rabbit's footn.

Brit.

/ˈrabɪts ˌfʊt/, U.S.

/ˈræbəts ˌfʊt/

Forms:

α. 1600s rabits foot, 1800s– rabbit's foot, 1900s– rabbits foot, 1900s– rabbits' foot.

β. 1800s– rabbit foot.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rabbit n.¹, foot n.

Etymology: < the genitive of rabbit n.¹ + foot n. In β. forms < rabbit n.¹ + foot n.

1. The foot of a rabbit carried or held as a good-luck charm. Also in extended use: a person or thing thought to bring good luck.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > charm or amulet > for luck > specific

nicetery1652

horseshoe1665

rabbit's foot1680

pocket-piece1695

luck penny1703

luck money1820

caul1826

windbag1870

wind-knot1870

billiken1914

four-leaf clover1927

paho1979

1680 M. Stevenson Wits Paraphras'd 72 But now too late, I've one to do't, And you may kiss the Rabits foot.

1856 M. Barber Poor Folk at Home 183 He has in his hand a rabbit's foot. This he strokes, and pats, then puts it up his sleeve.

1922 Sunset Dec. 10/2 Presently the word went round that I was a ‘rabbit's foot’—a bringer of good luck—and the gamblers began to give me money to place for them.

1948 Salt Lake Tribune 17 Dec. 34/6 A dimestore rabbit's foot paid off with one of 1948's biggest football surprises and landed his team in the Delta bowl.

1982 C. Voigt Dicey's Song i. 4 The boat was her lucky charm, her rabbit's foot, her horseshoe, her pot of gold, it was the prize she'd set for herself for leading them from nowhere to somewhere.

2004 N. R. Collins Wives & Sisters 95 I turned my head slowly and saw his lucky rabbit's foot... When life got rough or hairy, as it often did in our father's house, he would stroke it with his index finger.

2. As the name of a plant.

a. North American. More fully rabbit foot clover. Hare's-foot trefoil, Trifolium arvense (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > clover or trefoil

white clovereOE

cloverc1000

hare-foota1300

clerewort?a1400

clover-grassa1400

three-leaved grass14..

trefoilc1400

sucklingc1440

four-leaved grassc1450

trefle1510

Trifolium?1541

trinity grass1545

Dutch1548

lote1548

hare's-foot1562

lotus1562

triple grass1562

blain-grass1570

meadow trefoil1578

purple grass1597

purplewort1597

satin flower1597

cithyse1620

true-love grass?a1629

garden balsam1633

hop-clover1679

Burgundian hay1712

strawberry trefoil1731

honeysuckle trefoil1735

red clover1764

buffalo-clover1767

marl-grass1776

purple trefoil1785

white trefoil1785

yellow trefoil1785

sulla1787

cow-grass1789

strawberry-bearing trefoil1796

zigzag trefoil1796

rabbit's foot1817

lotus grass1820

strawberry-headed trefoil1822

mountain liquorice1836

hop-trefoil1855

clustered clover1858

alsike1881

mountain clover1882

knop1897

Swedish clover1908

sub clover1920

four-leaf clover1927

suckle-

1817 A. Eaton Man. Bot. 84 Trifolium..arvense (field clover, or rabbit-foot) heads cylindric.

1850 S. F. Cooper Rural Hours 125 The downy ‘rabbit-foot’, or ‘stone-clover’, the common red variety..[is] introduced.

1878 H. H. Jackson Bits Trav. at Home 186 [There grows] Rabbit's foot, May-weed, shepherd's purse.

1919 J. N. Martin Bot. for Agric. Students xx. 485 Some [leguminous plants], like the Rabbit-foot Clover, are very hairy and when eaten by stock, the hairs often collect in balls and clog the intestines.

1992 Canad. Gardening June 52/1 Other weeds commonly found growing in acidic soil include Eastern bracken, silvery cinquefoil, hop and rabbit foot clover, coltsfoot..and wild strawberries.

b. In full rabbit's foot fern. A tropical epiphytic American fern, Phlebodium aureum, often grown as an ornamental (so called from its soft, scaly rhizome).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > polypodies

everferneOE

polypodya1398

polypoda1500

polypody of the oaka1500

polypodium1525

wall fern1526

brake of the wall1561

polypody of the wall1597

oak fern1844

rabbit's foot fern1886

1886 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 29 Oct. Other exhibits of Mr. Lewis are chrysanthemums, beautiful calla lilies, a rabbit's foot fern, a bird's nest fern and a silver striped variegated fern.

