Nataln.²

Brit.

/nəˈtal/,

/nəˈtɑːl/, U.S.

/nəˈtɑl/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Natal.

Etymology: < Natal (post-classical Latin Terra Natalis: see below), the former name of a province of the Union (later Republic) of South Africa (now part of the province of KwaZulu-Natal).The Portuguese navigator Vasco de Gama (c1460–1524) named the province Terra Natalis after Portuguese Natal Christmas (see natal n.¹), having first sighted its coast on Christmas Day 1497.

1. Medicine Natal sore n. = oriental sore n. at oriental adj. and n. Compounds 2.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > a suppuration > abscess > boil

boila1000

kyle1340

botcha1387

anthraxa1398

bealc1400

carbuncle?a1425

froncle1543

knub1563

anthracosis?1587

nail1600

big1601

ouche1612

bubuklea1616

bolwaie1628

coal1665

furuncle1676

Natal sore1851

gurry sore1897

1851 J. Chambers Diary 12 Aug. in Merchant Family in Natal (1979) 32 Begin to suffer from Natal sores. Painful and disagreeable.

1855 J. W. Colenso Ten Weeks in Natal 245 The Natal sores or boils..are such as I have known among my parishioners in Norfolk.

1915 O. S. Ormsby Pract. Treat. Dis. Skin 360 As distinguished from the Natal sore, which was chiefly found in the lower part of that country, the veldt sore was most abundant in the high, barren table-lands.

1951 G. Panja in R. B. H. Gradwohl Clin. Trop. Med. xxxiii. 641 Tropical Phagedenic Ulcer... Synonyms... Natal sore.

2. In the names of plants and animals found in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal).

a. Natal lily n. any of various bulbous plants with showy flowers, esp. the belladonna lily, Amaryllis belladonna, a clivia, Clivia miniata, and any of several crinums, all of the family Amaryllidaceae, and a wild gladiolus, Gladiolus natalensis.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > daffodil and allied flowers > allied flowers

summer fool1597

winter daffodil1615

Jacobaea lily1752

African tulip1759

Jacobean lily1770

haemanthus1771

alstroemeria1775

snowflake1777

chandelier lily1818

hippeastrum1821

clivia1828

Vallota1837

sprekelia1840

Murray lily1847

knight's star1855

Natal lily1855

Loddon lily1882

Peruvian lily1883

spider lily1887

1855 Cape of Good Hope Almanac & Ann. Reg. 1856 283 The Natal lily is the perfection of beauty and fragrance.

1859 R. J. Mann Colony of Natal viii. 152 Another very beautiful amaryllid..which is termed par excellence the ‘Natal lily’. The flowers of this striking plant are large white pink-ribbed bells, hanging in enormous bunches round the summit of the flower-stalk.

1902 T. W. Sanders Encycl. Gardening (ed. 5) 250 Natal lily (Imantophyllum miniatum).

1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 336 Natal lily,..Gladiolus psittacinus... The pink veined perianth of this exquisite flower makes it a general favourite. Amaryllis belladonna is incorrect, as it is only found in the Cape Districts.

1962 J. M. Watt & M. G. Breyer-Brandwijk Med. & Poisonous Plants S. & E. Afr. (ed. 2) 1378/1 Crinum sp... Natal lily.

c1968 C. Candy Natal Coast Gardening 24 Gladiolus. The indigenous, Autumn-flowering psittacinus (‘Natal lily’) should be grown.

b. Natal plum n. the edible red plumlike fruit of Carissa macrocarpa (family Apocynaceae), a spiny evergreen shrub or small tree of south-eastern Africa, which bears white tubular fragrant flowers; the shrub itself. Also called amatungulu, num-num.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun]

tamarind1539

zizypha1546

guava1555

tuna1555

turpentine1562

mango1582

mammee1587

durian1588

lychee1588

sapota1589

fritter1591

mangosteen1598

custard apple1648

longan1655

mammee sapota1657

mammee apple1683

breadfruit1697

coco-plum1699

rambutan1707

pawpaw1709

locust bean1731

sapodilla1750

cherimoya1758

wild lime1767

Otaheite apple1777

narra1779

langsat1783

rose apple1790

cinnamon apple1796

sapota plum1797

bhindi1809

salak1820

gingerbread plum1824

geebung1827

loquat1829

sapodilla plum1830

sage-apple1832

kangaroo-apple1834

karaka-fruit1834

quandong1836

mombin1837

terap1839

zapote1842

tamarind plum1846

prairie pea1848

Barbados-cherry1858

kei-apple1859

Natal plum1859

bullock's heart1866

guava-apple1866

Sierra Leone peach1866

Turkey fig1866

marula1877

scarlet banana1885

Suriname cherry1895

feijoa1898

pear apple1898

ume1918

pepino1922

Chinese gooseberry1925

num-num1926

acerola1954

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > African fruit-plants

mammee apple1683

num-num1770

guarri1789

pigeon plum1826

gingerbread tree1829

Guinea peach1829

kaffir orange1852

marula1857

kei-apple1859

Natal plum1859

klapper1863

Sierra Leone peach1866

velvet tamarind1866

Dingaan's apricot1868

wild orange1932

1859 R. J. Mann Colony of Natal viii. 158 The Amatungulu (Natal plum) is the berry of an evergreen periwinkle (Vinca) growing as a small shrub on the sea-coast lands. The fruit is about the size of a damson.

1876 H. Brooks Natal v. 168 A plant..bearing a really valuable fruit which is familiarly known as the Natal plum.

1891 Science 30 Jan. 61/2 From Natal there have been shown at the various exhibitions amatungula jam, the produce of the fruit of the Arduina grandiflora, sometimes called the Natal plum.

