单词 | quickhatch |
释义 | quickhatchn. Chiefly Canadian. The wolverine, Gulo gulo. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1683 |
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