Norwayn.
/ˈnɔːweɪ/, U.S. /ˈnɔrweɪ/ 1. attributive. Designating plants, animals, etc., native to or originating from Norway, and things made in or associated with Norway.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Scandinavia and Iceland > [adjective] > Norway
Norwegian?a1425
Norna1450
Norgan1586
Norway1599
Norweyana1616
Norisha1639
Norsea1650
1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 34 Coast daily ile from ile, To see a Norway whale, or Libian cat, A Carry-castle or a Crocodile.
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer vi. 186 Or keeping of a cast of Norway Kites, to show them yearly halfe a dozen flights.
1691 T. Heyrick Submarine Voy. in Misc. Poems i. xxix. 17 The Monstrous Norway-Whale was one That cover'd many Acres of the Sea.
1711 E. Ward Life Don Quixote I. 39 As tough As Norway Seal-skin, and as rough.
1759 Newport (Rhode Island) Mercury 26 June 4/3 To be sold by Jacob Richardson... Brass kettles and skillets... Rub and Norway Rag Stones.
1778 J. Cook Jrnl. 26 Apr. in A. G. Price Explorations Capt. Cook in Pacific (1958) 230 Thier [sic] Canoes are 40 feet long, 7 broad and about 3 deep,..and in shape very much resemble a Norway yawl.
1841 G. Darley Ethelstan v. ii. 85 There's no such superabundance about thee, Thou skeleton of a Norway skiff on end!
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Norway Ragstone, the coarsest variety of the hone-slates, or whetstones.
1876 J. Todhunter Misc. Poems 111 Hair like Clean, first-quality Norway hemp.
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xi. 203 The species called Pinnotheres pisum lives off British coasts in the mantle-cavity of the Norway cockle.
1994 T. C. Gillmer Hist. Working Watercraft (ed. 2) ii. 74 (caption) The Norway skiff, or faering as it is called in Norway.., is planked and framed much the same as those of the Vikings one thousand years ago.
2. † b. Norway berry n. the fruit of the cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus. Obsolete. rare.† f. Norway birch n. the wood of the European birches Betula pendula and B. pubescens. Obsolete. rare.
a. Norway fir n. †(a) the Norway spruce, Picea abies (obsolete); (b) the Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris, as grown in Norway; the wood of this tree; (c) North American the Norway or red pine, Pinus resinosa.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > spruces
spruce?1602
Norway fir1666
spruce fir1676
hemlock tree1679
hemlock1728
spruce pine1731
white spruce1731
black spruce1741
red spruce1741
Norway spruce1766
silver fir1789
var1793
Engelmann1866
Sitka spruce1867
Sitka pine1868
skunk spruce1876
Colorado spruce1881
Yeddo spruce1932
1666 J. Dryden Ann. Mirab. cxliii Tall Norway Fir, their masts in Battel spent, And English Oak sprung Leaks and Planks restore.
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Abies The Common Firr, or Pitch Tree, sometimes called, The Norway or Spruce Firr.
1789 A. Emmerich Culture of Forests xx. 78 There are three species of Needle Wood or Firs: the Norway Fir, the Scotch Fir, and the Silver Fir.
1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 49 Spears are made of Memel or Norway fir, in lengths of about 40 feet.
1957 Handbk. of Softwoods (Forest Prod. Res. Lab.) 42 Pine, Scots or Redwood—Pinus sylvestris. Other names. ‘Fir’, ‘Norway fir’, ‘Scots fir’... Polish redwood or yellow deal, etc., according to origin.