1970 Country Life 17 Dec. 1230/3 Scarlet ixoras and the spiny carissa (Natal plum) are used as evergreen hedges.

1973 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. III. 1901 Carissa macrocarpa... Amatungulu, Natal plum..is a common and often conspicuous species in coastal bush, on sand dunes and on the edges of coastal forest.

1989 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 6 May 21/6 Carissa grandiflora, the Natal plum, has the fragrance of frangipani.

c. Natal francolin n. the francolin Francolinus natalensis of eastern Africa, distinguished by black and white barred feathers on its breast.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Francolinus

francolin1594

red-necked partridge1783

partridge1785

pheasant1785

red-necked francolin1819

Natal francolin1860

red-necked pheasant1867

redwing partridge1867

redwing1878

red-necked spurfowl1952

1860 Ibis 2 215 The Natal Francolin is well described in Sir Andrew Smith's work on the Birds of South Africa. [Smith (1849) used only the scientific Latin binomial, Francolinus Natalensis.]

1906 W. L. Sclater Birds S. Afr. IV. 213 Natal Francolin... ‘Coast Partridge’ of Natal; ‘Namaqua Pheasant’ of Transvaal Boers.

1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xxxii. 274 The Natal francolin (Francolinus natalensis)..may be recognized by its red bill and legs, and white breast with V-shaped black markings.

1994 S. Afr. Jrnl. Wildlife Res. 23 112 Lower levels of infection were recorded in the crested francolin F. sephaena (34.8%), the rednecked francolin F. afar (25.0%), and the Natal francolin F. natalensis (18.2%).

d. Natal robin n. (also Natal robin-chat) a robin-chat, Cossypha natalensis, with a blue back and crown, found down the eastern side of southern Africa.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Cossypha (robin-chat)

piet-my-vrou1835

Cape robin1867

Natal robin1901

robin-chat1923

1901 A. C. Stark & W. L. Sclater Birds S. Afr. II. 210 Natal robin-chat... Cossypha natalensis.

1923 A. K. Haagner & R. H. Ivy Sketches S. Afr. Bird-life 172 The Natal Robin-Chat..is blue-grey above.

1936 E. L. Gill First Guide S. Afr. Birds 64 Natal Robin; Cossypha natalensis. Without a white eyebrow; largely light orange all over.

1973 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. IX. 384 Some species, the Cape robin and the Natal robin, for example, are good singers.

1991 Philatelic Bull. (S. Afr.) No. 46 The Natal robin frequents the evergreen forests, feeding on insects and arachnids.

e. Natal mahogany n. either of two evergreen timber trees, Trichilia emetica (family Meliaceae), of eastern Africa, and (now rare) Kiggelaria africana (family Flacourtiaceae), of south-eastern Africa.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > African

shittima1382

citrus1555

cam-wood1699

jacaranda1753

kokerboom1774

quiver tree1789

geelhout1790

rooihout1790

yellowwood1790

mat-wood1792

assegai1793

assegai tree1793

hardpear1801

rooi els1801

argan1809

beaver-wood1810

mat tree1812

saffraan1819

salie1819

sneezewood1834

African teak1842

hyawaballi1851

sage-wood1854

mvule1858

til1858

yari-yari1858

cannibal stinkwood1859

kiaat1862

knobwood1862

milkwood1862

tryssil1862

sulphur-tree1863

khaya1864

cailcedra1866

flat-crown1868

umzimbeet1870

kuka1882

odum1887

iroko1890

opepe1891

Natal mahogany1904

muhimbi1906

obeche1906

agba1908

makoré1915

afara1920

agboin1920

abura1921

podo1922

afrormosia1923

guarea1936

Mansonia1936

dahoma1955

utile1956

1904 H. Stone Timbers of Commerce 3 (heading) Natal Mahogany. Kiggelaria Dregeana.

1907 T. R. Sim Forests & Forest Flora Cape Good Hope 128 Kiggelaria africana, Wild Peach, Natal Mahogany..does best in open forest.

1973 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. II. 1071 Trichilia emetica Vahl., Woodland mahogany, Natal mahogany... This is one of the widespread trees of Africa.

1999 Financial Times 9 Oct. (Weekend section) p. xv/2 There was no roof, unless you count the gnarled and shady boughs of the Natal mahogany tree around which the tent was built.

f. Natal bottlebrush n. a shrub or small tree, Greyia sutherlandii (family Greyiaceae), native to some upland regions of south-eastern Africa, and also cultivated elsewhere for the ornamental bright red flowers it produces in spring.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > African

Aspalathus1601

othonne1601

honey flower1712

amber tree1719

Melianthus1731

rhinoceros bush1731

Hottentot cherry1740

sparmannia1801

renosterbos1822

ratsbane1846

black parsley1861

tail-grape1884

milk-tree1885

poison-bush1885

rooibos1893

Natal bottlebrush1907

moonflower1913

1907 J. M. Wood Handbk. Flora of Natal 33 Greyia Sutherlandi is a handsome flowering tree of the upper districts, and is sometimes known as the ‘Natal Bottle Brush’.

1951 N. L. King Tree-Planting 68 Greyia sutherlandi (Natal bottle brush), A shrub or small tree with brilliant red flowers. Occurs on kranses and rocky ground in the high rainfall belt of Natal and eastern Transvaal at an altitude of 3,500 feet or more.

1972 Evening Post (Port Elizabeth) 11 Mar. 6 Another indigenous shrub with red flowers is the Greyia sutherlandi or Natal bottlebrush. It has an interesting, rather gnarled growth habit and bears red flowers in early spring.

1991 Light Years (Old Mutual Pty. Ltd., S. Afr.) 2 No. 3. 8 The Natal bottlebrush flames against the lush green of the hills.

3. South African.

a. Law. Natal Code n. a wide-ranging collection of civil laws first promulgated in 1878, applicable only to the black population of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). Cf. native law n. at native adj. Compounds 2b. Now historical.

