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单词 quickhatch
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quickhatchn.

Brit. /ˈkwɪkhatʃ/, U.S. /ˈkwɪkˌhætʃ/, Canadian English /ˈkwɪkˌhætʃ/
Forms: 1600s quickahash, 1700s queequehatch, 1700s quequahatch, 1700s quequehatch, 1700s quiquahatch, 1700s quiquihatch, 1700s–1800s quiquehatch, 1700s– quickhatch, 1800s quickehatch.
Origin: A borrowing from East Cree. Etymons: East Cree *kwi:hkwaha:če:w, kuikuhaacheu.
Etymology: < East Cree *kwi:hkwaha:če:w (now kuikuhaacheu; compare Cree kwîhkwahâkêw , Ojibwa gwiingwa'aage ), apparently with folk-etymological alteration after quick adj. and perhaps either hatch n.1 or hatch v.1 Compare carcajou n., kinkajou n.
Chiefly Canadian.
The wolverine, Gulo gulo.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Gulo (wolverine)
wolverine1574
gulo1607
glutton1674
quickhatch1683
carcajou1703
kinkajou1760
beaver-eater1771
Indian devil1838
skunk bear1876
1683 Minutes Hudson's Bay Co. (1946) II. 145 Wolfe 7 which cost £0 10 6... Quickahash 8 which cost £0 10 0.
1714 Let. in Publ. Hudson's Bay Rec. Soc. (1965) 25 411 There is plenty of Martins Ermin fox Wolf Quequihatch & Buffelow.
1743 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina I. p. xxx The quickhatch... This animal..has not been observed by any author, or known in Europe, till the year 1737, one was sent to Sir Hans Sloane from Hudson's Bay.
a1792 S. Hearne Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort (1795) vii. 209 Few of the Northern Indians chuse to kill either the wolf or the quiquehatch, under a notion that they are something more than common animals.
1829 J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana I. 42 The European labourers in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company term it Quickehatch.
1836 G. Back Narr. Arctic Land Exped. 489 The quickèhatch, or wolverene, is another inhabitant of the high latitudes.
1904 P. Fountain Great North-West x. 102 The trappers and colonists in Canada call it the quickhatch.
1975 W. S. Avis in Occas. Papers Dept. Eng. Royal Mil. Coll. Canada (1978) No. 2. 35 The Cree..gave the English traders the term quickhatch, yet another Canadian synonym.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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