pickmawn.

Brit.

/ˈpɪkmɔː/, U.S.

/ˈpɪkˌmɔ/,

/ˈpɪkˌmɑ/, Scottish English

/ˈpɪkmɔ/

Forms:

α. Scottish pre-1700 pikmaw, 1800s– pickmaw, 1900s– peckmaw, 1900s– pickma, 1900s– pickmar.

β. English regional (Northumberland) 1800s– picima, 1800s– pick-i'-ma; Scottish 1900s– peckiemaw, 1900s– pickiema, 1900s– pickiemaw, 1900s– picky maw.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English pick , pitch n.¹, maw n.³

Etymology: Probably < pick, variant of pitch n.¹ + maw n.³, so called on account of the bird's black head. Compare pickmire n.Perhaps compare also pick v.¹ With the β. forms compare -y suffix⁶; perhaps compare also β. forms at pitchy adj.¹

Scottish and English regional (northern)

The black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus. Formerly also: †a tern (genus Sterna) (obsolete).

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus ridibundus (black-headed gull)

pickmawa1525

peewit1678

pickmire1678

red-legged gull1785

black cap1802

pirr1818

red-leg1831

lapwing-gull1844

red-legged mew1862

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 183 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 100 Parfytlye yir pikmawis as for priouris With yar party habitis present yam yare.

1808 A. Scott Poems (ed. 2) 224 The lav'rock, the peasweep, an' skirlin pickmaw.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 283 The very pick-maws and solan-geese out by yonder at the Bass hae ten times their sense!

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Peewit Gull,..also called sea crow, and pick-i'-ma [on p. 533 picima].

1918 Kelso Chron. 18 June 3 The marshland ‘maw’, or ‘Picky Maw’.

1975 J. Y. Mather & H. H. Speitel Ling. Atlas Scotl. I. 297 Seagull, [Ayrshire] pickma, pickmar, pickmaw.

1991 Fly Rod & Reel July 4/2 Holmes used a variety of quills for bodies, including white and red cock hackles,..and quills from the black-headed gull, tern and pickmaw.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pickmaw
释义	pickmawn. Brit. /ˈpɪkmɔː/, U.S. /ˈpɪkˌmɔ/, /ˈpɪkˌmɑ/, Scottish English /ˈpɪkmɔ/ Forms: α. Scottish pre-1700 pikmaw, 1800s– pickmaw, 1900s– peckmaw, 1900s– pickma, 1900s– pickmar. β. English regional (Northumberland) 1800s– picima, 1800s– pick-i'-ma; Scottish 1900s– peckiemaw, 1900s– pickiema, 1900s– pickiemaw, 1900s– picky maw. Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English pick , pitch n.¹, maw n.³ Etymology: Probably < pick, variant of pitch n.¹ + maw n.³, so called on account of the bird's black head. Compare pickmire n.Perhaps compare also pick v.¹ With the β. forms compare -y suffix⁶; perhaps compare also β. forms at pitchy adj.¹ Scottish and English regional (northern) The black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus. Formerly also: †a tern (genus Sterna) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus ridibundus (black-headed gull) pickmawa1525 peewit1678 pickmire1678 red-legged gull1785 black cap1802 pirr1818 red-leg1831 lapwing-gull1844 red-legged mew1862 a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 183 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 100 Parfytlye yir pikmawis as for priouris With yar party habitis present yam yare. 1808 A. Scott Poems (ed. 2) 224 The lav'rock, the peasweep, an' skirlin pickmaw. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 283 The very pick-maws and solan-geese out by yonder at the Bass hae ten times their sense! 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Peewit Gull,..also called sea crow, and pick-i'-ma [on p. 533 picima]. 1918 Kelso Chron. 18 June 3 The marshland ‘maw’, or ‘Picky Maw’. 1975 J. Y. Mather & H. H. Speitel Ling. Atlas Scotl. I. 297 Seagull, [Ayrshire] pickma, pickmar, pickmaw. 1991 Fly Rod & Reel July 4/2 Holmes used a variety of quills for bodies, including white and red cock hackles,..and quills from the black-headed gull, tern and pickmaw. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1525
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