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1883 J. Ayliff in Minutes Evid. Govt. Comm. Native Laws & Customs (Cape Colony, S. Afr.) §216 The operation of native laws and customs as adopted in the Natal code.

1921 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 6 301 Special laws for natives, and for natives only, are actually part of the Natal Code.

1932 (title) Natal Code of Native Law.

1970 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. I. 477 The Governor-General..became the Supreme Chief of all Bantu save those in the Cape Province, armed with all the extensive powers of control given to him by the Natal Code of Native Law.

1991 Sunday Tribune (Durban) 15 Dec. 5 For almost a century nobody had been at liberty to carry a dangerous weapon in terms of the Natal Code.

b. colloquial. Natal Fever n. apathy or chronic languor, induced by heat and humidity.

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1909 East London Disp. (S. Afr.) 7 June 4 Unwillingness to work... It's an old malady in South Africa, remarks the ‘Argus’. We call it ‘Natal fever’.

1914 S. P. Hyatt Old Transport Road 174 Native Commissioners—most of them were Natal men, suffering from ‘Natal Fever’, chronic tiredness.

1980 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 14 Sept. (Mag.) 4 I come from Durban, where Natal Fever is another name for apathy and indifference.

1997 C. Mitchell Passport S. Afr. (Electronic ed.) iv White residents at the coast are said to be inflicted with ‘Natal fever’—a malaise characterized by procrastination and a tendency to prefer the beach to the office.

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nataladj.¹n.¹

Brit.

/ˈneɪtl/, U.S.

/ˈneɪdl/

Forms: late Middle English natale, late Middle English–1600s natall, late Middle English– natal; Scottish pre-1700 natall, 1700s– natal.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin nātālis, French natal.

Etymology: As adjective < classical Latin nātālis of or belonging to birth, of the place of a person's birth, presiding over birthdays < nāt- , past participial stem of nāscī to be born (see nascent adj.) + -ālis -al suffix¹. As noun < Middle French natal birthday (late 15th cent.; 13th cent. in Old French denoting a chief feast of the church: see note below) < classical Latin nātālis birth, birthday, in post-classical Latin also annual feast of the church (6th cent.: see note below; also natale, neuter singular), use as noun of masculine singular of nātālis, adjective.Compare Old Occitan, Occitan nadal (noun) Christmas (c1150), Occitan natal (adjective) native (a1855), Spanish †natal (noun) Christmas (1237; in later use usually with capital initial; 1300 as Nadal ), birthday (1578), (adjective) native (1493), Portuguese Natal (noun) Christmas (13th cent.), natal (adjective) native (16th cent.), Catalan Nadal (noun) Christmas (c1300), natal (adjective) native (1696), Italian natale (adjective) relating to birth (c1336 in Boccaccio), (noun) Christmas (13th cent.; in later use usually with capital initial), birthday (early 14th cent.), Middle French, French natal , adjective (early 16th cent.; compare also forms cited s.v. Nowell n.). With plural noun use (compare sense B. 2), compare Old French nataus (plural; mid 13th cent.) and post-classical Latin natales (plural; 12th cent.), both denoting the four main liturgical feasts (compare classical Latin nātālēs (plural) parentage). With natal chart n. at Compounds, compare French thème natal (1858 or earlier).

A. adj.¹

†1. Presiding over birthdays or births. Obsolete. rare.

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a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iii. 150 Now, nece myn, by natal Joves feste, Were I a god, ye sholden sterve as yerne.

2. Chiefly literary. Of a place, etc.: that is the scene of a person's birth and early life; that is the place of origin of a plant or animal; = native adj. 9a.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > native (of country or place)

kinda1325

kindlya1400

nativea1438

natal?1440

naturalc1475

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xi. 130 As for seed, in natal soil [L. suo loco] hit feede.

a1450–1500 ( Libel Eng. Policy (1926) 231 (MED) The duke knewe that tho townes thre Shulde have loste all hys natale cuntree.

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Lion & Mouse l. 1371 in Poems (1981) 55 My natall land is Rome, withoutin nay.

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 108 Children tooke names from their natall places.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 498 Where thence, (O natall place) my soule did coyle.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 8 Safe with his friends to gain his natal shore.

1762 Ld. Kames Elements Crit. III. xx. 60 Among the ancients, it was customary after a long voyage to salute the natal soil.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury xxiv, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 303 He sought his natal mountain peaks divine.

1855 Ld. Tennyson Daisy in Maud & Other Poems 138 How young Columbus seem'd to rove, Yet present in his natal grove.

1892 T. Hardy Pursuit Well-beloved i. xi, in Illustr. London News 22 Oct. 514/3 Pearston drew it [sc. the letter] sufficiently forth to observe by the post-mark that it came from his natal isle.

1934 ‘N. West’ Cool Million in Novels & Other Writings (1997) i. 133 After four successive years in office, he..had refused to run a second time, preferring to return to his natal Ottsville and there become a simple citizen again.

1956 R. T. Peterson & J. Fisher Wild Amer. i. 13 These large rusty-tailed sparrows had made their nocturnal way..to this spot, their natal home.

1992 M. Blonsky Amer. Mythologies (1993) xix. 470 I thought I might catch a glimpse of..Kansas City, my natal site.

a. Of or relating to a person's birth; resulting or dating from a person's birth; connected with a person from birth. Also figurative.

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the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [adjective]

natal1447

natalitial1611

natalitious1646

congenial1721

1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 266 (MED) Greth meknesse she had for cristys sake Whan the tytyl of hyr natal dygnyte In hyr yung age she dede for-sake.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxiii. 37 Others for magnificence at the natiuities of Princes children..are called songs natall or Genethliaca.

1663 R. Saunders Palmistry ii. 31 Thy Natal Stars (meaning the Radical Position of the Heavens at thy Birth) promise thee happy success.

