mowdien.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊdi/,

/ˈməʊdi/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊdi/,

/ˈmoʊdi/, Scottish English

/ˈmʌʊdɪ/, Irish English

/ˈmaʊdi/

Forms: English regional (northern) 1800s– moody (Northumberland), 1800s– moudie, 1800s– mowdie; Scottish pre-1700 1700s– moudie, pre-1700 1800s– moodie (eastern), 1700s 1900s– moody (eastern), 1700s– moudy, 1700s– mowdy, 1800s mouldy, 1800s– mowdie, 1900s– mouldie, 1900s– mowdi; Irish English (northern) 1900s– moudie, 1900s– moudy, 1900s– mowdy.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: English mowdiewarp , mouldwarp n.

Etymology: Shortened < mowdiewarp, variant of mouldwarp n.

Scottish, Irish English, and English regional (northern).

1. The Eurasian mole, Talpa europaea. Frequently attributive.Recorded earliest in compounds ( Compounds).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Talpidae > genus Talpa (mole)

wanteOE

mouldwarpa1325

molec1400

talpec1440

blind-mouse1607

mowdie1656

field tortoise1694

Talpa1706

1656 Session Bk. Hutton Parish in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (1873) 7 231 She did sie a moudie hillock in her lint.

1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 62 List'ning to the chirp O' wand'ring mouse, or moudy's carkin hoke.

1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 105 Bessie's sleek as ony mowdie.

1868 J. Hamilton Poems & Ballads 302 I..thocht this maun hae been the wark O' Robin's moudie huntin' tyke.

a1869 C. Spence From Braes of Carse (1898) 186 There field mice and moudies litter.

1885 F. Gordon Pyotshaw 50 It's the cataract that mak's me as blin 's a mowdie!

1895 P. H. Hunter James Inwick 130 No' like her enemies wha' worked below-grund like moudies.

a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 191/1 A countryman told me he got 4/6 a lot for common Irish clay in Scotland to keep off the mowdies.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 229/2 Mowdy, moudy, moudie, the mole.

2016 @whitemole13gma1 16 Dec. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) @FarmersOfTheUK. Is your son managing to keep on top of the mowdies?

2. A mole-catcher. Sc. National Dict. (1965) at mowdiewort, records this sense as still in use in central and southern Scotland in 1963.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > hunter of specific animal > [noun] > of moles

mole seeker?1518

mole-taker?1518

want-catcher1533

want-killer1533

want-taker1533

mole-catcher1573

wanter1657

mowdie-man1824

mowdie1828

molie1871

moler1886

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Moudy, a mole catcher.

1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Tell Jack the moudy to come o' Monday.

Compounds

mowdie-hill n. a mole hill.

ΚΠ

c1720 Bewick & Graham xlviii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1890) IV. vii. 148/1 Then he stuck his sword in a moody-hill.

1803 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) III. 103 He has pitched his sword in a moodie-hill.

1928 J. G. Horne Lan'wart Loon 11 You'd socht a mowdie-hill to fa' on, Instead o' this ramstamran ca' on.

1989 L. Lochhead Mary Queen of Scots i. v. 27 Sae the Kirk Assembly are makkin' a mountain oot o' a mowdie-hill.

mowdie hillock n. = mowdie-hill n.

ΚΠ

1656Moudie hillock [see sense 1].

1836 Fraser's Mag. Oct. 435 Like a colley dog watchin a movin moudy hillock.

1883 J. Currie Poems & Songs 2 A wee moudie-hillock appears.

1977 J. Y. Mather & H. H. Speitel Ling. Atlas Scotl. II. 97 Molehill, [Ayrshire] moudiehillock, moudiehullock.

mowdie-man n. = sense 2.

ΚΠ

1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 78 The mowdieman cuist down his petals and traps.

1898 B. Kirkby Lakeland Words 102 Mowdi-man, mowdi-catcher, a chap 'at catches mowdiwarps, an' maks pooches an' purses oot' o' t'skins.

1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters x He's a son of oald Wilson, the mowdie-man of Brigabee.

