quawn.

Brit.

/kwɔː/, U.S.

/kwɔ/,

/kwɑ/, Scottish English

/kwɔ/, Irish English

/kwɒː/

Forms: Scottish pre-1700 quhawe, pre-1700 qwaw, pre-1700 qwawe, pre-1700 qwhawe, pre-1700 (1800s– chiefly south-western) qua, pre-1700 1800s– quaw, 1700s–1800s quaa (southern), 1900s– quhaw (south-western); Irish English (northern) 1800s– quaa, 1800s– quagh, 1800s– quah, 1800s– quaw, 1900s– qua.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps ultimately imitative. Perhaps related to the first element of quallmire n. or quamire n.; compare discussion at quagmire n.

Scottish and Irish English (northern).

A quagmire; (occasionally) marshy ground. Also more fully †quawmire. quaking quaw = quaking bog n. at quaking adj.¹ Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > quaking bog

mizzyc1400

quawa1500

quick-mire1509

quavemire1530

quallmire1553

quamire1555

quagmire1566

quakemire1577

gog-mire1583

quag1589

quabmire1597

quadmire1610

bog-mire1624

bumby1632

quick1648

trembling bog1697

shake-bog1815

quake1896

a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. l. 5979 Withe in myris in til a qwawe.

1535 D. Lindsay Satyre (1871) 837 Lyk ane quaw myre.

1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Vorago, a gulfe, a quaw-myre.

1601 Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum 391/2 Passing northeist thairfra as the said well rynnis to the Grein-qua-myre.

1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. Quakinquaws—or Quaws, or moving quagmire bogs.

1832 W. H. Maxwell Wild Sports of West I. xiv. 137 I was unwilling to attempt the quagh.

1881 ‘W. H. Floredice’ Mem. Irish 129 Pitaity ground like quaw.

1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 167 Green, deceitful ‘quakkin-qua's’, covered with a scum that looked like tender young grass.

1937 S. MacManus Bold Blades of Donegal x. 111 Not knowin' what minute he'd walk into a quagh.

1952 Scotsman 5 Jan. 6/7 A rash-infested quaakin-qua that will ultimately extend on both sides of Devon.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 266/1 Quaw, qua, also incorrectly quagh, a quagmire, a quaking bog; a marsh.

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

单词	quaw
释义	quawn. Brit. /kwɔː/, U.S. /kwɔ/, /kwɑ/, Scottish English /kwɔ/, Irish English /kwɒː/ Forms: Scottish pre-1700 quhawe, pre-1700 qwaw, pre-1700 qwawe, pre-1700 qwhawe, pre-1700 (1800s– chiefly south-western) qua, pre-1700 1800s– quaw, 1700s–1800s quaa (southern), 1900s– quhaw (south-western); Irish English (northern) 1800s– quaa, 1800s– quagh, 1800s– quah, 1800s– quaw, 1900s– qua. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps ultimately imitative. Perhaps related to the first element of quallmire n. or quamire n.; compare discussion at quagmire n. Scottish and Irish English (northern). A quagmire; (occasionally) marshy ground. Also more fully †quawmire. quaking quaw = quaking bog n. at quaking adj.¹ Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > quaking bog mizzyc1400 quawa1500 quick-mire1509 quavemire1530 quallmire1553 quamire1555 quagmire1566 quakemire1577 gog-mire1583 quag1589 quabmire1597 quadmire1610 bog-mire1624 bumby1632 quick1648 trembling bog1697 shake-bog1815 quake1896 a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. l. 5979 Withe in myris in til a qwawe. 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre (1871) 837 Lyk ane quaw myre. 1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Vorago, a gulfe, a quaw-myre. 1601 Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum 391/2 Passing northeist thairfra as the said well rynnis to the Grein-qua-myre. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. Quakinquaws—or Quaws, or moving quagmire bogs. 1832 W. H. Maxwell Wild Sports of West I. xiv. 137 I was unwilling to attempt the quagh. 1881 ‘W. H. Floredice’ Mem. Irish 129 Pitaity ground like quaw. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 167 Green, deceitful ‘quakkin-qua's’, covered with a scum that looked like tender young grass. 1937 S. MacManus Bold Blades of Donegal x. 111 Not knowin' what minute he'd walk into a quagh. 1952 Scotsman 5 Jan. 6/7 A rash-infested quaakin-qua that will ultimately extend on both sides of Devon. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 266/1 Quaw, qua, also incorrectly quagh, a quagmire, a quaking bog; a marsh. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1500
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