1716 J. Hughes Ode in Poems Several Occasions (1735) 123 See Carolina's Natal Star arise.

1777 H. H. Brackenridge Death Gen. Montgomery iv. ii. 35 Those natal ties, Which binds [sic] the memory to the place of birth.

1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 97 My natal angel round my heart.

1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 39 From the scriptured rock at ease I spell Creation's natal chapter.

1951 H. Read Meaning of Art (ed. 3) ii. 175 The early appearance of his talent suggests a natal endowment of genius.

1995 J. Shreeve Neanderthal Enigma (1996) xii. 327 Young men or women leave their natal group on reaching marriageable age.

b. Designating the hour or day of a person's birth. Also figurative.

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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [adjective] > of a birthday

natala1500

genethliac1728

a1500 tr. A. Chartier Famylyer Dyaloge Freende & Felaw (Sion Coll. London) (1989) 8 But and faate had pourveyde oure dethe that we schulde not haue seene these grete euylles or els Lucyna, the goddesse, had reserued oure natal dayes vnto lenger processe of yerys, yt had be wele.

1704 M. Prior Prol. Her Majesty's Birth-day 6 Thou, propitious star, whose sacred power Presided o'er the monarch's natal hour.

1729 T. Cooke Tales 55 O! Youth..on whom the kindest Ray Has shed an Influence from your natal Day.

1781 W. Cowper Anti-Thelypthora 92 Hypothesis (for with such magic power Fancy endued her in her natal hour).

1822 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 23 Feb. The anniversary of the natal day of the most illustrious of Heroes..General George Washington, was celebrated, in this city, yesterday.

1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 276 [A dewdrop] gathered of the tree Of perfect life on Eden's natal morn.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxv. 206 The natal day of the prince consort.

1942 E. Ferber Saratoga Trunk (new ed.) i. 4 The ancient's natal day found him at the quaint little spa at the beginning of the racing season.

1970 Galaxy Mag. July 71 In writing speculative fiction, I feel I have not failed the auspices of my natal day.

1988 E. Morgan Themes on Variation 43 Will those who thought you ruled your blood Take to cross off your natal day?

†B. n.¹

1. A birthday feast. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > feasts for other occasions

plough feast1355

king ale1472

natal1484

primifeste1551

mayor's feast1578

sheep-shearing feast1586

sheep-shearing1611

christening1617

bean-feast1805

updrinking1819

Thanksgiving dinner1830

bump supper1845

potlatch1858

stag1904

rehearsal dinner1906

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iv. xi He would haue celebrated and holden a natall or a grete feste.

2. In plural. A birthday celebration. Cf. natalitial n. Obsolete. rare.

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society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > birthday festivities

natals1597

natalitials1660

1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. iii. iv. 58 Were yesterday Polemons Natals kept.

1634 C. Fitzgeffry Blessed Birth-day 1 Why should not we with Ioy resound and sing The blessed Natals of our heauenly King?

Compounds

natal chart n. Astrology an astrological chart calculated on the basis of an individual's exact place and time of birth, and the corresponding planetary positions; a horoscope cast on the basis of this.

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1918 M. Heindel & A. F. Heindel Message of Stars xxiii. 480 These factors are used in placing the degrees on the houses just as in the natal chart.

a1963 L. MacNeice Astrol. (1964) i. 19 (caption) A more popular form today is ‘genethliacal’ astrology—casting and interpreting the horoscopes or ‘natal charts’ of individuals.

1987 J. J. Miletich Work & Alcohol Abuse 23 One of the author's major conclusions was that the natal chart..could not differentiate between alcoholics and nonalcoholics.

2001 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 21 Apr. 17 John is a peace-loving Taurean whose natal chart sports a highly sensitive, intensely analytical, questioning quality.

† natal games n. Obsolete rare games held on the anniversary of the birth of a famous person.

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society > leisure > social event > large or public event > [noun] > celebratory games > others

victorial1657

natal games1728

society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > series of, as public spectacle > specific

May games1531

game1636

victorial1657

natal games1728

gathering1828

Olympiad1896

Olympian Games1896

Winter Olympic Games1908

winter game1924

Winter Olympics1924

Olympics1925

spartakiad1928

Winter Olympiad1928

Summer Olympics1931

paraplegic games1953

Paralympics1954

Paralympic Games1955

Special Olympics1968

worlds1984

iron man1985

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Natalis The Ludi Natalitii, Natal Games, were Games introduced on the Anniversaries of the Birth-Days of..great Men.

† natal ring n. Obsolete rare a ring given as a birthday present, and perhaps worn only on one's birthday.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > ring worn on specific occasion

mourning ring1653

natal ring1728

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Natalis The Natal Ring..was a Ring only wore [sic] on the Birth-Day.

1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 46 Perseus [sic] alludes to the natal ring in his first Satire.

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nataladj.²

Brit.

/ˈneɪtl/, U.S.

/ˈneɪdl/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin natis , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin natis (see nates n.) + -al suffix¹.

Medicine and Zoology.

Of or relating to the nates or buttocks.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > buttock(s) > [adjective]

buttockeda1425

posterial?a1475

arsed1542

bummed1611

fundamentala1654

natiform1681

sedal1681

natal1870

1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. II. lxxxiii. 556 The natal callosities are generally large and conspicuous.

1924 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 54 79 Neither the natal nor the gluteal folds are indicated.

1998 Dis. Colon & Rectum 41 929 The patient developed scar contracture, resulting in total effacement of the gluteal folds and natal crease.

Compounds

natal cleft n. the furrow between the buttocks.

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1934 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 64 29 The upper spot is of the discrete type and is usually just at one side of the top of the natal cleft.

