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单词 pig-stick
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pig-stickn.

Brit. /ˈpɪɡstɪk/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡˌstɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pig-stick v.
Etymology: < pig-stick v. Compare earlier pig-sticking n. 2.
Now rare.
An instance of pig-sticking; a wild-boar hunt. Also in extended use.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting specific animals > [noun] > pigs
pig hunting1631
boar-hunting1770
pig-hunt1793
pig-sticking1833
boar-hunt1843
pig-stick1906
1906 Westm. Gaz. 13 July 2/1 Pickle meanwhile was having a pig-stick on the sands, with Floss in the rôle of pig.
1930 Time & Tide 14 Feb. 206/2 The Master of the pig-stick had a face and a temper as scarlet as paprika.
1990 Sunday Tel. 28 Oct. (Review section) p. xi/7 An Indian view of the Raj which is shorn of tiger-skins and pig-sticks, of the toys, jewels, frivolities of the lives of our ancestors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pig-stickv.

Brit. /ˈpɪɡstɪk/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡˌstɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pig n.1, stick v.1
Etymology: < pig n.1 + stick v.1, after pigsticker n., pig-sticking n. Compare earlier stick v.1 1c.
1. intransitive. To participate in pig-sticking. Now rare.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting specific animals > hunt specific animal [verb (intransitive)] > hunt pigs
stick1820
pig hunt1845
pig-stick1877
1877 Land & Water 6 Jan. 18/2 To pig-stick, or hunt the wild boar, armed with a hog-spear or lance, is, I believe, a sport essentially and exclusively belonging to India.
1891 R. Kipling City Dreadful Night 74 Animals who stand on one hind leg and beckon with all the rest, or try to pigstick in harness.
1907 F. Campbell Shepherd of Stars vii. 84 Do you pig-stick, Miss Pickle?
2. transitive. In extended use: to stab (a person, etc.) as if butchering a pig; to wound mortally. Also figurative.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > wound with sharp weapon
woundc760
stickOE
snese?c1225
stokea1300
steekc1300
bearc1330
stangc1340
chop1362
broach1377
foinc1380
strikec1390
borea1400
dag?a1400
gorea1400
gridea1400
staira1400
through-girdc1405
thrustc1410
runc1425
to run throughc1425
traversec1425
spitc1430
through-seeka1500
stitch1527
falchiona1529
stab1530
to stab (a person) in1530
stob?1530
rutc1540
rove?c1550
push1551
foxa1566
stoga1572
poniard1593
dirk1599
bestab1600
poach1602
stiletto1613
stocka1640
inrun1653
stoccado1677
dagger1694
whip1699
bayonetc1700
tomahawk1711
stug1722
chiv1725
kittle1786
sabre1790
halberd1825
jab1825
skewer1837
sword1863
poke1866
spear1869
whinger1892
pig-stick1902
shiv1926
1902 Sandusky (Ohio) Star Jrnl. 21 Jan. The young officer scowled at him, with the remark, ‘I will pig stick you!’
1971 ‘R. Allen’ Suedehead ix, in Compl. Richard Allen (1992) I. 163 A police helmet moved back and forth across Joe's range of vision and he wished he had the guts to pig-stick the copper.
1998 Herald (Glasgow) 19 Nov. 22 The..hereditaries who delight in a last chance to pig-stick the Government before it does away with their voting rights.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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