单词 | noop |
释义 | noopn.1 Scottish. Now rare. 1. gen. A projection or protuberance. ΚΠ 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Knoop, a protuberance of any kind... A bit of wood projecting from a wall, on which any thing is hung. 1848 J. Thomson Feast of Literary Crumbs 35 Say, does it hang down by his side, Or on his sturdie hurdie ride, On the tapmost knoup o't? 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. Noop, a knob, as on furniture, etc. 1934 Punch 14 Nov. 543/2 D'ye mind the lowp I gied when your dam' metal nowp [of a hot water bottle] Burn't sair my fit? 2. The point of the elbow. Sc. National Dict. at Noup n. records this sense as still in use in Selkirkshire in 1950.With quot. 1982 cf. etymological note at murgeon v. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > arm > [noun] > elbow elbowc1000 cubit1544 ply1575 knop1652 ancon1706 noop1818 capitellum1825 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 103 A'body has a conscience... I think mine's as weel out o' the gate as maist folks' are; and yet its just like the noop of my elbow, it whiles gets a bit dirl on a corner. 1835 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 281 She wash'd her arms to the elbow noops. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. Noop, the point of the elbow. 1982 Guardian 19 Jan. 10/8 Reports that Mr Jenkins had been overheard expressing the hope that ‘the de'il might nirl the noops’ of those guilty of such miscalling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). noopn.2 English regional (northern) and Scottish. The fruit of the cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus; (also) the plant itself. Frequently in plural. Also more fully noop-berry. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > other berries blueberry1594 hedge-berry1607 elderberry1625 huckleberry1670 bearberry1677 cloudberry1743 baked apple1750 pembina1760 service1785 honeyberry1787 nub-berry1794 bluet1812 noop1817 squawberry1829 quandong1836 miro1838 strawberry guava1901 squash-berry1935 tayberry1977 tummelberry1984 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > cloudberry or salmon berry bush cloudberry1597 knotberry1633 mountain bramble1728 baked apple1750 averin1768 noop1817 Scotch cap1828 salmon berry1844 queen's berry1854 1817 R. Wharton Cheviot 3 The little hills the humble knupes produce. 1843 M. A. Richardson Local Historian's Table Bk. (new ed.) Legendary Div. I. 403 (Cloudberry)—whose orange fruit is locally called ‘noops’. 1859 W. White Northumberland & Border 355 The shepherds call them knout, or knope-berries. 1906 J. A. Harvie-Brown Fauna of Tay Basin p. xxxii The Avern is usually found in Scotland in greatest quantities above the 2600-feet levels... Avern or cloudberry of Scotland and England (Rubus chamaemorus)..‘Knoop’—local in north of Scotland. 1952 Scotsman 6 Sept. 4/7 His quest for information regarding the cloudberry, or, as it is known in Sutherland and Caithness, the ‘noop’. 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 452/2 Cloudberry is..noop (Borders) or knoutberry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11808n.21817 |
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