being adapted to various functions; (also) a cart frame.

ΚΠ

1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 93 Morphrey, the common contraction for a so-called Hermaphrodite, that is, a Cart which may be used as a Wagon also.

1892 P. H. Emerson Son of Fens 150 Make your end fast to the forerunners of the morfra.

1903 Longman's Mag. Oct. 519 Nockold was obliged to take the horse out of the morfrey and hook it on to the waggon.

1965 in P. Jennings Living Village (1968) 59 Moffry, a convertible cart or wagon (from hermaphrodite).

1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 193/2 Moffrey, mophry, moff, moph, the Lincolnshire farmers' traditional two-wheeled..box wagon..was, at harvest times, augmented by and coupled to a two-wheeled..flat dray or wain; thus giving a four wheeled cart with almost double the load-carrying capacity. This combined giant hay-wain, or either of its two separate component parts was called The Mophry.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	morfrey
释义	morfreyn. Brit. /ˈmɔːfri/, U.S. /ˈmɔrfri/ Forms: 1800s– mophrey, 1800s– morfra, 1800s– morphrey, 1900s– moffery, 1900s– moffrey, 1900s– moffry, 1900s– mophry, 1900s– morfery, 1900s– morfrey, 1900s– morphry. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: morphodite n. Etymology: Shortened < morphodite n. (see forms s.v.); compare -y suffix⁶. Eng. Dial. Dict. also records maffie used in Norfolk as the name of a type of cart (compare the forms moff , moph in quot. 1995). Compare also hermaphrodite n. 4b (denoting a kind of sailing vessel), maphrodite adj., moff n.² English regional (Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and East Anglian). A farm cart or wagon capable of being adapted to various functions; (also) a cart frame. ΚΠ 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 93 Morphrey, the common contraction for a so-called Hermaphrodite, that is, a Cart which may be used as a Wagon also. 1892 P. H. Emerson Son of Fens 150 Make your end fast to the forerunners of the morfra. 1903 Longman's Mag. Oct. 519 Nockold was obliged to take the horse out of the morfrey and hook it on to the waggon. 1965 in P. Jennings Living Village (1968) 59 Moffry, a convertible cart or wagon (from hermaphrodite). 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 193/2 Moffrey, mophry, moff, moph, the Lincolnshire farmers' traditional two-wheeled..box wagon..was, at harvest times, augmented by and coupled to a two-wheeled..flat dray or wain; thus giving a four wheeled cart with almost double the load-carrying capacity. This combined giant hay-wain, or either of its two separate component parts was called The Mophry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1886
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