† puck-balln.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: puffball n.

Etymology: Probably an error for puffball n., by confusion with puckfist n.For the collocation of the two terms which apparently led to the confusion, compare:1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Puck-fist or Puff-ball, a kind of Mushroom full of Dust.1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (octavo). Puck-fist or Puff-ball, a kind of Mushroom full of Dust.

Obsolete.

= puffball n. 1, puckfist n. 1.

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the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > puff-ball

wolf's-fista1300

puckfistc1300

puff1538

earth-puff1585

foist1593

fist1597

fuzz-ball1597

puff-fist1597

bunt1601

fuzz1601

bullfist1611

mully-puff1629

fist-ball1635

puffball1649

puck-ball1730

puffin1755

lycoperdon1756

frog cheese1766

puck1766

fuzzy-ballc1850

ball smut1925

1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Puck-ball, Puck-fist, a Kind of Mushroom full of Dust.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Puckball or puckfist (from puck the fairy, a fairy's ball).

1852 J. Allies Antiq. & Folk-lore Worcs. (ed. 2) 418 They also call the puff, or puck-ball fungus, by the name of pug-fiest.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	puck-ball
释义	† puck-balln. Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: puffball n. Etymology: Probably an error for puffball n., by confusion with puckfist n.For the collocation of the two terms which apparently led to the confusion, compare:1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Puck-fist or Puff-ball, a kind of Mushroom full of Dust.1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (octavo). Puck-fist or Puff-ball, a kind of Mushroom full of Dust. Obsolete. = puffball n. 1, puckfist n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > puff-ball wolf's-fista1300 puckfistc1300 puff1538 earth-puff1585 foist1593 fist1597 fuzz-ball1597 puff-fist1597 bunt1601 fuzz1601 bullfist1611 mully-puff1629 fist-ball1635 puffball1649 puck-ball1730 puffin1755 lycoperdon1756 frog cheese1766 puck1766 fuzzy-ballc1850 ball smut1925 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Puck-ball, Puck-fist, a Kind of Mushroom full of Dust. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Puckball or puckfist (from puck the fairy, a fairy's ball). 1852 J. Allies Antiq. & Folk-lore Worcs. (ed. 2) 418 They also call the puff, or puck-ball fungus, by the name of pug-fiest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1730
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