α. See paddock n.1 and pipe n.1
β. Scottish 1900s– paddock's pipe.
单词 | paddock-pipe |
释义 | paddock-pipen.α. See paddock n.1 and pipe n.1 β. Scottish 1900s– paddock's pipe. Now Scottish and English regional (northern). With singular or plural agreement. Either of two kinds of plant with a cylindrical, often hollow stem, growing especially in wet or marshy places, a horsetail (genus Equisetum, esp. E. fluviatile and E. palustre), and a mare's tail, Hippuris vulgaris. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > horse-tail and allies padpipe?a1300 paddock-pipec1300 holy-water strinklec1440 shavegrassc1450 shavewortc1450 horsetail1538 shaving-grass1538 cat's tail1552 toad-pipe1578 pewterwort1597 horse-willow1611 prêle1661 shave-weed1691 water horsetail1710 horse-pipe1785 rush1804 shave-rush1821 equisetum1830 pipeweed1837 scouring rush1845 mud horsetail1855 jointweed1879 bottlebrush1883 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > mare's tail padpipe?a1300 paddock-pipec1300 mare's tail?a1425 female horsetail1597 paddo-pipe1650 c1300 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 74 [Cauda Pulli] padokpipe. a1646 D. Wedderburn Vocabula (1685) 18 Equisetum, a paddock-pipe. 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica II. 648 [Equisetum palustre] Marsh Horse-tail. Anglis. Paddock-pipe. Scotis. 1794 W. Hutchinson Hist. Cumberland I. App. 39 Hippuris vulgaris.—In old Eden, in the parish of Aldingham; and at Low-Gelt-bridge.., Paddock-Pipe in Cumberland. 1824 Wernerian Soc. Mem. 5 428 It also contains in abundance the roots of paddock-pipes (the Equisetum). 1876 J. Nicholson Kilwuddie (ed. 3) 123 I'll pu' the puddock pipe, An' fresh young ferns. 1940 R. Gibbings Sweet Thames run Softly ix. 64 In the north of England, and in certain parts of Scotland, they are known as paddock-pipes or paddie-pipes. 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 451/1 Equisetum fluviatile has been called paddock's pipes in the north-east and faerie's spindles in Shetland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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