redshankn.

Brit.

/ˈrɛdʃaŋk/, U.S.

/ˈrɛdˌʃæŋk/

Forms: see red adj. and n. and shank n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., shank n.

Etymology: < red adj. + shank n. With sense 1a compare post-classical Latin redshanca , in same sense (1544 in a British source; < English). Compare red-leg n.In sense 2a, the name was apparently given in allusion to the colour of bare legs reddened by exposure (compare quot. 1542²), and not for the reason suggested in quot. 1818.

1. Also with unmarked plural.

a. A large sandpiper, Tringa totanus, with long red legs and streaked brown plumage, common and widespread in Eurasia. Also common redshank. Cf. red-leg n. 1.

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Tringa > tringa totanus (red(-)shank)

redshank1525

redling1655

pool-snite1661

pool snipe1678

red-legged horseman1678

red-legged sandpiper1785

red-leg1798

sand cock1804

snipe1829

redshank gambet1840

teuk1859

yelper1892

1525 L'Estrange Househ.-bk. in Archaeologia 25 487 Item vj plovers..iiij redshancks.

?a1527 in Regulations & Establishm. Househ. Earl of Northumberland (1905) 105 Item Redeshankes to be bought at Principall Feestes for my Lordes owne Mees after jd. ob. the pece.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 31 The rede schank cryit my fut, my fut.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Biv/2 Readshanke, hæmocopedus.

1591 (?a1425) Noah's Flood (Huntington) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mill Chester Myst. Cycle (1974) I. 50 And here are doves, digges, drakes, redshankes ronninge through lakes.

1620 T. Venner Via Recta iii. 64 The Puet, the Red-shanke,..are..to be reiected, as vnwholsome.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 171 The gray and greene Plouer, some wilde Ducks and Malards, Coots and Red-shankes.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) iv. 108 [The description] seems more agreeable unto some kind of Hæmantopus or Redshank.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Gambetta, the name of a bird somewhat resembling the common redshank.

1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 124 Redshank..This species is found on most of our shores: in the winter time it conceals itself in the gutters; and is generally found single, or at most in pair.

1843 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds II. 525 Redshanks are not uncommon in Cornwall, Devonshire, and Dorsetshire.

1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 774 The body of the Redshank is almost as big as a Snipe's, but its longer neck, wings and legs make it appear a much larger bird.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 634 Redshanks are very beautiful birds, first cousins of sandpipers, and the sexes are alike in plumage.

1988 Bird Watching Aug. 19/1 In flight the Redshank is easily told by its white secondary feathers and white rump.

2005 Guardian 25 Aug. (Life section) 10/2 Using radio-tagging to follow their movements, Burton and Armitage found that the redshank exploit much smaller feeding ranges by day than night.

b. With distinguishing word: the Eurasian sandpiper Tringa erythropus: = spotted redshank n. at spotted adj. Compounds 1c.

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1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) II. ii. 448 Spotted Redshank... In size it is equal to the greenshank.

1863 Spring & Summer in Lapland 349 The dusky redshank..seems a stranger here, but breeds further up in the valley of the Munio.

1991 Bird Watching June 46/2 Ruff, spotted redshank, and green sandpiper on return migration will arrive from the middle of the month.

2. A person with red legs.

a. derogatory. A native inhabitant of the Scottish Highlands or Ireland. Now historical.

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the world > people > ethnicities > Celtic people > [noun] > Gaels > person

redshank1542

Britainer1570

Ulster Scot1654

Gael1684

Dalriadan1685

Dalriad1753

Goidel1869

1542 in Bannatyne Misc. (1827) I. 10 The Yrische lordes of Scotland, commonly callit the Reddshanckes, and by historiographouris, Pictis.

1542 in Bannatyne Misc. (1827) I. 13 We..goynge alwaies bair leggide and bair footide..: therfor..the tendir delicatt gentillmen of Scotland call ws Reddshankes.

a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 79 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The O-Neales are neerely allyed..to the Earle of Argyle, from whence they use to have all their succours of those Scottes and Redshanckes.

