单词 | pasch egg |
释义 | pasch eggn. Chiefly English regional (northern) and Scottish. A coloured hard-boiled egg given as an Easter gift; an Easter egg. Cf. pace egg n.Such eggs were traditionally rolled down a hill or slope before being eaten. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > eggs > [noun] > Easter egg Easter egga1572 paste egg1611 pasch egg1677 paschal egg1844 1677 E. Coles Dict. Eng.-Lat. Pasch-eggs, Eggs given at Easter, Ovum paschale croceum or luteum. 1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. 310 Of Pasche, or as they are commonly called, Paste Eggs. 1847 M. Howitt Ballads 80 And kindly country-women, yet, Their Pasch-eggs ready make, Of divers colours beautiful, To give for Jesus' sake. 1898 Dublin Rev. July 153 In France it is, or was until recently, usual to eat the Pasch-egg before any other food was partaken of on Easter Day. 1935 Mod. Lang. Notes 50 115 In one community or another, the mummers are known as mummies, the Pasch Egg is a Pace Egg, [etc.]. 1976 Jrnl. Lakeland Dial. Soc. 25 Ah've jist bin mekkin sum Pasche Eggs, an' t' smell ef them coeukin' fair fills t' house. 2001 Coventry Evening Tel. (Nexis) 29 Mar. 43 Pasch eggs were hard-boiled and decorated, prior to being rolled down hills as a popular Easter game. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1677 |
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