1951 E. M. Graham My Window looks down East vii. 63 The rabbit's foot fern and all the other green things looked so radiant and fresh.

1993 C. Shields Stone Diaries v. 194 Every room in the house, even the upstairs bathroom, has a gathering of ferns at the window, maidenhair, bird's nest, holly fern, rabbit's foot.

c. North American. In full rabbit's foot grass. Annual beard-grass, Polypogon monspeliensis, a grass originating in southern Europe but widely naturalized elsewhere, sometimes grown for its attractive silky inflorescences.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > beard-grass

beard grass1771

three-awned grass1889

rabbit's foot grass1923

1923 L. Abrams Illustr. Flora Pacific States I. 147 Polypogon monspeliensis..Rabbit's foot... Common in waste places and along irrigating ditches at moderate altitudes.

1970 Times–Standard (Eureka, Calif.) 28 Sept. 11/1 In the first group [sc. grassy weeds] are barnyard grass, crabgrass, rabbits-foot grass, wild oats, foxtail, and canary grass.

1998 Condor 100 95/1 Forest understory is dominated by aliens such as rabbit's foot grass.., although thick stands of native stinging nettle..have become established in some places.

Phrases

U.S. to work the rabbit's (also rabbit) foot: to bewitch; to cheat or trick; to get the better of. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1883 N.Y. Times 9 Dec. 4/1 Don't lay your hands on me. I'll work the Rabbit's Foot on you!

1902 W. N. Harben Abner Daniel 309 Pole worked the rabbit-foot on them back there.

1921 Atlanta Constit. 28 Dec. 12/4 Larry Doyle may be able to work the rabbit's foot with McGraw at the last minute, however.

1922 F. Lynde Pirates' Hope xii. 168 I've been maneuvering to get you and Madeline together and away from the others, so that I could work the rabbit's foot of the old galleon story upon her.