1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley D ij b I will rather wed a most perfidious Redshanke.

c1650 Sir H. Spottiswoode in J. Maidment Spottiswoode Misc. (1844) I. 179 In bloud he made The red-shank rebells wade.

1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 52 That Red-shank sullen, Once challenged, for stealling Beef.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 213 The mountaineers of Wales, and the red-shanks of Ireland.

1818 R. Jamieson in E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. (ed. 5) I. 74 In the Lowlands of Scotland, the rough-footed Highlanders were called red-shanks, from the colour of the red-deer hair.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xvi. 182 There might be knives again; these red-shanks are unco grudgeful.

1905 Eng. Hist. Rev. 20 169 He was encouraging the immigration of Scots—Redshanks they were called—from Cantire, Mull, and from Argyllshire to the north of Ireland.

1992 Stage 17 Dec. 14/3 The Scots were blackballed for swiping sheep and raping women, classed as Red Shanks—or red stockings—and enemies of the Isle of Man.

†b. A cardinal. Obsolete. rare.

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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > cardinal > [noun]

cardinallOE

redcap?1539

carnalc1540

prince1581

red hat1598

purple father1615

national1625

eminence1653

eminency1670

nationist1670

redshank1824

1824 Ld. Byron Deformed Transformed ii. ii. 6 What have we here? A cardinal or two... How the old red-shanks scamper!

†c. Irish English. A woman with bare legs. Obsolete. rare.

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1846 New Monthly Mag. Feb. 181 ‘Yer dinner's ready, sir,’ screamed a red-shank from the house. [Note (p. 180) A term applied in Connaught to ladies, who consider stockings a superfluity.]

†3. slang. A duck or drake. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun]

endea700

duck967

diga1475

redshank1567

dilly1831

quacker1832

quack1865

quack quack1870

anatine1875

1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Peddelars Frenche sig. Giii A quakinge chet or a red shanke, a drake or ducke.

1725 New Canting Dict. Song 18 On Red-shanks, and Tibs thou shalt ev'ry Day dine.

a. In singular and (esp. in early use) plural. Originally English regional (chiefly northern) and Scottish. Any of several species of persicaria, typically with red stems; esp. = spotted persicaria at persicaria n. Also †redshank weed. Cf. red-leg n. 2.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > bistort and allies

adderwortOE

arsesmarta1300

persicarya1400

persicaria?a1450

polygonya1500

buckwheat1548

polygonum1562

passions1568

bistort1578

oysterloit1578

goat's wheat1597

peachwort1597

plumbago1597

redshank1597

snake-weed1597

dragonwort1656

smartweed1787

patience dock1796

red-legs1820

passion dock1828

smartgrass1837

mud knotweed1845

jointweed1866

tear-thumb1866

pinch-weed1883

knotweed1884

sachaline1901

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 675 The flowers growe in short eares, and are of a light red purple colour, like those of Redshankes.

1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 57 Redshanks; Arsmart.

1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. I. 235 Perennial arsmart. Red-shanks.

1807 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. at Reid The red-shank weed is very like a young birch, being reddish in colour.

1885 J. G. Baker Flora Eng. Lake District 179 Polygonum Persicaria. L. (Redshanks). Native... Throughout the Lakes, one of the commonest weeds of arable land.

1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 15 Mar. 128 Fisons 18-15 controls Mayweed, Redshank, Cleavers and Hemp Nettle.

