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单词 pintail
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pintailn.1

Brit. /ˈpɪnteɪl/, U.S. /ˈpɪnˌteɪl/
Forms: see pin n.1 and tail n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pin n.1, tail n.1
Etymology: < pin n.1 + tail n.1 With senses 2 and 3 compare pin-tailed adj.
1. poetic. A hare. rare.In later use only in translations of quot. ?a1300.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pintle n.
Etymology: Alteration of pintle n. after pin n.1 and tail n.1 (perhaps compare sense 5c at that entry), perhaps influenced in form by pintail n.1 N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (pi·nˌtēil) /ˈpɪnteɪl/.
Obsolete.
= pintle n. 2b.
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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).
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