1967 G. M. Wyburn et al. Conc. Anat. vi. 163/1 The natal cleft between the prominence of the buttocks.

1987 New Scientist 10 Dec. 25/2 Such exercises can cause an abscess to form under the skin in the natal cleft.

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n.²1851

adj.¹n.¹a1425

adj.²1870

单词	natal
释义	Nataln.² Brit. /nəˈtal/, /nəˈtɑːl/, U.S. /nəˈtɑl/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Natal. Etymology: < Natal (post-classical Latin Terra Natalis: see below), the former name of a province of the Union (later Republic) of South Africa (now part of the province of KwaZulu-Natal).The Portuguese navigator Vasco de Gama (c1460–1524) named the province Terra Natalis after Portuguese Natal Christmas (see natal n.¹), having first sighted its coast on Christmas Day 1497. 1. Medicine Natal sore n. = oriental sore n. at oriental adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > a suppuration > abscess > boil boila1000 kyle1340 botcha1387 anthraxa1398 bealc1400 carbuncle?a1425 froncle1543 knub1563 anthracosis?1587 nail1600 big1601 ouche1612 bubuklea1616 bolwaie1628 coal1665 furuncle1676 Natal sore1851 gurry sore1897 1851 J. Chambers Diary 12 Aug. in Merchant Family in Natal (1979) 32 Begin to suffer from Natal sores. Painful and disagreeable. 1855 J. W. Colenso Ten Weeks in Natal 245 The Natal sores or boils..are such as I have known among my parishioners in Norfolk. 1915 O. S. Ormsby Pract. Treat. Dis. Skin 360 As distinguished from the Natal sore, which was chiefly found in the lower part of that country, the veldt sore was most abundant in the high, barren table-lands. 1951 G. Panja in R. B. H. Gradwohl Clin. Trop. Med. xxxiii. 641 Tropical Phagedenic Ulcer... Synonyms... Natal sore. 2. In the names of plants and animals found in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). a. Natal lily n. any of various bulbous plants with showy flowers, esp. the belladonna lily, Amaryllis belladonna, a clivia, Clivia miniata, and any of several crinums, all of the family Amaryllidaceae, and a wild gladiolus, Gladiolus natalensis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > daffodil and allied flowers > allied flowers summer fool1597 winter daffodil1615 Jacobaea lily1752 African tulip1759 Jacobean lily1770 haemanthus1771 alstroemeria1775 snowflake1777 chandelier lily1818 hippeastrum1821 clivia1828 Vallota1837 sprekelia1840 Murray lily1847 knight's star1855 Natal lily1855 Loddon lily1882 Peruvian lily1883 spider lily1887 1855 Cape of Good Hope Almanac & Ann. Reg. 1856 283 The Natal lily is the perfection of beauty and fragrance. 1859 R. J. Mann Colony of Natal viii. 152 Another very beautiful amaryllid..which is termed par excellence the ‘Natal lily’. The flowers of this striking plant are large white pink-ribbed bells, hanging in enormous bunches round the summit of the flower-stalk. 1902 T. W. Sanders Encycl. Gardening (ed. 5) 250 Natal lily (Imantophyllum miniatum). 1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 336 Natal lily,..Gladiolus psittacinus... The pink veined perianth of this exquisite flower makes it a general favourite. Amaryllis belladonna is incorrect, as it is only found in the Cape Districts. 1962 J. M. Watt & M. G. Breyer-Brandwijk Med. & Poisonous Plants S. & E. Afr. (ed. 2) 1378/1 Crinum sp... Natal lily. c1968 C. Candy Natal Coast Gardening 24 Gladiolus. The indigenous, Autumn-flowering psittacinus (‘Natal lily’) should be grown. b. Natal plum n. the edible red plumlike fruit of Carissa macrocarpa (family Apocynaceae), a spiny evergreen shrub or small tree of south-eastern Africa, which bears white tubular fragrant flowers; the shrub itself. Also called amatungulu, num-num. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun] tamarind1539 zizypha1546 guava1555 tuna1555 turpentine1562 mango1582 mammee1587 durian1588 lychee1588 sapota1589 fritter1591 mangosteen1598 custard apple1648 longan1655 mammee sapota1657 mammee apple1683 breadfruit1697 coco-plum1699 rambutan1707 pawpaw1709 locust bean1731 sapodilla1750 cherimoya1758 wild lime1767 Otaheite apple1777 narra1779 langsat1783 rose apple1790 cinnamon apple1796 sapota plum1797 bhindi1809 salak1820 gingerbread plum1824 geebung1827 loquat1829 sapodilla plum1830 sage-apple1832 kangaroo-apple1834 karaka-fruit1834 quandong1836 mombin1837 terap1839 zapote1842 tamarind plum1846 prairie pea1848 Barbados-cherry1858 kei-apple1859 Natal plum1859 bullock's heart1866 guava-apple1866 Sierra Leone peach1866 Turkey fig1866 marula1877 scarlet banana1885 Suriname cherry1895 feijoa1898 pear apple1898 ume1918 pepino1922 Chinese gooseberry1925 num-num1926 acerola1954 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > African fruit-plants mammee apple1683 num-num1770 guarri1789 pigeon plum1826 gingerbread tree1829 Guinea peach1829 kaffir orange1852 marula1857 kei-apple1859 Natal plum1859 klapper1863 Sierra Leone peach1866 velvet tamarind1866 Dingaan's apricot1868 wild orange1932 1859 R. J. Mann Colony of Natal viii. 158 The Amatungulu (Natal plum) is the berry of an evergreen periwinkle (Vinca) growing as a small shrub on the sea-coast lands. The fruit is about the size of a damson. 1876 H. Brooks Natal v. 168 A plant..bearing a really valuable fruit which is familiarly known as the Natal plum. 1891 Science 30 Jan. 61/2 From Natal there have been shown at the various exhibitions amatungula jam, the produce of the fruit of the Arduina grandiflora, sometimes called the Natal plum. 1970 Country Life 17 Dec. 1230/3 Scarlet ixoras and the spiny carissa (Natal plum) are used as evergreen hedges. 1973 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. III. 1901 Carissa macrocarpa... Amatungulu, Natal plum..is a common and often conspicuous species in coastal bush, on sand dunes and on the edges of coastal forest. 1989 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 6 May 21/6 Carissa grandiflora, the Natal plum, has the fragrance of frangipani. c. Natal francolin n. the francolin Francolinus natalensis of eastern Africa, distinguished by black and white barred feathers on its breast. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Francolinus francolin1594 red-necked partridge1783 partridge1785 pheasant1785 red-necked francolin1819 Natal francolin1860 red-necked pheasant1867 redwing partridge1867 redwing1878 red-necked spurfowl1952 1860 Ibis 2 215 The Natal Francolin is well described in Sir Andrew Smith's work on the Birds of South Africa. [Smith (1849) used only the scientific Latin binomial, Francolinus Natalensis.] 1906 W. L. Sclater Birds S. Afr. IV. 213 Natal Francolin... ‘Coast Partridge’ of Natal; ‘Namaqua Pheasant’ of Transvaal Boers. 1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xxxii. 274 The Natal francolin (Francolinus natalensis)..may be recognized by its red bill and legs, and white breast with V-shaped black markings. 1994 S. Afr. Jrnl. Wildlife Res. 23 112 Lower levels of infection were recorded in the crested francolin F. sephaena (34.8%), the rednecked francolin F. afar (25.0%), and the Natal francolin F. natalensis (18.2%). d. Natal robin n. (also Natal robin-chat) a robin-chat, Cossypha natalensis, with a blue back and crown, found down the eastern side of southern Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Cossypha (robin-chat) piet-my-vrou1835 Cape robin1867 Natal robin1901 robin-chat1923 1901 A. C. Stark & W. L. Sclater Birds S. Afr. II. 210 Natal robin-chat... Cossypha natalensis. 1923 A. K. Haagner & R. H. Ivy Sketches S. Afr. Bird-life 172 The Natal Robin-Chat..is blue-grey above. 1936 E. L. Gill First Guide S. Afr. Birds 64 Natal Robin; Cossypha natalensis. Without a white eyebrow; largely light orange all over. 1973 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. IX. 384 Some species, the Cape robin and the Natal robin, for example, are good singers. 1991 Philatelic Bull. (S. Afr.) No. 46 The Natal robin frequents the evergreen forests, feeding on insects and arachnids. e. Natal mahogany n. either of two evergreen timber trees, Trichilia emetica (family Meliaceae), of eastern Africa, and (now rare) Kiggelaria africana (family Flacourtiaceae), of south-eastern Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > African shittima1382 citrus1555 cam-wood1699 jacaranda1753 kokerboom1774 quiver tree1789 geelhout1790 rooihout1790 yellowwood1790 mat-wood1792 assegai1793 assegai tree1793 hardpear1801 rooi els1801 argan1809 beaver-wood1810 mat tree1812 saffraan1819 salie1819 sneezewood1834 African teak1842 hyawaballi1851 sage-wood1854 mvule1858 til1858 yari-yari1858 cannibal stinkwood1859 kiaat1862 knobwood1862 milkwood1862 tryssil1862 sulphur-tree1863 khaya1864 cailcedra1866 flat-crown1868 umzimbeet1870 kuka1882 odum1887 iroko1890 opepe1891 Natal mahogany1904 muhimbi1906 obeche1906 agba1908 makoré1915 afara1920 agboin1920 abura1921 podo1922 afrormosia1923 guarea1936 Mansonia1936 dahoma1955 utile1956 1904 H. Stone Timbers of Commerce 3 (heading) Natal Mahogany. Kiggelaria Dregeana. 1907 T. R. Sim Forests & Forest Flora Cape Good Hope 128 Kiggelaria africana, Wild Peach, Natal Mahogany..does best in open forest. 1973 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. II. 1071 Trichilia emetica Vahl., Woodland mahogany, Natal mahogany... This is one of the widespread trees of Africa. 1999 Financial Times 9 Oct. (Weekend section) p. xv/2 There was no roof, unless you count the gnarled and shady boughs of the Natal mahogany tree around which the tent was built. f. Natal bottlebrush n. a shrub or small tree, Greyia sutherlandii (family Greyiaceae), native to some upland regions of south-eastern Africa, and also cultivated elsewhere for the ornamental bright red flowers it produces in spring. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > African Aspalathus1601 othonne1601 honey flower1712 amber tree1719 Melianthus1731 rhinoceros bush1731 Hottentot cherry1740 sparmannia1801 renosterbos1822 ratsbane1846 black parsley1861 tail-grape1884 milk-tree1885 poison-bush1885 rooibos1893 Natal bottlebrush1907 moonflower1913 1907 J. M. Wood Handbk. Flora of Natal 33 Greyia Sutherlandi is a handsome flowering tree of the upper districts, and is sometimes known as the ‘Natal Bottle Brush’. 1951 N. L. King Tree-Planting 68 Greyia sutherlandi (Natal bottle brush), A shrub or small tree with brilliant red flowers. Occurs on kranses and rocky ground in the high rainfall belt of Natal and eastern Transvaal at an altitude of 3,500 feet or more. 1972 Evening Post (Port Elizabeth) 11 Mar. 6 Another indigenous shrub with red flowers is the Greyia sutherlandi or Natal bottlebrush. It has an interesting, rather gnarled growth habit and bears red flowers in early spring. 1991 Light Years (Old Mutual Pty. Ltd., S. Afr.) 2 No. 3. 8 The Natal bottlebrush flames against the lush green of the hills. 3. South African. a. Law. Natal Code n. a wide-ranging collection of civil laws first promulgated in 1878, applicable only to the black population of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). Cf. native law n. at native adj. Compounds 2b. Now historical. ΚΠ 1883 J. Ayliff in Minutes Evid. Govt. Comm. Native Laws & Customs (Cape Colony, S. Afr.) §216 The operation of native laws and customs as adopted in the Natal code. 1921 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 6 301 Special laws for natives, and for natives only, are actually part of the Natal Code. 1932 (title) Natal Code of Native Law. 1970 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. I. 477 The Governor-General..became the Supreme Chief of all Bantu save those in the Cape Province, armed with all the extensive powers of control given to him by the Natal Code of Native Law. 1991 Sunday Tribune (Durban) 15 Dec. 5 For almost a century nobody had been at liberty to carry a dangerous weapon in terms of the Natal Code. b. colloquial. Natal Fever n. apathy or chronic languor, induced by heat and humidity. ΚΠ 1909 East London Disp. (S. Afr.) 7 June 4 Unwillingness to work... It's an old malady in South Africa, remarks the ‘Argus’. We call it ‘Natal fever’. 