1944 Dothan (Alabama) Eagle 9 Feb. 4/1 Elmer Davis..has worked the rabbit's foot on presidential intimate Robert Sherwood.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rabbits foot
释义	rabbit's footn. Brit. /ˈrabɪts ˌfʊt/, U.S. /ˈræbəts ˌfʊt/ Forms: α. 1600s rabits foot, 1800s– rabbit's foot, 1900s– rabbits foot, 1900s– rabbits' foot. β. 1800s– rabbit foot. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rabbit n.¹, foot n. Etymology: < the genitive of rabbit n.¹ + foot n. In β. forms < rabbit n.¹ + foot n. 1. The foot of a rabbit carried or held as a good-luck charm. Also in extended use: a person or thing thought to bring good luck. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > charm or amulet > for luck > specific nicetery1652 horseshoe1665 rabbit's foot1680 pocket-piece1695 luck penny1703 luck money1820 caul1826 windbag1870 wind-knot1870 billiken1914 four-leaf clover1927 paho1979 1680 M. Stevenson Wits Paraphras'd 72 But now too late, I've one to do't, And you may kiss the Rabits foot. 1856 M. Barber Poor Folk at Home 183 He has in his hand a rabbit's foot. This he strokes, and pats, then puts it up his sleeve. 1922 Sunset Dec. 10/2 Presently the word went round that I was a ‘rabbit's foot’—a bringer of good luck—and the gamblers began to give me money to place for them. 1948 Salt Lake Tribune 17 Dec. 34/6 A dimestore rabbit's foot paid off with one of 1948's biggest football surprises and landed his team in the Delta bowl. 1982 C. Voigt Dicey's Song i. 4 The boat was her lucky charm, her rabbit's foot, her horseshoe, her pot of gold, it was the prize she'd set for herself for leading them from nowhere to somewhere. 2004 N. R. Collins Wives & Sisters 95 I turned my head slowly and saw his lucky rabbit's foot... When life got rough or hairy, as it often did in our father's house, he would stroke it with his index finger. 2. As the name of a plant. a. North American. More fully rabbit foot clover. Hare's-foot trefoil, Trifolium arvense (family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae)). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > clover or trefoil white clovereOE cloverc1000 hare-foota1300 clerewort?a1400 clover-grassa1400 three-leaved grass14.. trefoilc1400 sucklingc1440 four-leaved grassc1450 trefle1510 Trifolium?1541 trinity grass1545 Dutch1548 lote1548 hare's-foot1562 lotus1562 triple grass1562 blain-grass1570 meadow trefoil1578 purple grass1597 purplewort1597 satin flower1597 cithyse1620 true-love grass?a1629 garden balsam1633 hop-clover1679 Burgundian hay1712 strawberry trefoil1731 honeysuckle trefoil1735 red clover1764 buffalo-clover1767 marl-grass1776 purple trefoil1785 white trefoil1785 yellow trefoil1785 sulla1787 cow-grass1789 strawberry-bearing trefoil1796 zigzag trefoil1796 rabbit's foot1817 lotus grass1820 strawberry-headed trefoil1822 mountain liquorice1836 hop-trefoil1855 clustered clover1858 alsike1881 mountain clover1882 knop1897 Swedish clover1908 sub clover1920 four-leaf clover1927 suckle- 1817 A. Eaton Man. Bot. 84 Trifolium..arvense (field clover, or rabbit-foot) heads cylindric. 1850 S. F. Cooper Rural Hours 125 The downy ‘rabbit-foot’, or ‘stone-clover’, the common red variety..[is] introduced. 1878 H. H. Jackson Bits Trav. at Home 186 [There grows] Rabbit's foot, May-weed, shepherd's purse. 1919 J. N. Martin Bot. for Agric. Students xx. 485 Some [leguminous plants], like the Rabbit-foot Clover, are very hairy and when eaten by stock, the hairs often collect in balls and clog the intestines. 1992 Canad. Gardening June 52/1 Other weeds commonly found growing in acidic soil include Eastern bracken, silvery cinquefoil, hop and rabbit foot clover, coltsfoot..and wild strawberries. b. In full rabbit's foot fern. A tropical epiphytic American fern, Phlebodium aureum, often grown as an ornamental (so called from its soft, scaly rhizome). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > polypodies everferneOE polypodya1398 polypoda1500 polypody of the oaka1500 polypodium1525 wall fern1526 brake of the wall1561 polypody of the wall1597 oak fern1844 rabbit's foot fern1886 1886 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 29 Oct. Other exhibits of Mr. Lewis are chrysanthemums, beautiful calla lilies, a rabbit's foot fern, a bird's nest fern and a silver striped variegated fern. 1951 E. M. Graham My Window looks down East vii. 63 The rabbit's foot fern and all the other green things looked so radiant and fresh. 1993 C. Shields Stone Diaries v. 194 Every room in the house, even the upstairs bathroom, has a gathering of ferns at the window, maidenhair, bird's nest, holly fern, rabbit's foot. c. North American. In full rabbit's foot grass. Annual beard-grass, Polypogon monspeliensis, a grass originating in southern Europe but widely naturalized elsewhere, sometimes grown for its attractive silky inflorescences. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > beard-grass beard grass1771 three-awned grass1889 rabbit's foot grass1923 1923 L. Abrams Illustr. Flora Pacific States I. 147 Polypogon monspeliensis..Rabbit's foot... Common in waste places and along irrigating ditches at moderate altitudes. 1970 Times–Standard (Eureka, Calif.) 28 Sept. 11/1 In the first group [sc. grassy weeds] are barnyard grass, crabgrass, rabbits-foot grass, wild oats, foxtail, and canary grass. 1998 Condor 100 95/1 Forest understory is dominated by aliens such as rabbit's foot grass.., although thick stands of native stinging nettle..have become established in some places. Phrases U.S. to work the rabbit's (also rabbit) foot: to bewitch; to cheat or trick; to get the better of. Now rare. ΚΠ 1883 N.Y. Times 9 Dec. 4/1 Don't lay your hands on me. I'll work the Rabbit's Foot on you! 1902 W. N. Harben Abner Daniel 309 Pole worked the rabbit-foot on them back there. 1921 Atlanta Constit. 28 Dec. 12/4 Larry Doyle may be able to work the rabbit's foot with McGraw at the last minute, however. 1922 F. Lynde Pirates' Hope xii. 168 I've been maneuvering to get you and Madeline together and away from the others, so that I could work the rabbit's foot of the old galleon story upon her. 1944 Dothan (Alabama) Eagle 9 Feb. 4/1 Elmer Davis..has worked the rabbit's foot on presidential intimate Robert Sherwood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1680
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