1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 105/2 Redshank, P. maculosa, a miniaturised bistort, is an abundant annual of open and cultivated ground.

b. In singular and plural. English regional and Welsh English. Herb Robert, Geranium robertianum, the stems of which are usually dark red. rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > geranium and allied flowers > allied flowers

herb Roberta1300

stick pile?a1450

culverfootc1450

devil's needlea1500

crane's-bill1548

dove's-foot1548

geranium1548

shepherd's needle1562

bloodroot1578

Gratia Dei1578

sanguine root1578

pigeon's-foot1597

Roman cranesbill1648

robin1694

redshanka1722

musk1728

ragged Robert1734

pigeon-foot1736

rose geranium1773

mountain flowera1787

wood cranesbill1796

peppermint-scented geranium1823

stork's bill1824

wild geranium1840

musk geranium1845

pin grass1847

Robert1847

stinking crane's bill1857

mourning widow1866

pinweed1876

ivy-leaved pelargonium1887

ivy-geranium1894

regal1894

peppermint geranium1922

a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 294 Take of shepherds-purse, red-shank (that is herb-robert) yarrow, knot-grass,..and shred them all together.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Redshanks, Herb Robert. Geranium Robertianum.

1999 D. Parry Gram. & Gloss. Conservative Anglo-Welsh Dial. Rural Wales Red-shank, the herb Robert, Geranium Robertianum.

c. Scottish. In plural. A dock ( Rumex species), esp. when its fruits begin to ripen. rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > dock and allies

red dockeOE

dockc1000

rhubarbc1390

docken1423

patience?a1425

round dock1526

Rumex1565

wild patience1578

bloody dock1597

monk's rhubarb1597

Welsh sorrel1640

butterdock1688

mountain rhapontic1728

mountain sorrel1753

Rheum1753

redshank1810

patience dock1816

fiddle-dock1823

canaigre1868

nettle-docken1891

1810 G. Robertson Gen. View Kincardineshire xiii. 376 Should dock-weeds be allowed to remain till they begin to ripen (then called red shanks) they are not so easily pulled.

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. at Red adj. Red-shank, the dock after its beginning to ripen.

5. English regional. A condition seen in wheat just before ripening, characterized by red-tinged straw. Usually in in redshank. Now rare.

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1805 Ann. Agric. 43 628 (E.D.D.) The wheat began to change colour, or get into what is called the red shank preparative to ripening.

1850 Brit. Farmer's Mag. 16 263/2 He meant when the straw was in red shank.

1891 S. O. Addy Suppl. Gloss. Words Sheffield (at cited word) When the straw is in the red-shank wheat is said to be nearly ripe.

Phrases

Chiefly Irish English and New Zealand. to run (also be off) like a redshank: to move off or run away quickly.

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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > go swiftly on foot [verb (intransitive)] > run > run fast or at full speed

to pull it1792

to run (also be off) like a redshank1809

sky1824

tattera1825

peel1860

pelter1906

hare1908

1809 M. Edgeworth Ennui iii, in Tales Fashionable Life I. 74 He'll run like a red-shank with the news to the castle.

1873 E. Waugh Snowed-up v. 88 They're off like red-shanks! An' they'n come noan back to-neet, noather.

1891 G. Chamier Philosopher Dick 466 Without another thought or look behind us we were off like red shanks.

1903 N.Z. Illustr. Mag. 8 93 They would be off into the bush like redshanks.

1925 S. O'Casey Juno & Paycock ii in Two Plays 87 He whipped them from the chair, an' was off like a redshank!

1936 A. B. Paterson Shearer's Colt xii. 131 The Chinaman, after casting a dazed looked about him, picked up the knife and ran like a redshank.

Compounds

† redshank gambet n. Obsolete rare = sense 1a.

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Tringa > tringa totanus (red(-)shank)

redshank1525

redling1655

pool-snite1661

pool snipe1678

red-legged horseman1678

red-legged sandpiper1785

red-leg1798

sand cock1804

snipe1829

redshank gambet1840

teuk1859

yelper1892

1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 246 A fourth [species].., the Redshank Gambet, is very abundant in Britain.

† red-shank gull n. Irish English Obsolete rare the black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus, which has bright red legs.

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1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 209 From the bright vermilion of its feet and legs it is called Red-shank gull (Ireland).

† red-shanks pea n. Obsolete rare a variety of field pea.

