quickthornn.

Brit.

/ˈkwɪkθɔːn/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪkˌθɔrn/

Forms: see quick adj. and thorn n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quick adj., thorn n.

Etymology: < quick adj. + thorn n. Compare earlier quick n.¹ 4, quickset n.¹, quickwood n., and also slightly earlier quickthorned adj. at quick adj., n.¹, and adv. Compounds 1b.

Originally (as a count noun): a thorny plant used for hedging. Later (as a mass noun): thorny hedging plants; spec. either of the widespread European hawthorns Crataegus monogyna and C. laevigata. Cf. quick n.¹ 4, quickset n.¹

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > hawthorn and allies

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quickthorn1571

hedge-bush1576

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1571 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Poore Mans Garden To Rdr. sig. B.1 He neither hath walled it about with great Bricke walles, nor hedged it about with quick thornes.

1611 A. Standish Commons Complaint 28 Haue a good Ditch double or treble, set with quick Thornes..,which Hedge will last wel three yeares.

1785 Cowper in Life (1836) V. 166 The people of Turvey have burnt him..in effigy, with a bundle of quickthorn under his arm.

1838 J. C. Loudon Arboretum II. 836 Three rows of quick-thorns shall be set in each ridge.

1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. 329 Pleachers same as Layers, the quick-thorn shoots which are laid down to form the hedge.

1923 Daily Mail 20 Jan. 11 Myrobella plum is a good substitute for quickthorn and grows more rapidly.

1971 Country Life 21 Oct. 1066/1 A variety of hedge plants—elm, ash, quick-thorn, dogwood—..show the boundary hedge line is of great age.

2003 Times (Nexis) 5 Apr. (Features section) 3 I shall fashion a quickthorn hedge around my plot, with perhaps the odd spot of dry-stone wall for variety.

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

单词	quickthorn
释义	quickthornn. Brit. /ˈkwɪkθɔːn/, U.S. /ˈkwɪkˌθɔrn/ Forms: see quick adj. and thorn n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quick adj., thorn n. Etymology: < quick adj. + thorn n. Compare earlier quick n.¹ 4, quickset n.¹, quickwood n., and also slightly earlier quickthorned adj. at quick adj., n.¹, and adv. Compounds 1b. Originally (as a count noun): a thorny plant used for hedging. Later (as a mass noun): thorny hedging plants; spec. either of the widespread European hawthorns Crataegus monogyna and C. laevigata. Cf. quick n.¹ 4, quickset n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > hawthorn and allies hawthorna700 hawthorn-treec1290 whitethorna1300 haw-treec1325 albespyne?a1425 thorn-tree1483 mespilus1548 may-branch1560 quickthorn1571 hedge-bush1576 busket1579 May-bush1579 Neapolitan medlar1597 azarole1658 pyracanth1664 white bush1676 Glastonbury thorna1697 quick1727 evergreen thorn1731 blackthorn1737 whitethorn1788 oriental medlar1797 haw1821 May-haw1840 Maythorn1844 May1848 pear thorn1848 pink thorn1852 aronia thorn1882 scarlet thorn1882 black haw1897 1571 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Poore Mans Garden To Rdr. sig. B.1 He neither hath walled it about with great Bricke walles, nor hedged it about with quick thornes. 1611 A. Standish Commons Complaint 28 Haue a good Ditch double or treble, set with quick Thornes..,which Hedge will last wel three yeares. 1785 Cowper in Life (1836) V. 166 The people of Turvey have burnt him..in effigy, with a bundle of quickthorn under his arm. 1838 J. C. Loudon Arboretum II. 836 Three rows of quick-thorns shall be set in each ridge. 1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. 329 Pleachers same as Layers, the quick-thorn shoots which are laid down to form the hedge. 1923 Daily Mail 20 Jan. 11 Myrobella plum is a good substitute for quickthorn and grows more rapidly. 1971 Country Life 21 Oct. 1066/1 A variety of hedge plants—elm, ash, quick-thorn, dogwood—..show the boundary hedge line is of great age. 2003 Times (Nexis) 5 Apr. (Features section) 3 I shall fashion a quickthorn hedge around my plot, with perhaps the odd spot of dry-stone wall for variety. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1571
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