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单词 pirr
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pirrn.1

Brit. /pəː/, U.S. /pər/, Scottish English /pɪr/
Forms: 1500s pyrre; Scottish 1700s pir, 1800s– pirr, 1900s– purr.
Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pirrie n.
Etymology: Apparently a variant of pirrie n. Compare pirr v.
Scottish after 16th cent.
1. A state of agitation or excitement; a fit of anger; (also) a flurry of activity.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of
gloominga1400
terret1515
momurdotesc1540
the sullens1580
pirr1581
pet1590
snuff1592
mulligrubs1599
mumps1599
geea1605
mood1609
miff1623
tetch1623
frumps1671
strunt1721
hump1727
tiff1727
tift1751
huff1757
tig1773
tout1787
sulk1792
twita1825
fantigue1825
fuff1834
grumps1844
spell1856
the grumbles1861
grouch1895
snit1939
mardy1968
moody1969
strop1970
sull1972
cream puff1985
mard1998
the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun]
fever1340
motiona1398
quotidian?a1439
rufflea1535
commotion1581
fret1582
hurry1600
puddering1603
tumultuousnessa1617
trepidation1625
feverishness1638
boilingc1660
fermentationc1660
tumult1663
ferment1672
stickle1681
fuss1705
whirl1707
flurry1710
sweat1715
fluster1728
pucker1740
flutter1741
flustration1747
flutteration1753
tremor1753
swithera1768
twitteration1775
state1781
stew1806
scrow1808
tumultuating1815
flurrification1822
tew1825
purr1842
pirr1856
tête montée1859
go1866
faff1874
poultry flutter1876
palaver1878
thirl1879
razzle-dazzle1885
nervism1887
flurry-scurry1888
fikiness1889
foment1889
dither1891
swivet1892
flusterment1895
tither1896
overwroughtness1923
mania1925
stumer1932
tizzy1935
two and eight1938
snit1939
tizz1953
tiswas1960
wahala1966
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xliii. 284 One displeased parent willdo..harme vpon a head, If he take a pyrre at some toy, neuer conferring with any, but with his owne cholere.
1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes Berwick 127 When one is in a pirr about things which do not go well.
1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 127 The gueedewife geed intil an unco pirr fin the laird cam t' see 'ir.
1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 127 He gangs till's wark wee a pirr.
1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 235 He's in a gey pirr.
1956 C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle 94 There steud Peggy in as proper a pirr as iver I saa her in, cheust dancan wae maderam.
1998 N. Harper Spik o the Place 110 [Banffshire] The furniture van cam wi her new sofa and the airms wis torn. She got hersel in a richt pirr.
2. Scottish. A gentle breeze; a light wind. Frequently with of. Also in figurative context.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > gentle wind
auraa1398
breathc1400
air1535
gentle gale1567
zephyr1567
pirriea1614
breeze1626
gentle breeze1635
pirra1722
gale1728
zephyret1777
spill1899
a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 19 A little pir of wind that rose.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) ‘There's a fine pirr of wind.’
1831 Fife Herald 18 Aug. And were they [sc. corn fields] to be visited with a pirr of wind,..the result would be seriously felt.
1891 J. J. H. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 115 As da pirr o memry, blaain, Frae mi een da skub aa clears.
1918 T. Manson Peat Comm. 45 A gentle ‘pirr’ of wind to keep the heat from becoming oppressive.
1999 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. 65/1 Dey wir hardly a pirr o wind ta fill da sail.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pirrn.2

Brit. /pəː/, /pɪə/, U.S. /pər/, /pɪ(ə)r/, Scottish English /pɪr/, Irish English /pəːr/
Forms: 1800s– pirr, 1800s– pirre, 1800s– purre, 1900s– purr.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: pirr maw n.
Etymology: Apparently short for pirr maw n.
Scottish and Irish English (northern).
1. The common tern, Sterna hirundo. Also (Irish English (northern)): the cry of the tern. Sc. National Dict. (1968) at Pirr n.1 records this sense as still in use in Argyllshire in 1930.
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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
the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Sterna (tern)
stern1609
sternet1638
sea-swallow1647
tern1678
rittock1774
mackerel gull1792
gull-teaser1802
kip1802
rippock1806
kingbird1831
pirr1875
1818 D. Gemmill Topogr. Clyde 63 The Pirr or Turn annually builds here.
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. (1876) 383 Pirr,..is also a sea-fowl with a long tail and black head,..whenever it sees any small fish or fry, dives down..on them, crying ‘pirr!’
1875 D. Landsborough Arran 401 The numerous Cumbrae pirres have been destroyed or driven away.
1898 J. MacManus Bend of Road 195 The centre of the lake where the many hundred white pirrs now circled, and called.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 254/2 Pirr, (1) the cry of the tern Sterna spp. (2) the tern Sterna spp.
2. Irish English (northern). The black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus.
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1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 81 Purre, two sea birds, the tern and the black-headed gull. See Pirre[-maw] and Pyrmaw.
a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 212/2 Pirr(e),..the black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 254/2 Pirr, a bird:..the black-headed gull Larus ridibundus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pirrv.

Brit. /pəː/, /pɪə/, U.S. /pər/, /pɪ(ə)r/, Scottish English /pɪr/, Irish English /pəːr/
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pirr n.1
Etymology: Apparently < pirr n.1
Scottish and Irish English (northern).
1. intransitive. To flow swiftly; (also, of person or vehicle) to whirr along. Sc. National Dict. (1968) at Pirr v. records this sense as still in use in Shetland and Ulster in 1966.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > ride in a wheeled vehicle > rapidly
whirl1594
pirr1824
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 383 Blood is said to pirr from the wound made by a lancet.
1852 J. W. Carlyle Let. 5 Aug. (1883) II. 171 Nothing could be more pleasant than so pirring through quiet roads [in a gig].
1935 W. Soutar Poems in Scots 33 A' the seepin' sap, like bluid, Pirr'd saftly frae the cankert wud.
2. intransitive. Of the wind: to blow gently. Now Shetland. Sc. National Dict. (1968) at Pirr v. records this sense as still in use in Shetland in 1966.
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1827 [see pirring adj. at Derivatives].
1901 T. P. Ollason Mareel 58 He'll be pirrin' up a grain by an' bye, an' he's nae time o' nicht geen yet.

Derivatives

ˈpirring adj. rare (of a breeze) that blows gently.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > constant in direction and force
sheerc1290
steady1612
frank1628
true1699
pirring1827
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 62 Careerin' on the pirrin' breeze, A greedy gled.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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