red cockn.

Brit.

/ˈrɛd ˌkɒk/, U.S.

/ˈrɛd ˌkɑk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., cock n.¹

Etymology: < red adj. + cock n.¹Attested earlier as a tavern name (in sense 1):1338 in H. E. Salter Mediaeval Arch. Univ. Oxf. (1921) II. 213 Agn' atte Redcokke.1423 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 149 John Mabile, atte Rede Cok yn the pultrie. With sense 3 compare Dutch de roode haan (Middle Dutch de roode hane ), Middle Low German de rōde hāne , German der rote Hahn (frequently from the 16th cent. in various idioms, e.g. jemandem den roten Hahn aufs Dach setzen , lit. ‘to put the red cock on a person's roof’), all in the same sense. The sense apparently represents a transferred use (probably on account of the fiery red colour of the animal), but the precise semantic motivation is uncertain and disputed; for a discussion of some suggestions, see L. Röhrich Lexikon der sprichwörtlichen Redensarten I. (2003) at Hahn. In later use in this sense (compare quots. 1883, 1999 at sense 3) partly after Russian krasnyj petux, in same sense (apparently early 19th cent. or earlier as †krasnyj pětux″); the idiom is found also in other Slavonic languages. It is uncertain whether all of the uses are ultimately connected.

1. Any farmyard cock.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock

cockeOE

chanticleer?a1300

common astrologera1413

dunghill cock1561

red cock1591

cock-a-doodle-doo1604

roost-cock1606

alectryon1664

stag1730

rooster1772

doodle-doo1785

cock bird1788

1591 A. W. Bk. Cookrye (rev. ed.) 11 b Take a red Cock that is not too olde, and beate him to death, and..fley him and quarter him in small peeces.

1677 Compl. Servant-maid 89 Take a Red Cock, strip off the feathers from the skin, then break the bones to shivers with a rowling pin.

1754 G. Smith Angler's Mag. 40 Feathers particularly from..the Top of a Plover or the Hackle of a red Cock.

1833 Ld. Tennyson New Year's Eve 24 In the early early morning..Before the red cock crows..When..all the world is still.

1910 J. Masefield Ballads & Poems 42 The red cock in the ox-yard crows.

1990 R. Bly Iron John vii. 200 The red cock..equals death and witchcraft.

†2. The red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scoticus. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Lagopus > lagopus lagopus (red grouse)

moorfowl1504

grouse1531

moor game1611

red game1673

red grouse1769

willow partridge1772

red cock1775

moor-bird1812

red ptarmigan1819

willow grouse1850

willow ptarmigan1872

1775 G. Motherby New Med. Dict. at Attagen With us it is called the red cock, gor cock, moor cock, or red game.

1787 C. Taylor Surv. Nature II. 34 Of much the same general habits [as the Black Cock] are the Red Cock of Scotland, that of the Alps, and the Ptarmigan.

3. figurative. Used allusively of (the cause of) a fire started with malicious intent.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > going or setting on fire > setting on fire or alight > incendiarism

fire-raising1554

arsona1676

red cock1815

incendiarism1837

fire-setting1844

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. iii. 39 We'll see if the red cock craw not in his bonnie barn-yard ae morning before day dawing.

1883 Harper's Mag. July 200/2 Peasants in Russia..who have suffered an injury will set hay-stacks on fire, and say that ‘the red cock’ is about.

1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 96/1 Red cock, a sabotage fire.

1999 S. P. Frank Crime in Rural Russia iv. 133 The ‘red cock’ (krasnyi petukh) visited peasant settlements with sickening regularity.

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

单词	red cock
释义	red cockn. Brit. /ˈrɛd ˌkɒk/, U.S. /ˈrɛd ˌkɑk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., cock n.¹ Etymology: < red adj. + cock n.¹Attested earlier as a tavern name (in sense 1):1338 in H. E. Salter Mediaeval Arch. Univ. Oxf. (1921) II. 213 Agn' atte Redcokke.1423 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 149 John Mabile, atte Rede Cok yn the pultrie. With sense 3 compare Dutch de roode haan (Middle Dutch de roode hane ), Middle Low German de rōde hāne , German der rote Hahn (frequently from the 16th cent. in various idioms, e.g. jemandem den roten Hahn aufs Dach setzen , lit. ‘to put the red cock on a person's roof’), all in the same sense. The sense apparently represents a transferred use (probably on account of the fiery red colour of the animal), but the precise semantic motivation is uncertain and disputed; for a discussion of some suggestions, see L. Röhrich Lexikon der sprichwörtlichen Redensarten I. (2003) at Hahn. In later use in this sense (compare quots. 1883, 1999 at sense 3) partly after Russian krasnyj petux, in same sense (apparently early 19th cent. or earlier as †krasnyj pětux″); the idiom is found also in other Slavonic languages. It is uncertain whether all of the uses are ultimately connected. 1. Any farmyard cock. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock cockeOE chanticleer?a1300 common astrologera1413 dunghill cock1561 red cock1591 cock-a-doodle-doo1604 roost-cock1606 alectryon1664 stag1730 rooster1772 doodle-doo1785 cock bird1788 1591 A. W. Bk. Cookrye (rev. ed.) 11 b Take a red Cock that is not too olde, and beate him to death, and..fley him and quarter him in small peeces. 1677 Compl. Servant-maid 89 Take a Red Cock, strip off the feathers from the skin, then break the bones to shivers with a rowling pin. 1754 G. Smith Angler's Mag. 40 Feathers particularly from..the Top of a Plover or the Hackle of a red Cock. 1833 Ld. Tennyson New Year's Eve 24 In the early early morning..Before the red cock crows..When..all the world is still. 1910 J. Masefield Ballads & Poems 42 The red cock in the ox-yard crows. 1990 R. Bly Iron John vii. 200 The red cock..equals death and witchcraft. †2. The red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scoticus. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Lagopus > lagopus lagopus (red grouse) moorfowl1504 grouse1531 moor game1611 red game1673 red grouse1769 willow partridge1772 red cock1775 moor-bird1812 red ptarmigan1819 willow grouse1850 willow ptarmigan1872 willow ptarmigan1872 1775 G. Motherby New Med. Dict. at Attagen With us it is called the red cock, gor cock, moor cock, or red game. 1787 C. Taylor Surv. Nature II. 34 Of much the same general habits [as the Black Cock] are the Red Cock of Scotland, that of the Alps, and the Ptarmigan. 3. figurative. Used allusively of (the cause of) a fire started with malicious intent. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > going or setting on fire > setting on fire or alight > incendiarism fire-raising1554 arsona1676 red cock1815 incendiarism1837 fire-setting1844 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. iii. 39 We'll see if the red cock craw not in his bonnie barn-yard ae morning before day dawing. 1883 Harper's Mag. July 200/2 Peasants in Russia..who have suffered an injury will set hay-stacks on fire, and say that ‘the red cock’ is about. 1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 96/1 Red cock, a sabotage fire. 1999 S. P. Frank Crime in Rural Russia iv. 133 The ‘red cock’ (krasnyi petukh) visited peasant settlements with sickening regularity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1591
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