单词 | outler |
释义 | outlern. Scottish and English regional (northern). An animal that is not housed during the night or winter. Also figurative: a person out of work, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > one who does not work > [noun] vacant1602 outler1786 idleman1832 non-producer1840 unworker1843 non-worker1851 non-employed1876 out of work1883 out-of-worker1894 unemployed1900 unwaged1981 UB401983 the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > livestock > member of livestock > that's wintered in specific place > that's not housed at night or in winter out-winterer1783 outler1786 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 162 The Deil, or else an outler [MS outlier] Quey, Gat up an' gae a croon. 1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 160 At length the Outlers grew sae mad Against ilk Inler purse-proud blade. 1826 T. Graham Moorland Dial. 8 Sin last our outler nowt was fother'd. 1838 T. Carlyle Coll. Lett. (1985) X. 257 No cattle or other outlers were exposed to them [sc. the winds]. 1936 J. G. Horne Flooer o' Ling 24 The ootler kye their tails gart fling An' capered owre the brae. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1786 |
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