nossron.

Brit.

/ˈnɒsrəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈnɑsˌroʊ/

Forms: 1600s 1800s nursrow, 1700s nurshro, 1700s– nossro, 1800s– nosrou, 1800s– nossrow, 1800s– nurserow, 1800s– nussrow, 1900s– mossro, 1900s– nosro, 1900s– nossrol.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps the reflex of a compound of which the second element is shrew n.¹ (compare hardishrew n.); see also etymological note s.v. shrew n.¹ Surv. Eng. Dial. also records forms with initial m- from Staffordshire, with final -l from Cheshire, and with medial -sh- from Shropshire.

English regional (north-western and midlands).

A shrew; (also) a field mouse.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Soricidae

shrewc725

shrewmouse1572

nossro1686

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Apodemus (field-mouse)

mygalea1382

field mouse?1440

ranny1559

hardishrew1601

wood mouse1601

nossro1686

bean-mouse1766

St. Kilda mouse1899

Fair Isle1906

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vi. 222 A Hardishrew or Nursrow (as they here call them,) i.e. a field-mouse.

a1728 W. Kennett MS Coll. Provinc. Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1905) IV. 300/2 [Staffordshire] Nossro.

1757 T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. IV. 335 Dr. Lister observed that the remedy used by the Irish was much like that against the nurshro or field-mice.

1853 Notes & Queries 3 Dec. 538/2 Nursrow, a name applied by Plott [sic]..to the shrew mouse, and by the common people in Cheshire at the present day to the field-mouse; or rather, perhaps, indiscriminately to field and shrew mice?

a1876 E. Leigh Gloss. Words Dial. Cheshire (1877) 143 Nosrou, a Shrew Mouse.

1883 C. S. Burne Shropshire Folk-lore 213 If yow see a..nussrow yow must cross your foot or yow will suffer for it.

1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Nossro,..a shrew-mouse. So called from its long nose.

1970 H. Orton & M. V. Barry Surv. Eng. Dial. II. ii. 384 Q[uestion]. What do you call that small kind of mouse with the long snout; it eats insects and lives outside?..[Staffordshire] Mossro, [Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire] Nossro..[Cheshire] Nossrol.

Compounds

† nossro-tree n. Obsolete a tree within which shrews have been confined, this being popularly supposed to endow it with the virtue of curing swellings in cattle; cf. shrew-ash n. at shrew n.¹ Compounds 2.

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the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > medicines or applications > medicines or applications for cattle

needfire1633

nossro-tree1686

shrew-ash1776

rumacin1863

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vi. 222 A superstitious custom they have in this county, of making nursrow trees for the cure of unaccountable swellings in their cattle. For to make any tree..a Nursrow-tree, they catch one or more of these nursrows or fieldmice..and having bored a hole..they put the mice in [etc.].

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

单词	nossro
释义	nossron. Brit. /ˈnɒsrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈnɑsˌroʊ/ Forms: 1600s 1800s nursrow, 1700s nurshro, 1700s– nossro, 1800s– nosrou, 1800s– nossrow, 1800s– nurserow, 1800s– nussrow, 1900s– mossro, 1900s– nosro, 1900s– nossrol. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps the reflex of a compound of which the second element is shrew n.¹ (compare hardishrew n.); see also etymological note s.v. shrew n.¹ Surv. Eng. Dial. also records forms with initial m- from Staffordshire, with final -l from Cheshire, and with medial -sh- from Shropshire. English regional (north-western and midlands). A shrew; (also) a field mouse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Soricidae shrewc725 shrewmouse1572 nossro1686 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Apodemus (field-mouse) mygalea1382 field mouse?1440 ranny1559 hardishrew1601 wood mouse1601 nossro1686 bean-mouse1766 St. Kilda mouse1899 Fair Isle1906 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vi. 222 A Hardishrew or Nursrow (as they here call them,) i.e. a field-mouse. a1728 W. Kennett MS Coll. Provinc. Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1905) IV. 300/2 [Staffordshire] Nossro. 1757 T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. IV. 335 Dr. Lister observed that the remedy used by the Irish was much like that against the nurshro or field-mice. 1853 Notes & Queries 3 Dec. 538/2 Nursrow, a name applied by Plott [sic]..to the shrew mouse, and by the common people in Cheshire at the present day to the field-mouse; or rather, perhaps, indiscriminately to field and shrew mice? a1876 E. Leigh Gloss. Words Dial. Cheshire (1877) 143 Nosrou, a Shrew Mouse. 1883 C. S. Burne Shropshire Folk-lore 213 If yow see a..nussrow yow must cross your foot or yow will suffer for it. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Nossro,..a shrew-mouse. So called from its long nose. 1970 H. Orton & M. V. Barry Surv. Eng. Dial. II. ii. 384 Q[uestion]. What do you call that small kind of mouse with the long snout; it eats insects and lives outside?..[Staffordshire] Mossro, [Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire] Nossro..[Cheshire] Nossrol. Compounds † nossro-tree n. Obsolete a tree within which shrews have been confined, this being popularly supposed to endow it with the virtue of curing swellings in cattle; cf. shrew-ash n. at shrew n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > medicines or applications > medicines or applications for cattle needfire1633 nossro-tree1686 shrew-ash1776 rumacin1863 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vi. 222 A superstitious custom they have in this county, of making nursrow trees for the cure of unaccountable swellings in their cattle. For to make any tree..a Nursrow-tree, they catch one or more of these nursrows or fieldmice..and having bored a hole..they put the mice in [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1686
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