quaking aspn.

Brit.

/ˌkweɪkɪŋ ˈasp/, U.S.

/ˌkweɪkɪŋ ˈæsp/

Forms: 1700s– quaking asp, 1800s– quakenasp; also Scottish pre-1700 quaikan esp, pre-1700 quakin esp.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quaking adj.¹, asp n.¹

Etymology: < quaking adj.¹ + asp n.¹ Compare quaking aspen n.

†1. Chiefly Scottish. The European aspen, Populus tremula, which has long-stemmed leaves that quiver in the breeze. Cf. quaking aspen n. 1. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1549 in Dioscoridis Libri Octo (Edinb. U.L. *I. 32. 30) 45b (margin) [Populus,] Anglice The quaikan esp, Scotiæ concessa.

1684 R. Sibbald Scotl. Illustr. ii. i. 44 Populus tremula,..The quaking Asp.

1771 J. Robertson Jrnl. 11 June in D. M. Henderson & J. H. Dickson Naturalist in Highlands (1994) v. 160 The valley thro' which the Awin runs, is very beautiful. The hills on each side are covered with Hazle, Birch, Alder, Quaking Asp, Willow, Bird's Cherry, Roses and Honeysuckle.

1797 G. Staunton Authentic Acct. Embassy to China II. v. 364 Fine gravel-walks, shaded for many miles by rows of large willow trees, high poplars, and the quaking asp.

2. North American. The American or quaking aspen, Populus tremuloides, which is very similar to P. tremula but has yellow bark. Cf. quaking aspen n. 2.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun] > aspen

aspc700

white poplar1542

quaking asp1549

quaking aspen1586

aspen1590

trembling poplar1698

tremble1749

American aspen1785

quaking asp1822

quaking aspen1845

mountain ash1871

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other woods of American trees

hickory1676

sassafras1728

hickory wood1748

bow-wood1805

quaking asp1822

1822 J. Fowler Jrnl. 1 June (1898) 143 The timber on the mountains Heare is Pitch Pine Spruce Pine Hemlock and quakenasp.

1825 W. H. Ashley in H. C. Dale Ashley-Smith Explor. (1918) 152 This range of mountains is..closely timbered with pine, cedar, quaking-asp.

1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xi. 168 The town is in a grove of quaking asp.

1903 M. Austin Land of Little Rain 192 Nothing else in the streets of the mountains gives such a sense of pageantry as the conifers; other trees..are home dwellers, like the tender fluttered, sisterhood of quaking asp.

1930 J. E. Kirkwood Northern Rocky Mountain Trees & Shrubs 53 The Aspen, or Quaking Asp, is one of the best known of American forest trees.

2002 Mountain Democrat (Placeville, California) 12 July c8/1 It had a beautiful parklike character of pretty level prairies, interspersed among low spurs, wooded openly with pine and quaking asp (aspen).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	quaking asp
释义	quaking aspn. Brit. /ˌkweɪkɪŋ ˈasp/, U.S. /ˌkweɪkɪŋ ˈæsp/ Forms: 1700s– quaking asp, 1800s– quakenasp; also Scottish pre-1700 quaikan esp, pre-1700 quakin esp. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quaking adj.¹, asp n.¹ Etymology: < quaking adj.¹ + asp n.¹ Compare quaking aspen n. †1. Chiefly Scottish. The European aspen, Populus tremula, which has long-stemmed leaves that quiver in the breeze. Cf. quaking aspen n. 1. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1549 in Dioscoridis Libri Octo (Edinb. U.L. I. 32. 30) 45b (margin) [Populus,] Anglice The quaikan esp, Scotiæ concessa. 1684 R. Sibbald Scotl. Illustr.* ii. i. 44 Populus tremula,..The quaking Asp. 1771 J. Robertson Jrnl. 11 June in D. M. Henderson & J. H. Dickson Naturalist in Highlands (1994) v. 160 The valley thro' which the Awin runs, is very beautiful. The hills on each side are covered with Hazle, Birch, Alder, Quaking Asp, Willow, Bird's Cherry, Roses and Honeysuckle. 1797 G. Staunton Authentic Acct. Embassy to China II. v. 364 Fine gravel-walks, shaded for many miles by rows of large willow trees, high poplars, and the quaking asp. 2. North American. The American or quaking aspen, Populus tremuloides, which is very similar to P. tremula but has yellow bark. Cf. quaking aspen n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun] > aspen aspc700 white poplar1542 quaking asp1549 quaking aspen1586 aspen1590 trembling poplar1698 tremble1749 American aspen1785 quaking asp1822 quaking aspen1845 mountain ash1871 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other woods of American trees hickory1676 sassafras1728 hickory wood1748 bow-wood1805 quaking asp1822 1822 J. Fowler Jrnl. 1 June (1898) 143 The timber on the mountains Heare is Pitch Pine Spruce Pine Hemlock and quakenasp. 1825 W. H. Ashley in H. C. Dale Ashley-Smith Explor. (1918) 152 This range of mountains is..closely timbered with pine, cedar, quaking-asp. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xi. 168 The town is in a grove of quaking asp. 1903 M. Austin Land of Little Rain 192 Nothing else in the streets of the mountains gives such a sense of pageantry as the conifers; other trees..are home dwellers, like the tender fluttered, sisterhood of quaking asp. 1930 J. E. Kirkwood Northern Rocky Mountain Trees & Shrubs 53 The Aspen, or Quaking Asp, is one of the best known of American forest trees. 2002 Mountain Democrat (Placeville, California) 12 July c8/1 It had a beautiful parklike character of pretty level prairies, interspersed among low spurs, wooded openly with pine and quaking asp (aspen). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1549
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