1974 F. N. Howes Dict. Useful & Everyday Plants 97 Other well known firs include..Norway [fir], Pinus sylvestris.
1994 Washington Post (Nexis) 10 Mar. t16 In a region over-planted with Norway firs.., it [sc. the Nordmann fir] is a conifer that deserves more use.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > blackberry > types of
dewberry1578
Norway berry1674
roebuckberry1771
loganberry1893
youngberry1927
boysenberry1935
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > blackberry > types of
dewberry1578
Norway berry1674
roebuckberry1771
loganberry1893
veitchberry1913
Young dewberry1925
youngberry1927
boysenberry1935
marionberry1987
1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 141 Berries, the chief are those which the Swedes call Hiortron, some Dew-berries, or the Norway Berry.
c. Norway pine n. †(a) the Norway spruce, Picea abies (obsolete); (b) North American the red pine, Pinus resinosa; the wood of this tree; (c) the wood of the Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris, as grown in Norway.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > pines and allies > American red pine
Norway pine1711
red pine1760
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > pine > types of
bog fir1770
ocote1787
Georgia pine1796
Labrador pine1803
pumpkin pine1809
Banksian pine1831
bog-pine1842
tamarack pine1843
tamarack1864
Baltic pine1866
Norway pine1866
slash-pine1882
Queensland kauri1889
krummholz1908
fat-wood1909
1684 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 14 560 I cannot say the same for the Pine which bears the greater Cone, but other Norways and Pinasters are fresh.]
1711 R. Blackmore Nature of Man ii. 63 The tuneful Genius here neglected grows, And thrives, like Norway Pines, in Ice and Snows.
1784 M. Cutler Jrnl. 22 July (1888) I. iii. 99 We rode five miles over pitch and Norway-pine plains, with very low shrubs.
1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 804 The pitch pine, P. resinosa is generally known in its native country by the name of Norway pine; sometimes, particularly among the Canadian French, red pine.
1838 J. F. Cooper Homeward Bound I. xvi. 252 [He] applied his knife to try the quality of the wood, and pronounced the Norway pine of the spars to be almost equal to anything that could be found in our own southern woods.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 891 Baltic, Riga, Norway, Red, or Memel Pine is the timber of Pinus sylvestris as grown in the north of Europe.
1896 M. E. Wilkins Madelon 1 There were evergreens—Norway pines, spruces and hemlocks—bordering the road.
1973 Saint Croix (St. Stephen, New Brunswick) Courier 26 July 1 Dories are planked with Norway (Red) Pine and clench-fastened with galvanized boat nails.
1994 G. Paulsen Winterdance i. 31 That night I stopped in a wonderful stand of Norway pines to camp.
d. Norway maple n. a Eurasian maple, Acer platanoides, which has greenish-yellow flowers appearing before the lobed leaves and is widely planted as an ornamental.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > plane-trees > [noun]
platanusOE
planea1382
platana1382
plane treea1425
platan treea1425
plantain1535
plane1562
dwarf plane tree1578
chenar1638
buttonwood1670
platanus tree1670
Norway maple1731
water beech1735
American plane1781
sycamore1814
buttonball1818
London plane1860
sycamore-tree1872
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Acer The Norway maple grows with us to a very large size.
1797 Encycl. Brit. I. 60/2 The platanoides, or Norway-maple, grows naturally in Norway, Sweden, and other northern countries of Europe.
1882 Garden 25 Nov. 459/2 The Norway Maple is a beautiful tree.
1993 Horticulture Oct. 31/1 Avoid using brittle trees, such as willows or Norway maples.
e. Norway spruce n. a long-coned spruce, Picea abies, native to northern and central Europe, widely planted elsewhere for timber and pulp, and popular as a Christmas tree (also † Norway spruce fir); the wood of this tree.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > spruces
spruce?1602
Norway fir1666
spruce fir1676
hemlock tree1679
hemlock1728
spruce pine1731
white spruce1731
black spruce1741
red spruce1741
Norway spruce1766
silver fir1789
var1793
Engelmann1866
Sitka spruce1867
Sitka pine1868
skunk spruce1876
Colorado spruce1881
Yeddo spruce1932
1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. iv. 101 Intermixed..with the fir tree, the Norway spruce, and the balm of Gilead.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 762/1 The..European spruce fir..includes the Norway spruce and long-coned Cornish fir.
1833 Penny Cycl. I. 31/1 Abies excelsa, the Norway Spruce Fir... Its wood is of a white colour..and very durable.
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 196 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Among evergreen plants the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) is the most valuable where a high, strong wind-break is necessary.
