单词 | pinnock |
释义 | † pinnockn.1 Obsolete. Any of several small songbirds; esp. (a) the dunnock, Prunella modularis; (b) the blue tit, Parus caeruleus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Prunellidae (accentor) > prunella modularis (hedge-sparrow) haysuggec1000 pinnockc1275 suggec1440 dunnock1483 Philipa1500 hedge sparrow1530 titlingc1550 dikesmowler1611 hedge-chat1821 hedge-accentora1825 shuffle-wing1829 chanter1831 Isaac1834 dicky1877 smoky1889 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Paridae > [noun] > genus Parus (tit) > parus caeruleus (blue-tit) pinnockc1275 meese1480 nun1585 tomtit1648 blue titmouse1673 puffer1773 blue cap1797 pinchem1809 blue bonnet1811 pick-cheesea1825 blue tit1831 billy-biter1843 c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 1130 Þar..sedes boþ isowe, Pinnuc [a1300 Jesus Oxf. Pynnuc], golfinc, rok, ne crowe Ne dar þar neuer cumen ihende. a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 625 Lirifa, pynok. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Nii v/2 A Pinnocke, hedge sparow. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Pinnock, a sort of Bird. 1831 J. Rennie Montagu's Ornithol. Dict. (ed. 2) 381 Pinnock, a name for the Tom-tit. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 29 Hedge Sparrow (Accentor modularis)... From its short piping note it is called Titlene (North), Pinnock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † pinnockn.2 English regional (Kent). Obsolete. rare. A heavy soil consisting of clay mixed with small stones. ΚΠ 1796 J. Boys Gen. View Agric. Kent (new ed.) 78 Pinnock..is a sticky red clay, mixed with small stones, but although it is deemed poor for cultivation of grain, &c. yet it produces very fine chestnut wood; and filberts likewise grow well upon it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2019). pinnockn.3 English regional (chiefly Kent and Sussex). Now rare. A small bridge over a ditch or watercourse. Also: a brick or wooden drain under a road or across a gateway, a culvert; see also quot. 1906. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > small platting1600 plat1652 pinnock1846 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [noun] > gutter in a street > brick or wooden drain under a road or street pinnock1846 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Pinnock..a tunnel under a road to carry off the water; a culvert..(Local, Eng.). 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Pennock, a little bridge over a water-course. Sussex. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Pennock, a little bridge over a water course; a brick or wooden tunnel under a road to carry off the water. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Pinnock, a wooden drain through a gateway. 1906 N.E.D. Pinnock, a structure composed of three boards in which a hare when hard-pressed in coursing can take refuge as in a small drain or culvert: used in Romney Marshes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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