单词 | pintail |
释义 | pintailn.1 1. poetic. A hare. rare.In later use only in translations of quot. ?a1300. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare) harea700 wimountc1280 wood-catc1280 babbart?a1300 ballart?a1300 bigge?a1300 goibert?a1300 grasshopper?a1300 lightfoot?a1300 long-ear?a1300 make-fare?a1300 pintail?a1300 pollart?a1300 purblind?a1300 roulekere?a1300 scot?a1300 scotewine?a1300 side-looker?a1300 sitter?a1300 westlooker?a1300 wort-cropper?a1300 break-forwardc1300 broom-catc1300 swikebertc1300 cawel-herta1325 deuberta1325 deudinga1325 fern-sittera1325 fitelfoota1325 foldsittera1325 furze cata1325 scutardea1325 skikarta1325 stobherta1325 straw deera1325 turpina1325 skulker1387 chavarta1400 soillarta1400 waldeneiea1400 scutc1440 coward1486 wata1500 bawtiec1536 puss1575 watkin1585 malkin1706 pussy1715 bawd1785 lion1825 dew-hopper- ?a1300 Names Hare (Digby 86) in Proc. Leeds Philos. & Lit. Soc. (1935) 6 350 He shal saien..in þe worshipe of þe hare..‘Þe gobigrounde, þe sittestille, þe pintail.’ 1981 S. Heaney tr. Names of Hare in Opened Ground (1998) 210 To speak the praises of the hare..call him..The creep-along, the sitter-still, the pintail, the ring-the-hill. 2. a. A migratory duck breeding in Eurasia and North America, Anas acuta, the male of which has a dark head, a long white neck, and two long pointed feathers in the tail. Also with unmarked plural. More fully northern pintail, pintail duck. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > erismatura rubida (ruddy duck) pintail1674 saltwater or brown diving teal1678 ruddy goose1785 ruddy duck1800 dun diver1844 stick-tail1844 pin-tailed duck1851 ruddy1877 rudder duck1884 fool duck1888 hardhead1888 paddy1888 paddywhack1888 steel-head1888 hardhead1893 rudder bird1894 the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) > anas acuta (pintail) sea-widgeon1624 pintail1674 sea pheasant1674 cracker1678 sprigtail1768 winter duck1775 sprig1844 pin-tailed duck1851 pigtailed winder1864 ladybird1885 smeath1888 smee1888 1674 Dent Let. 15 Feb. in J. Ray et al. Philos. Lett. (1718) 21 We could not meet as yet, with a Pintayle [Index: Pintail]; my Cousin tells me it is somewhat less than a Whewer. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 156 Pintail Duck..Mr. Hartlib..tells us that those birds are found in great abundance in Connaught in Ireland, in the month of February only. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 130 The Pintail, with the two middle feathers of the tail three inches longer than the rest. a1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. (1814) VIII. 72 The Pintail, or..the Sprigtail, is a common..duck in our markets, much esteemed for the excellence of its flesh. 1853 J. Palliser Solitary Rambles ii. 58 One was a specimen of the pin-tail duck, a fine but very shy bird. 1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab xii. 217 Flocks of mallard and pin~tail feeding among the stunted scrub. 1930 New Statesman 6 Sept. 678/2 The mass of teal, widgeon, pintail, gadwall, scaup and golden plover in the British Isles. 1968 J. K. Terres Flashing Wings x. 89 A flock of pintail ducks chased by an airplane were timed at 65 miles an hour. 1993 Canad. Geographic May 90/1 North America's ducks declined... Northern pintails, for example, have dropped 62 percent. b. Any of various other birds having a pointed tail, esp. (a) = pin-tailed sandgrouse n. at pin-tailed adj. Compounds; (b) North American (more fully pintail chicken) = pin-tailed grouse n. (b) at pin-tailed adj. Compounds; (c) U.S. regional the ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis; (d) (in full Bahama pintail, white-cheeked pintail) a brown duck of the Caribbean and northern South America, Anas bahamensis, in which the throat and sides of the head are white. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Tympanuchus > tympanuchus phasianellus (pintail) pheasant grouse1772 chicken1812 pintail1879 the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Pteroclidae (sand-grouse) > other types pintail1879 1879 C. R. Conder Tent Work Palestine II. 99 We also saw large coveys of the sand-grouse or pintail. 1890 Cent. Dict. Pintail,..2. The ruddy duck, Erismatura rubida... 3. The sharp-tailed or pin-tailed grouse, Pediœcetes phasianellus, more fully called pintail chicken. 