1900 C. C. Munn Uncle Terry 15 A small house almost hid by luxuriantly growing Norway Spruce.
1957 M. Hadfield Brit. Trees 40 Norway Spruce, Picea abies... Young plants are the Christmas-trees of Europe; raising them is now a specialized branch of British forestry.
1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 19/2 Across most of northern Europe and America, Norway spruce trees have become known simply as Christmas trees.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > birch
bircha1400
birch-wooda1843
Norway birch1861
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 652 The common Birch, yields the timber known as Norway Birch.
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a. Norway rat n. †(a) the Norway lemming, Lemmus lemmus (obsolete); (b) the brown rat, Rattus norvegicus.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Microtidae > genus Lemmus (lemming)
lemming1607
sable-mouse1699
Norway rat1753
Norwegian rat1792
Norwegian lemming1828
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Rattus (rat) > rattus norvegicus (brown rat)
Norway rat1753
wharf-rat1823
sewer-rat1851
trench rat1916
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Leming, the name of a creature of the rat kind, called by authors mus Norwegicus, the Norway rat.
1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 123/1 A large Norway rat.
1777 G. White Jrnl. 16 Dec. (1970) x. 146 The Norway rats destroy all the indigenous ones.
a1830 in Waldie's Select Circulating Libr. II. 90/2 The brown or Norway rat..[is] addicted to all sorts of mischief.
a1860 A. Wynter Curiosities of Civilisation 133 The water-rat is a rare animal compared with..the common brown or Norway rat.
1873 T. Chapman in W. L. Buller Hist. Birds N.Z. 93 Norway rats..by diving for these freshwater pipis, provide a kinaki (relish) for their vegetable suppers.
1975 New Yorker 12 May 58/3 Field studies..would eventually consider every tree, every bird, every animal..that might in any way be disturbed: white-footed mouse,..Norway rat, short-tailed shrew.
1999 Daily Tel. 25 Jan. 6/3 The United States has become the land of a billion rats, most of them the introduced Rattus rattus (also known as the European, black or tree rat) and Rattus norvegicus (the Asiatic, Norway or brown rat).
b. Norway lemming n. the common lemming of Scandinavia, Lemmus lemmus, which is noted for its fluctuating populations and periodic mass migrations.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Cricetidae
hog mouse1743
water rat1785
Norway lemming1829
Aspalax1860
1829 J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana I. 129 The thumb of the fore-feet[of the Tawny Lemming] consists almost entirely of a thick, flat, strap-shaped nail, resembling that of the Norway Lemming.
1895 Science 21 June 690/1 The Norway lemming.
1962 Jrnl. Mammalogy 43 171 (title) The irruption of the Norway lemming in Sweden during 1960.
2001 D. Macdonald New Encycl. Mammals 633/1 The mass migrations that have made the Norway lemming famous usually begin in the summer or fall.
c. Norway crow n. the hooded crow, Corvus corone cornix, a subspecies of the carrion crow.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [noun] > genus Corvus > corvus cornix (hooded crow)
hooded crow?a1513
Royston crow1611
pied crow1648
scarecrow1676
grey crow1715
hoodie1789
Harry Denchman18..
hoodie-crow1816
bunting crow1831
Norway crow1848
saddleback1864
greyback1884
Kentish crow1893
sparrow-duck1895
1848 Zoologist 6 2258 The hooded crow is the Norway crow.
1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 86 It is supposed that those hooded crows which visit the English coasts in the winter have been driven thither from colder countries, hence they are called Norway, or Northern crows.
1950 A. W. Boyd Coward's Birds Brit. Isles (rev. ed.) 1st Ser. 29 The Hooded Crow or Hoodie.., also called the Grey, Royston or Norway Crow, is so similar in structure to the Carrion that some authorities insist that they are merely geographical races of one species.
1994 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 28 May 2 Why was the hooded crow also called the Denmark crow or Norway crow?