1914 S. P. Hyatt Old Transport Road 174 Native Commissioners—most of them were Natal men, suffering from ‘Natal Fever’, chronic tiredness. 1980 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 14 Sept. (Mag.) 4 I come from Durban, where Natal Fever is another name for apathy and indifference. 1997 C. Mitchell Passport S. Afr. (Electronic ed.) iv White residents at the coast are said to be inflicted with ‘Natal fever’—a malaise characterized by procrastination and a tendency to prefer the beach to the office. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nataladj.¹n.¹ Brit. /ˈneɪtl/, U.S. /ˈneɪdl/ Forms: late Middle English natale, late Middle English–1600s natall, late Middle English– natal; Scottish pre-1700 natall, 1700s– natal. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin nātālis, French natal. Etymology: As adjective < classical Latin nātālis of or belonging to birth, of the place of a person's birth, presiding over birthdays < nāt- , past participial stem of nāscī to be born (see nascent adj.) + -ālis -al suffix¹. As noun < Middle French natal birthday (late 15th cent.; 13th cent. in Old French denoting a chief feast of the church: see note below) < classical Latin nātālis birth, birthday, in post-classical Latin also annual feast of the church (6th cent.: see note below; also natale, neuter singular), use as noun of masculine singular of nātālis, adjective.Compare Old Occitan, Occitan nadal (noun) Christmas (c1150), Occitan natal (adjective) native (a1855), Spanish †natal (noun) Christmas (1237; in later use usually with capital initial; 1300 as Nadal ), birthday (1578), (adjective) native (1493), Portuguese Natal (noun) Christmas (13th cent.), natal (adjective) native (16th cent.), Catalan Nadal (noun) Christmas (c1300), natal (adjective) native (1696), Italian natale (adjective) relating to birth (c1336 in Boccaccio), (noun) Christmas (13th cent.; in later use usually with capital initial), birthday (early 14th cent.), Middle French, French natal , adjective (early 16th cent.; compare also forms cited s.v. Nowell n.). With plural noun use (compare sense B. 2), compare Old French nataus (plural; mid 13th cent.) and post-classical Latin natales (plural; 12th cent.), both denoting the four main liturgical feasts (compare classical Latin nātālēs (plural) parentage). With natal chart n. at Compounds, compare French thème natal (1858 or earlier). A. adj.¹ †1. Presiding over birthdays or births. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iii. 150 Now, nece myn, by natal Joves feste, Were I a god, ye sholden sterve as yerne. 2. Chiefly literary. Of a place, etc.: that is the scene of a person's birth and early life; that is the place of origin of a plant or animal; = native adj. 9a. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > native (of country or place) kinda1325 kindlya1400 nativea1438 natal?1440 naturalc1475 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xi. 130 As for seed, in natal soil [L. suo loco] hit feede. a1450–1500 ( Libel Eng. Policy (1926) 231 (MED) The duke knewe that tho townes thre Shulde have loste all hys natale cuntree. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Lion & Mouse l. 1371 in Poems (1981) 55 My natall land is Rome, withoutin nay. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 108 Children tooke names from their natall places. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 498 Where thence, (O natall place) my soule did coyle. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 8 Safe with his friends to gain his natal shore. 1762 Ld. Kames Elements Crit. III. xx. 60 Among the ancients, it was customary after a long voyage to salute the natal soil. a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury xxiv, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 303 He sought his natal mountain peaks divine. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Daisy in Maud & Other Poems 138 How young Columbus seem'd to rove, Yet present in his natal grove. 1892 T. Hardy Pursuit Well-beloved i. xi, in Illustr. London News 22 Oct. 514/3 Pearston drew it [sc. the letter] sufficiently forth to observe by the post-mark that it came from his natal isle. 1934 ‘N. West’ Cool Million in Novels & Other Writings (1997) i. 133 After four successive years in office, he..had refused to run a second time, preferring to return to his natal Ottsville and there become a simple citizen again. 1956 R. T. Peterson & J. Fisher Wild Amer. i. 13 These large rusty-tailed sparrows had made their nocturnal way..to this spot, their natal home. 1992 M. Blonsky Amer. Mythologies (1993) xix. 470 I thought I might catch a glimpse of..Kansas City, my natal site. 3. a. Of or relating to a person's birth; resulting or dating from a person's birth; connected with a person from birth. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [adjective] natal1447 natalitial1611 natalitious1646 congenial1721 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 266 (MED) Greth meknesse she had for cristys sake Whan the tytyl of hyr natal dygnyte In hyr yung age she dede for-sake. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxiii. 37 Others for magnificence at the natiuities of Princes children..are called songs natall or Genethliaca. 1663 R. Saunders Palmistry ii. 31 Thy Natal Stars (meaning the Radical Position of the Heavens at thy Birth) promise thee happy success. 1716 J. Hughes Ode in Poems Several Occasions (1735) 123 See Carolina's Natal Star arise. 1777 H. H. Brackenridge Death Gen. Montgomery iv. ii. 35 Those natal ties, Which binds [sic] the memory to the place of birth. 1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 97 My natal angel round my heart. 1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 39 From the scriptured rock at ease I spell Creation's natal chapter. 1951 H. Read Meaning of Art (ed. 3) ii. 175 The early appearance of his talent suggests a natal endowment of genius. 1995 J. Shreeve Neanderthal Enigma (1996) xii. 327 Young men or women leave their natal group on reaching marriageable age. b. Designating the hour or day of a person's birth. