pirr mawn.

Brit.

/ˈpəː ˌmɔː/,

/ˈpɪə ˌmɔː/, U.S.

/ˈpər ˌmɔ/,

/ˈpər ˌmɑ/,

/ˈpɪr ˌmɔ/,

/ˈpɪr ˌmɑ/, Scottish English

/ˈpɪr ˌmɔ/, Irish English

/ˈpəːr ˌmɒː/

Forms: 1700s– pyrmaw, 1800s– pirmaw, 1800s– pirre-maw, 1800s– purre maw, 1900s– perma, 1900s– pir ma.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English pirr , maw n.³

Etymology: < pirr, imitative, after the hoarse cry of the birds + maw n.³ Compare later pirr n.²

Scottish and Irish English (northern).

1. Chiefly Irish English (northern). A tern, esp. the common tern, Sterna hirundo, and the roseate tern, S. dougallii.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Sterna (tern) > sterna dougalli (roseate tern)

pirr maw1744

roseate tern1813

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Sterna (tern) > sterna hirundo (common tern)

scray1668

spur1676

kirmew1694

pictarne1710

pirr maw1744

tarrock1774

pictarnie1784

medrick1832

shear-tail1885

1744 C. Smith Antient & Present State County Down 131 Sea Fowl, as the Gull and Pyrmaw, who build in the Rocks.

1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 78 Pirre-maw, the tern.

1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 81 Pyrmaw, a sea bird, probably the tern or ‘purre’.

1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 203 Roseate tern,..Purre maw (Carrickfergus). From their hoarse cry.

1988 W. A. D. Riach Galloway Gloss. 33 Pirrmaw, a tern.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 254/2 Pirr-maw, purr-maw, per-ma, a bird:..the tern Sterna spp.

2. The black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus. Sc. National Dict. (1968) at Pirr n.¹ records this sense as still in use in south-western Scotland in 1966.

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1801 Edinb. Weekly Jrnl. 2 Dec. 382 Pirmaws, or small sea fowl, are in abundance, off Aberdour, and the sands between Burntisland and Pettycur.

1907 Northern Whig (Belfast) 30 Nov. 2/5 Local names of birds... Islandmagee... Black-headed gull and kittiwake, permas and chitty-winks.

1930 Trans. Dumfries & Galloway Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc. 1926 14 48 The Black-Headed or ‘Pir Ma’ of Wigtownshire is also very destructive to a spawning bed.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 254/2 Pirr-maw, purr-maw, per-ma, 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).

单词	pirr maw
释义	pirr mawn. Brit. /ˈpəː ˌmɔː/, /ˈpɪə ˌmɔː/, U.S. /ˈpər ˌmɔ/, /ˈpər ˌmɑ/, /ˈpɪr ˌmɔ/, /ˈpɪr ˌmɑ/, Scottish English /ˈpɪr ˌmɔ/, Irish English /ˈpəːr ˌmɒː/ Forms: 1700s– pyrmaw, 1800s– pirmaw, 1800s– pirre-maw, 1800s– purre maw, 1900s– perma, 1900s– pir ma. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English pirr , maw n.³ Etymology: < pirr, imitative, after the hoarse cry of the birds + maw n.³ Compare later pirr n.² Scottish and Irish English (northern). 1. Chiefly Irish English (northern). A tern, esp. the common tern, Sterna hirundo, and the roseate tern, S. dougallii. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Sterna (tern) > sterna dougalli (roseate tern) pirr maw1744 roseate tern1813 the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Sterna (tern) > sterna hirundo (common tern) scray1668 spur1676 kirmew1694 pictarne1710 pirr maw1744 tarrock1774 pictarnie1784 medrick1832 shear-tail1885 1744 C. Smith Antient & Present State County Down 131 Sea Fowl, as the Gull and Pyrmaw, who build in the Rocks. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 78 Pirre-maw, the tern. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 81 Pyrmaw, a sea bird, probably the tern or ‘purre’. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 203 Roseate tern,..Purre maw (Carrickfergus). From their hoarse cry. 1988 W. A. D. Riach Galloway Gloss. 33 Pirrmaw, a tern. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 254/2 Pirr-maw, purr-maw, per-ma, a bird:..the tern Sterna spp. 2. The black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus. Sc. National Dict. (1968) at Pirr n.¹ records this sense as still in use in south-western Scotland in 1966. ΚΠ 1801 Edinb. Weekly Jrnl. 2 Dec. 382 Pirmaws, or small sea fowl, are in abundance, off Aberdour, and the sands between Burntisland and Pettycur. 1907 Northern Whig (Belfast) 30 Nov. 2/5 Local names of birds... Islandmagee... Black-headed gull and kittiwake, permas and chitty-winks. 1930 Trans. Dumfries & Galloway Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc. 1926 14 48 The Black-Headed or ‘Pir Ma’ of Wigtownshire is also very destructive to a spawning bed. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 254/2 Pirr-maw, purr-maw, per-ma, 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). < n.1744
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