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a. Norway lobster n. a small, slender lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, found in the Atlantic, North Sea, and Mediterranean, and commercially important for food as scampi. Also called Dublin (Bay) prawn.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > lobster
lobstera1000
sea crayfishc1440
long oyster1622
red crab1674
crevis fish1688
crayfish1748
Norway lobster1777
Cape lobster1793
spiny lobster1819
langouste1832
thorny lobster1833
écrevisse1854
chicken lobster1871
homarine1880
Dublin prawn1911
langostino1915
scampi1928
langoustine1946
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Macrura > member of Nephropsidae of Astacura (lobster)
Norway lobster1777
Nephrops1814
camaron1880
Dublin prawn1911
langostino1915
scampi1928
langoustine1946
1777 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) IV. v. 17 Cancer Novegicus... Norway..L[obster] with a long spiny snout.
1800 G. Shaw Vivarium Naturæ, or Naturalist’s Misc. XII. pl. 464 Norway Lobster... This species is nearly equal in size to the common Lobster, and is principally found in the Northern ocean.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 838/2 The Norway lobster..is less esteemed for food than the common species. In London it is sold under the name of ‘Dublin prawn’.
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xi. 199 Here are included the common lobster (Homarus), the decorative rock-lobster (Palinurus), the Norway lobster (Nephrops), [etc.].
1963 Times 19 Jan. 10/6 The Norway Lobster or the Dublin Prawn, which, as scampi, we now purchase in the anonymous form of frozen packets of shelled ‘tails’.
1995 New Scientist 16 Dec. 17/1 Tiny creatures found clinging to the mouthparts of Norway lobsters are so unusual that they have been awarded the ultimate taxonomic accolade—a phylum all to themselves.
b. Norway haddock n. the redfish, Sebastes marinus, of the North Atlantic.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Scorpaenidae (scorpion-fishes) > sebastes marinus (red-fish)
snapper1697
rosefish1731
red perch1746
Norway haddock1836
bergylt?1838
red fish1964
1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 74 Dr. Fleming obtained this fish in Zetland, where it is called Bergylt, and Norway Haddock.
1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. II. §556 The Sebastes, or Norway Haddock, which inhabits the northern seas, and is an important article of food.
1911 Rep. Comm. U.S. Bureau Fisheries 1908 314 Rosefish (Sebastes marinus)—A brilliantly colored fish found off the north Atlantic coast... It is also called..‘redfish’, ‘Norway haddock’, [and] ‘snapper’.
1959 A. Hardy Fish & Fisheries x. 199 The much larger and still more flashy Norway haddock or bergylt S. marinus..only occasionally comes into our waters.
1988 Times 5 Feb. 5/2 Look out for Red Fish, also known as Norway Haddock, at about £1.50 a lb on the bone and £2.25 for fillets.
c. Norway pout n. a small fish of the cod family, Trisopterus esmarkii, found in the north-east Atlantic.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > genus Gadus > trisopterus minutus (poor-cod)
poor1427
power1713
Norway pout1925
1925 J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles 152 Fulton found, by placing a small-meshed net over the tail end of a trawl, that the Norway Pout are quite common in Scottish waters.
1991 B. Tulloch Migrations 57 Targeted at species such as Norway pout and sand-eel, the operation [sc. small-mesh netting] undoubtedly destroys large numbers of immature fish of other kinds.
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society > authority > punishment > public or popular punishments > [noun] > punishing by pillory or stocks > pillory or stocks
stocksc1325
pilloryc1330
stocka1382
gofe1489
stretchneck1543
harmans1567
foot trap1585
pigeonholes1592
jougs1596
berlina1607
halsfang1607
gorget1635
cippusa1637
nutcrackers1648
catasta1664
wooden cravat1676
the wooden ruff1677
neck stock1681
wooden casement1685
timber-stairsc1750
Norway neckcloth1785
law-neck-cloth1789
stoop1795
timber1851–4
nerve1854
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Norway neckloth[sic], the pillory, usually made of Norway fir.
a1790 H. T. Potter New Dict. Cant & Flash (1795) Norway neckcloth, the pillory.
1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 126/2 Norway neckcloth, the pillory.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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