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [adjective] > of a birthday natala1500 genethliac1728 a1500 tr. A. Chartier Famylyer Dyaloge Freende & Felaw (Sion Coll. London) (1989) 8 But and faate had pourveyde oure dethe that we schulde not haue seene these grete euylles or els Lucyna, the goddesse, had reserued oure natal dayes vnto lenger processe of yerys, yt had be wele. 1704 M. Prior Prol. Her Majesty's Birth-day 6 Thou, propitious star, whose sacred power Presided o'er the monarch's natal hour. 1729 T. Cooke Tales 55 O! Youth..on whom the kindest Ray Has shed an Influence from your natal Day. 1781 W. Cowper Anti-Thelypthora 92 Hypothesis (for with such magic power Fancy endued her in her natal hour). 1822 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 23 Feb. The anniversary of the natal day of the most illustrious of Heroes..General George Washington, was celebrated, in this city, yesterday. 1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 276 [A dewdrop] gathered of the tree Of perfect life on Eden's natal morn. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxv. 206 The natal day of the prince consort. 1942 E. Ferber Saratoga Trunk (new ed.) i. 4 The ancient's natal day found him at the quaint little spa at the beginning of the racing season. 1970 Galaxy Mag. July 71 In writing speculative fiction, I feel I have not failed the auspices of my natal day. 1988 E. Morgan Themes on Variation 43 Will those who thought you ruled your blood Take to cross off your natal day? †B. n.¹ 1. A birthday feast. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > feasts for other occasions plough feast1355 king ale1472 natal1484 primifeste1551 mayor's feast1578 sheep-shearing feast1586 sheep-shearing1611 christening1617 bean-feast1805 updrinking1819 Thanksgiving dinner1830 bump supper1845 potlatch1858 stag1904 rehearsal dinner1906 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iv. xi He would haue celebrated and holden a natall or a grete feste. 2. In plural. A birthday celebration. Cf. natalitial n. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > birthday festivities natals1597 natalitials1660 1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. iii. iv. 58 Were yesterday Polemons Natals kept. 1634 C. Fitzgeffry Blessed Birth-day 1 Why should not we with Ioy resound and sing The blessed Natals of our heauenly King? Compounds natal chart n. Astrology an astrological chart calculated on the basis of an individual's exact place and time of birth, and the corresponding planetary positions; a horoscope cast on the basis of this. ΚΠ 1918 M. Heindel & A. F. Heindel Message of Stars xxiii. 480 These factors are used in placing the degrees on the houses just as in the natal chart. a1963 L. MacNeice Astrol. (1964) i. 19 (caption) A more popular form today is ‘genethliacal’ astrology—casting and interpreting the horoscopes or ‘natal charts’ of individuals. 1987 J. J. Miletich Work & Alcohol Abuse 23 One of the author's major conclusions was that the natal chart..could not differentiate between alcoholics and nonalcoholics. 2001 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 21 Apr. 17 John is a peace-loving Taurean whose natal chart sports a highly sensitive, intensely analytical, questioning quality. † natal games n. Obsolete rare games held on the anniversary of the birth of a famous person. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > large or public event > [noun] > celebratory games > others victorial1657 natal games1728 society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > series of, as public spectacle > specific May games1531 game1636 victorial1657 natal games1728 gathering1828 Olympiad1896 Olympian Games1896 Winter Olympic Games1908 winter game1924 Winter Olympics1924 Olympics1925 spartakiad1928 Winter Olympiad1928 Summer Olympics1931 paraplegic games1953 Paralympics1954 Paralympic Games1955 Special Olympics1968 worlds1984 iron man1985 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Natalis The Ludi Natalitii, Natal Games, were Games introduced on the Anniversaries of the Birth-Days of..great Men. † natal ring n. Obsolete rare a ring given as a birthday present, and perhaps worn only on one's birthday. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > ring worn on specific occasion mourning ring1653 natal ring1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Natalis The Natal Ring..was a Ring only wore [sic] on the Birth-Day. 1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 46 Perseus [sic] alludes to the natal ring in his first Satire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nataladj.² Brit. /ˈneɪtl/, U.S. /ˈneɪdl/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin natis , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin natis (see nates n.) + -al suffix¹. Medicine and Zoology. Of or relating to the nates or buttocks. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > buttock(s) > [adjective] buttockeda1425 posterial?a1475 arsed1542 bummed1611 fundamentala1654 natiform1681 sedal1681 natal1870 1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. II. lxxxiii. 556 The natal callosities are generally large and conspicuous. 1924 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 54 79 Neither the natal nor the gluteal folds are indicated. 1998 Dis. Colon & Rectum 41 929 The patient developed scar contracture, resulting in total effacement of the gluteal folds and natal crease. Compounds natal cleft n. the furrow between the buttocks. ΚΠ 1934 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 64 29 The upper spot is of the discrete type and is usually just at one side of the top of the natal cleft. 1967 G. M. Wyburn et al. Conc. Anat. vi. 163/1 The natal cleft between the prominence of the buttocks. 1987 New Scientist 10 Dec. 25/2 Such exercises can cause an abscess to form under the skin in the natal cleft. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.²1851adj.¹n.¹a1425adj.²1870
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