1962 3rd Statist. Acct. Scotl. 140 The ‘mowdie-man’ cannot get an apprentice.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mowdie
释义	mowdien. Brit. /ˈmaʊdi/, /ˈməʊdi/, U.S. /ˈmaʊdi/, /ˈmoʊdi/, Scottish English /ˈmʌʊdɪ/, Irish English /ˈmaʊdi/ Forms: English regional (northern) 1800s– moody (Northumberland), 1800s– moudie, 1800s– mowdie; Scottish pre-1700 1700s– moudie, pre-1700 1800s– moodie (eastern), 1700s 1900s– moody (eastern), 1700s– moudy, 1700s– mowdy, 1800s mouldy, 1800s– mowdie, 1900s– mouldie, 1900s– mowdi; Irish English (northern) 1900s– moudie, 1900s– moudy, 1900s– mowdy. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: English mowdiewarp , mouldwarp n. Etymology: Shortened < mowdiewarp, variant of mouldwarp n. Scottish, Irish English, and English regional (northern). 1. The Eurasian mole, Talpa europaea. Frequently attributive.Recorded earliest in compounds ( Compounds). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Talpidae > genus Talpa (mole) wanteOE mouldwarpa1325 molec1400 talpec1440 blind-mouse1607 mowdie1656 field tortoise1694 Talpa1706 1656 Session Bk. Hutton Parish in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (1873) 7 231 She did sie a moudie hillock in her lint. 1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 62 List'ning to the chirp O' wand'ring mouse, or moudy's carkin hoke. 1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 105 Bessie's sleek as ony mowdie. 1868 J. Hamilton Poems & Ballads 302 I..thocht this maun hae been the wark O' Robin's moudie huntin' tyke. a1869 C. Spence From Braes of Carse (1898) 186 There field mice and moudies litter. 1885 F. Gordon Pyotshaw 50 It's the cataract that mak's me as blin 's a mowdie! 1895 P. H. Hunter James Inwick 130 No' like her enemies wha' worked below-grund like moudies. a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 191/1 A countryman told me he got 4/6 a lot for common Irish clay in Scotland to keep off the mowdies. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 229/2 Mowdy, moudy, moudie, the mole. 2016 @whitemole13gma1 16 Dec. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) @FarmersOfTheUK. Is your son managing to keep on top of the mowdies? 2. A mole-catcher. Sc. National Dict. (1965) at mowdiewort, records this sense as still in use in central and southern Scotland in 1963. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > hunter of specific animal > [noun] > of moles mole seeker?1518 mole-taker?1518 want-catcher1533 want-killer1533 want-taker1533 mole-catcher1573 wanter1657 mowdie-man1824 mowdie1828 molie1871 moler1886 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Moudy, a mole catcher. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Tell Jack the moudy to come o' Monday. Compounds mowdie-hill n. a mole hill. ΚΠ c1720 Bewick & Graham xlviii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1890) IV. vii. 148/1 Then he stuck his sword in a moody-hill. 1803 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) III. 103 He has pitched his sword in a moodie-hill. 1928 J. G. Horne Lan'wart Loon 11 You'd socht a mowdie-hill to fa' on, Instead o' this ramstamran ca' on. 1989 L. Lochhead Mary Queen of Scots i. v. 27 Sae the Kirk Assembly are makkin' a mountain oot o' a mowdie-hill. mowdie hillock n. = mowdie-hill n. ΚΠ 1656Moudie hillock [see sense 1]. 1836 Fraser's Mag. Oct. 435 Like a colley dog watchin a movin moudy hillock. 1883 J. Currie Poems & Songs 2 A wee moudie-hillock appears. 1977 J. Y. Mather & H. H. Speitel Ling. Atlas Scotl. II. 97 Molehill, [Ayrshire] moudiehillock, moudiehullock. mowdie-man n. = sense 2. ΚΠ 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 78 The mowdieman cuist down his petals and traps. 1898 B. Kirkby Lakeland Words 102 Mowdi-man, mowdi-catcher, a chap 'at catches mowdiwarps, an' maks pooches an' purses oot' o' t'skins. 1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters x He's a son of oald Wilson, the mowdie-man of Brigabee. 1962 3rd Statist. Acct. Scotl. 140 The ‘mowdie-man’ cannot get an apprentice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1656
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