† redshireadj.n.

Forms:

α. 1600s redshare.

β. 1600s–1700s redshire.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a Swedish lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a Danish lexical item. Etymons: red adj., coldshire , colshire , cold-short adj.

Etymology: Probably < red adj. + -shire (in coldshire, colshire, variants of cold-short adj.; compare forms at that entry), perhaps after either Swedish rödskör or Danish rødskør (although both of these are apparently first attested later: see red-short n. and adj.). The α. forms apparently show alteration by association with share n.¹ (see context in quot. 1665); compare earlier colsar , coldshare , variants of cold-short adj. Compare later red-sear n., red-sear adj., and also hot short adj.

Founding. Obsolete.

= red-short adj. Also as n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [adjective] > brittle

redshire1590

cold-short1601

red-short1773

hot short1788

red-sear1798

1590 Rep. Iron Woorkes Canck in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1978) 93 798 First, ironstone, wherof there bee 4 kindes: 1. Tough Metall, 2. Colshire, 3. Redshire, 4. Yellowshire.

1665 D. Dudley Mettallum Martis sig. D5^v The Iron thereof made is very Redshare, which is that if a workman should Draw or Forge out a Share mould fit for a Plough in that red heat, it would crack and not be fit for the Use of the Husbandsmans Plough or Share.

1674 in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1693) 17 696 Some makes Coldshire-Iron, that is, such as is brittle, when it is cold; another sort makes Redshire, that is, such as is apt to break if it be hammered, when it is of a dark red Heat.

1736 Let. 24 Feb. in H. Scrivenor Hist. Iron Trade (1841) App. 324 We have caused the tun of iron..to be wrought up, which we found to be very tough, not any ways coldshire, but two or three of the bars in working proved a little redshire.

1764 Philos. Trans. 1763 (Royal Soc.) 53 59 The iron possest all that agreable toughness and ductility, for which the Spanish iron is so deservedly famous, without partaking of that vile redshire quality.

1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont xii. 361 It does not answer so good a purpose; though it is neither coldshire, nor redshire.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	redshire
释义	† redshireadj.n. Forms: α. 1600s redshare. β. 1600s–1700s redshire. Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a Swedish lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a Danish lexical item. Etymons: red adj., coldshire , colshire , cold-short adj. Etymology: Probably < red adj. + -shire (in coldshire, colshire, variants of cold-short adj.; compare forms at that entry), perhaps after either Swedish rödskör or Danish rødskør (although both of these are apparently first attested later: see red-short n. and adj.). The α. forms apparently show alteration by association with share n.¹ (see context in quot. 1665); compare earlier colsar , coldshare , variants of cold-short adj. Compare later red-sear n., red-sear adj., and also hot short adj. Founding. Obsolete. = red-short adj. Also as n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [adjective] > brittle redshire1590 cold-short1601 red-short1773 hot short1788 red-sear1798 1590 Rep. Iron Woorkes Canck in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1978) 93 798 First, ironstone, wherof there bee 4 kindes: 1. Tough Metall, 2. Colshire, 3. Redshire, 4. Yellowshire. 1665 D. Dudley Mettallum Martis sig. D5^v The Iron thereof made is very Redshare, which is that if a workman should Draw or Forge out a Share mould fit for a Plough in that red heat, it would crack and not be fit for the Use of the Husbandsmans Plough or Share. 1674 in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1693) 17 696 Some makes Coldshire-Iron, that is, such as is brittle, when it is cold; another sort makes Redshire, that is, such as is apt to break if it be hammered, when it is of a dark red Heat. 1736 Let. 24 Feb. in H. Scrivenor Hist. Iron Trade (1841) App. 324 We have caused the tun of iron..to be wrought up, which we found to be very tough, not any ways coldshire, but two or three of the bars in working proved a little redshire. 1764 Philos. Trans. 1763 (Royal Soc.) 53 59 The iron possest all that agreable toughness and ductility, for which the Spanish iron is so deservedly famous, without partaking of that vile redshire quality. 1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont xii. 361 It does not answer so good a purpose; though it is neither coldshire, nor redshire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1590
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