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1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 107 In Oxfordshire they reckon the Henley gray and the Red-shanks Pease are the best for new-broke-up Ground.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	redshank
释义	redshankn. Brit. /ˈrɛdʃaŋk/, U.S. /ˈrɛdˌʃæŋk/ Forms: see red adj. and n. and shank n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., shank n. Etymology: < red adj. + shank n. With sense 1a compare post-classical Latin redshanca , in same sense (1544 in a British source; < English). Compare red-leg n.In sense 2a, the name was apparently given in allusion to the colour of bare legs reddened by exposure (compare quot. 1542²), and not for the reason suggested in quot. 1818. 1. Also with unmarked plural. a. A large sandpiper, Tringa totanus, with long red legs and streaked brown plumage, common and widespread in Eurasia. Also common redshank. Cf. red-leg n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Tringa > tringa totanus (red(-)shank) redshank1525 redling1655 pool-snite1661 pool snipe1678 red-legged horseman1678 red-legged sandpiper1785 red-leg1798 sand cock1804 snipe1829 redshank gambet1840 teuk1859 yelper1892 1525 L'Estrange Househ.-bk. in Archaeologia 25 487 Item vj plovers..iiij redshancks. ?a1527 in Regulations & Establishm. Househ. Earl of Northumberland (1905) 105 Item Redeshankes to be bought at Principall Feestes for my Lordes owne Mees after jd. ob. the pece. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 31 The rede schank cryit my fut, my fut. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Biv/2 Readshanke, hæmocopedus. 1591 (?a1425) Noah's Flood (Huntington) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mill Chester Myst. Cycle (1974) I. 50 And here are doves, digges, drakes, redshankes ronninge through lakes. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta iii. 64 The Puet, the Red-shanke,..are..to be reiected, as vnwholsome. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 171 The gray and greene Plouer, some wilde Ducks and Malards, Coots and Red-shankes. a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) iv. 108 [The description] seems more agreeable unto some kind of Hæmantopus or Redshank. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Gambetta, the name of a bird somewhat resembling the common redshank. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 124 Redshank..This species is found on most of our shores: in the winter time it conceals itself in the gutters; and is generally found single, or at most in pair. 1843 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds II. 525 Redshanks are not uncommon in Cornwall, Devonshire, and Dorsetshire. 1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 774 The body of the Redshank is almost as big as a Snipe's, but its longer neck, wings and legs make it appear a much larger bird. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 634 Redshanks are very beautiful birds, first cousins of sandpipers, and the sexes are alike in plumage. 1988 Bird Watching Aug. 19/1 In flight the Redshank is easily told by its white secondary feathers and white rump. 2005 Guardian 25 Aug. (Life section) 10/2 Using radio-tagging to follow their movements, Burton and Armitage found that the redshank exploit much smaller feeding ranges by day than night. b. With distinguishing word: the Eurasian sandpiper Tringa erythropus: = spotted redshank n. at spotted adj. Compounds 1c. ΚΠ 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) II. ii. 448 Spotted Redshank... In size it is equal to the greenshank. 1863 Spring & Summer in Lapland 349 The dusky redshank..seems a stranger here, but breeds further up in the valley of the Munio. 1991 Bird Watching June 46/2 Ruff, spotted redshank, and green sandpiper on return migration will arrive from the middle of the month. 2. A person with red legs. a. derogatory. A native inhabitant of the Scottish Highlands or Ireland. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Celtic people > [noun] > Gaels > person redshank1542 Britainer1570 Ulster Scot1654 Gael1684 Dalriadan1685 Dalriad1753 Goidel1869 1542 in Bannatyne Misc. (1827) I. 10 The Yrische lordes of Scotland, commonly callit the Reddshanckes, and by historiographouris, Pictis. 