单词 | peggle |
释义 | pegglen. English regional (southern and midlands). Now rare. The fruit of the hawthorn; a haw. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > hawthorn and allies > fruit of hawa1000 red haw1717 thornberry1766 peggle1826 pixie-pear1865 1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1598 ‘Haws’..in the west are called pegalls or pigalls. 1854 Househ. Words 7 Oct. 173/1 He landed clear on the lower side of the pit, right away among some peggall bushes (whitethorn) that grow'd at the edge. 1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life xi. 223 Pigeons feed on the peggles which cover the great hawthorn bush so thickly as to give it a reddish tint. 1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. 116 Pig-all, Pig-haw, Fruit of the hawthorn. Peggles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pegglev. English regional (midlands). Now rare. intransitive and transitive. To peck, continue pecking; (also) to gnaw. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > peck billc1220 beak?c1225 pecka1398 joba1500 neba1819 peggle1854 stock1893 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 102 Peggle at, to gnaw at any hard substance. 1868 Aunt Judy's Mag. Aug. 241 Thrush..comes to dig and peggle away at the plums. a1903 E. Smith MS Coll. Warwicks. Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 459/1 The corn is so pedgelled by the birds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1826v.1854 |
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