单词 | norie |
释义 | norien.1 Scottish (Orkney and Shetland). 1. The Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica.Recorded earliest in tammie norie n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > fratercula arctica (puffin) scout1596 willock1606 bottlenose1620 parrot1664 sea-parrot1664 guldenhead1676 coulterneb1678 mullet1678 puffin1678 cockandy1684 sea-coulter1684 bowger1698 norie1701 tammie norie1701 popea1705 lunda1744 rock-bird1765 puffin-auk1768 tommy noddy1769 Tomnoddy1771 Tommya1777 Tomnorry1793 Tommy1828 sea-owl1842 1701 J. Brand Brief Descr. Orkney, Zetland viii. 119 Each kind or sort do Nestle by themselves; as the Scarfs by themselves, so the Cetywaicks, Tominories, Mawes etc. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VII. 546 Among these we may reckon..the tyste, the pickternie, the norie [etc.]. 1808 Scots Mag. July 512/2 The Queets and Nories are much smaller in size than an ordinary duck, and have very short wings; but their eggs, which are of different colours, are very large. 1959 Shetland News 21 Apr. 3/2 Magnus..soon had an auld norrie out by the head. 1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. 56/1 Norie, the puffin (Fratercula arctica). 2. Shetland. An inhabitant of the island of Foula. ΚΠ 1883 J. R. Tudor Orkneys & Shetland 615 Local Tee, Tue, or Nick-Names... Foula—Nories (from Tammy Nories, Puffins). 1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. 56/1 Norie,..nickname given to a native of Foula. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). norien.2 A copy of the Epitome of Navigation by J. W. Norie (originally published in 1805) or a successor publication, such as Norie's Nautical Tables (1936, etc.), regarded as a standard work of reference. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > pilot book rutter1561 sea-ruttier1599 routier1677 wagoner1687 pilot1693 portolan1717 sea-book1726 norie1827 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxviii. 203 Having acquired a thorough knowledge of navigation by the occasional perusal of a stray Norrie. 1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son II. xxxiv. 282 I cursed my improvidence..in not having provided myself with a knife, a compass, a quadrant and a nory. 1873 Appletons' Jrnl. 19 July 72/3 That same night we were reading ‘Norie’ in the cabin..when Mrs. Langlands shut up the book, and said, ‘That is enough... It's no use my studying navigation any more.’ 1953 C. H. Cotter Elem. of Navigation xxxvi. 397 The ex-meridian tables in Norie seem to be the most popular with officers of the Merchant Navy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11701n.21827 |
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