1894 Outing 24 385/2 We found the pin-tails more frequently on the sides of hills, about the coolies in the rolling prairie. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. I. 152 Ruddy Duck... [Also called] Pintail. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. II. 27 Sharp-tailed Grouse... [Also called] Pin-tail. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xx. 238 In addition to the birds mentioned there are..Bahama pintails, [etc.]. 1960 J. Bond Birds W. Indies 46 White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis. 1994 Ontario out of Doors Sept. 94/1 (advt.) Hunt teal, wood duck, ringneck, Bahama pintail, [etc.]. 3. colloquial. A person with narrow hips; a woman. Now English regional (south-western) and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] wifeeOE womaneOE womanOE queanOE brideOE viragoc1000 to wifeOE burdc1225 ladyc1225 carlinec1375 stotc1386 marec1387 pigsneyc1390 fellowa1393 piecec1400 femalea1425 goddessa1450 fairc1450 womankindc1450 fellowessa1500 femininea1513 tega1529 sister?1532 minikinc1540 wyec1540 placket1547 pig's eye1553 hen?1555 ware1558 pussy?a1560 jade1560 feme1566 gentlewoman1567 mort1567 pinnacea1568 jug1569 rowen1575 tarleather1575 mumps1576 skirt1578 piga1586 rib?1590 puppy1592 smock1592 maness1594 sloy1596 Madonna1602 moll1604 periwinkle1604 Partlet1607 rib of man1609 womanship?1609 modicum1611 Gypsy1612 petticoata1616 runniona1616 birda1627 lucky1629 she-man1640 her1646 lost rib1647 uptails1671 cow1696 tittup1696 cummer17.. wife1702 she-woman1703 person1704 molly1706 fusby1707 goody1708 riding hood1718 birdie1720 faggot1722 piece of goods1727 woman body1771 she-male1776 biddy1785 bitch1785 covess1789 gin1790 pintail1792 buer1807 femme1814 bibi1816 Judy1819 a bit (also bundle) of muslin1823 wifie1823 craft1829 shickster?1834 heifer1835 mot1837 tit1837 Sitt1838 strap1842 hay-bag1851 bint1855 popsy1855 tart1864 woman's woman1868 to deliver the goods1870 chapess1871 Dona1874 girl1878 ladykind1878 mivvy1881 dudess1883 dudette1883 dudine1883 tid1888 totty1890 tootsy1895 floozy1899 dame1902 jane1906 Tom1906 frail1908 bit of stuff1909 quim1909 babe1911 broad1914 muff1914 manhole1916 number1919 rossie1922 bit1923 man's woman1928 scupper1935 split1935 rye mort1936 totsy1938 leg1939 skinny1941 Richard1950 potato1957 scow1960 wimmin1975 womyn1975 womxn1991 1718 W. Taverner Artful Wife i. 12 Upon my Conscience, says the Mantua-maker, your Ladyship has every Scrap put in, tho' a Token fetch'd three Yards to Mrs. Pin-Tail's Confusion.] 1792 Elvina II. 135 They are powdered, painted, and perfumed.—I wish I could catch such a pin-tail in my house. 1882 F. W. P. Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall 235 Pin-tail, a person who is very small and narrow in the hips. 1897 E. Phillpotts Lying Prophets 271 (E.D.D.) A pin-tail built lass. 4. A surfboard or sailboard with a back which tapers to a point. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > surfboard > types of paddle-board1785 bellyboard1957 pig-board1959 malibu1962 gun1963 hot dog1963 pop-out1963 sausage board1963 skim-board1965 wakeboard1966 log1967 pintail1967 longboard1970 boogie board1976 bodyboard1979 thruster1982 mini-mal1988 funboard1992 kitesurfer1994 kiteboard1996 quad1999 1967 J. Severson Great Surfing Gloss. Pintail, a surfboard with a long, drawn-out, pointed tail. 1970 Surf Internat. (Austral.) 1 9/2 The Hawaiian pintails have flow, but that means you're tied to the wave's tempo. 1990 Surfer Aug. 71/1 It was the first pin-tail gun: 10′4″ and ultralight, with significant tail rocker. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † pintailn.2 Obsolete. = pintle n. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > recoil gear > types of coiler rope1600 pintle1644 pintail1794 compressor1859 hydraulic buffer1871 butt pad1884 recuperator1889 shovel1899 check rope1918 1794 W. James Var. Parts of Cannons & Arms in Soldier's Pocket Dict. 22 Pintail, [Dutch] Penstaert. 1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 177 Number 1 orders ‘Halt Limber Up’:..2, 3, and 6 lift the trail and place it on the pintail. 1879 Man. Siege & Garrison Artillery Exercises 147 The rear end is also fitted to receive the pintail of the limber. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1?a1300n.21794 |
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