1542 in Bannatyne Misc. (1827) I. 13 We..goynge alwaies bair leggide and bair footide..: therfor..the tendir delicatt gentillmen of Scotland call ws Reddshankes. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 79 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The O-Neales are neerely allyed..to the Earle of Argyle, from whence they use to have all their succours of those Scottes and Redshanckes. 1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley D ij b I will rather wed a most perfidious Redshanke. c1650 Sir H. Spottiswoode in J. Maidment Spottiswoode Misc. (1844) I. 179 In bloud he made The red-shank rebells wade. 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 52 That Red-shank sullen, Once challenged, for stealling Beef. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 213 The mountaineers of Wales, and the red-shanks of Ireland. 1818 R. Jamieson in E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. (ed. 5) I. 74 In the Lowlands of Scotland, the rough-footed Highlanders were called red-shanks, from the colour of the red-deer hair. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xvi. 182 There might be knives again; these red-shanks are unco grudgeful. 1905 Eng. Hist. Rev. 20 169 He was encouraging the immigration of Scots—Redshanks they were called—from Cantire, Mull, and from Argyllshire to the north of Ireland. 1992 Stage 17 Dec. 14/3 The Scots were blackballed for swiping sheep and raping women, classed as Red Shanks—or red stockings—and enemies of the Isle of Man. †b. A cardinal. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > cardinal > [noun] cardinallOE redcap?1539 carnalc1540 prince1581 red hat1598 purple father1615 national1625 eminence1653 eminency1670 nationist1670 redshank1824 1824 Ld. Byron Deformed Transformed ii. ii. 6 What have we here? A cardinal or two... How the old red-shanks scamper! †c. Irish English. A woman with bare legs. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1846 New Monthly Mag. Feb. 181 ‘Yer dinner's ready, sir,’ screamed a red-shank from the house. [Note (p. 180) A term applied in Connaught to ladies, who consider stockings a superfluity.] †3. slang. A duck or drake. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] endea700 duck967 diga1475 redshank1567 dilly1831 quacker1832 quack1865 quack quack1870 anatine1875 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Peddelars Frenche sig. Giii A quakinge chet or a red shanke, a drake or ducke. 1725 New Canting Dict. Song 18 On Red-shanks, and Tibs thou shalt ev'ry Day dine. 4. a. In singular and (esp. in early use) plural. Originally English regional (chiefly northern) and Scottish. Any of several species of persicaria, typically with red stems; esp. = spotted persicaria at persicaria n. Also †redshank weed. Cf. red-leg n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > bistort and allies adderwortOE arsesmarta1300 persicarya1400 persicaria?a1450 polygonya1500 buckwheat1548 polygonum1562 passions1568 bistort1578 oysterloit1578 goat's wheat1597 peachwort1597 plumbago1597 redshank1597 snake-weed1597 dragonwort1656 smartweed1787 patience dock1796 red-legs1820 passion dock1828 smartgrass1837 mud knotweed1845 jointweed1866 tear-thumb1866 pinch-weed1883 knotweed1884 sachaline1901 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 675 The flowers growe in short eares, and are of a light red purple colour, like those of Redshankes. 1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 57 Redshanks; Arsmart. 1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. I. 235 Perennial arsmart. Red-shanks. 1807 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. at Reid The red-shank weed is very like a young birch, being reddish in colour. 1885 J. G. Baker Flora Eng. Lake District 179 Polygonum Persicaria. L. (Redshanks). Native... Throughout the Lakes, one of the commonest weeds of arable land. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 15 Mar. 128 Fisons 18-15 controls Mayweed, Redshank, Cleavers and Hemp Nettle. 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 105/2 Redshank, P. maculosa, a miniaturised bistort, is an abundant annual of open and cultivated ground. b. In singular and plural. English regional and Welsh English. Herb Robert, Geranium robertianum, the stems of which are usually dark red. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > geranium and allied flowers > allied flowers herb Roberta1300 stick pile?a1450 culverfootc1450 devil's needlea1500 crane's-bill1548 dove's-foot1548 geranium1548 shepherd's needle1562 bloodroot1578 Gratia Dei1578 sanguine root1578 pigeon's-foot1597 Roman cranesbill1648 robin1694 redshanka1722 musk1728 ragged Robert1734 pigeon-foot1736 rose geranium1773 mountain flowera1787 wood cranesbill1796 peppermint-scented geranium1823 stork's bill1824 wild geranium1840 musk geranium1845 pin grass1847 Robert1847 stinking crane's bill1857 mourning widow1866 pinweed1876 ivy-leaved pelargonium1887 ivy-geranium1894 regal1894 peppermint geranium1922 a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 294 Take of shepherds-purse, red-shank (that is herb-robert) yarrow, knot-grass,..and shred them all together. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Redshanks, Herb Robert. Geranium Robertianum. 1999 D. Parry Gram. & Gloss. Conservative Anglo-Welsh Dial. Rural Wales Red-shank, the herb Robert, Geranium Robertianum. c. Scottish. In plural. A dock ( Rumex species), esp. when its fruits begin to ripen. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > dock and allies red dockeOE dockc1000 rhubarbc1390 docken1423 patience?a1425 round dock1526 Rumex1565 wild patience1578 bloody dock1597 monk's rhubarb1597 Welsh sorrel1640 butterdock1688 mountain rhapontic1728 mountain sorrel1753 Rheum1753 redshank1810 patience dock1816 fiddle-dock1823 canaigre1868 nettle-docken1891 1810 G. Robertson Gen. View Kincardineshire xiii. 376 Should dock-weeds be allowed to remain till they begin to ripen (then called red shanks) they are not so easily pulled. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. at Red adj. Red-shank, the dock after its beginning to ripen. 5. English regional. A condition seen in wheat just before ripening, characterized by red-tinged straw. Usually in in redshank. Now rare. ΚΠ 1805 Ann. Agric. 43 628 (E.D.D.) The wheat began to change colour, or get into what is called the red shank preparative to ripening. 1850 Brit. Farmer's Mag. 16 263/2 He meant when the straw was in red shank. 1891 S. O. Addy Suppl. Gloss. Words Sheffield (at cited word) When the straw is in the red-shank wheat is said to be nearly ripe. Phrases Chiefly Irish English and New Zealand. to run (also be off) like a redshank: to move off or run away quickly. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > go swiftly on foot [verb (intransitive)] > run > run fast or at full speed to pull it1792 to run (also be off) like a redshank1809 sky1824 tattera1825 peel1860 pelter1906 hare1908 1809 M. Edgeworth Ennui iii, in Tales Fashionable Life I. 74 He'll run like a red-shank with the news to the castle. 1873 E. Waugh Snowed-up v. 88 They're off like red-shanks! An' they'n come noan back to-neet, noather. 1891 G. Chamier Philosopher Dick 466 Without another thought or look behind us we were off like red shanks. 1903 N.Z. Illustr. Mag. 8 93 They would be off into the bush like redshanks. 1925 S. O'Casey Juno & Paycock ii in Two Plays 87 He whipped them from the chair, an' was off like a redshank! 1936 A. B. Paterson Shearer's Colt xii. 131 The Chinaman, after casting a dazed looked about him, picked up the knife and ran like a redshank. Compounds † redshank gambet n. Obsolete rare = sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Tringa > tringa totanus (red(-)shank) redshank1525 redling1655 pool-snite1661 pool snipe1678 red-legged horseman1678 red-legged sandpiper1785 red-leg1798 sand cock1804 snipe1829 redshank gambet1840 teuk1859 yelper1892 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 246 A fourth [species].., the Redshank Gambet, is very abundant in Britain. † red-shank gull n. Irish English Obsolete rare the black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus, which has bright red legs. ΚΠ 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 209 From the bright vermilion of its feet and legs it is called Red-shank gull (Ireland). † red-shanks pea n. Obsolete rare a variety of field pea. ΚΠ 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 107 In Oxfordshire they reckon the Henley gray and the Red-shanks Pease are the best for new-broke-up Ground. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1525
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