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单词 rim-stock
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rim-stockn.

Brit. /ˈrɪmstɒk/, U.S. /ˈrɪmˌstɑk/
Forms: 1600s rime-stock, 1600s rim-stoc, 1600s– rim-stock, 1800s rim-stoke.
Origin: A borrowing from a Scandinavian language.
Etymology: < a form in a Scandinavian language (compare Swedish (rare) rimme-stock , Danish rim-stok ) < the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic rím (see rime n.2) + the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic stokkr (see stock n.1). Compare Middle Low German (rare) rīmstok . Compare primstaff n. and rune-staff n.
Now historical.
A simple form of calendar, consisting of a block of wood (or less commonly of other material) marked with notches to indicate the days of the week, religious festivals, etc.; a clog-almanac.
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Gregorian Calendarc1275
Julian Calendarc1275
fastia1387
almanacc1392
prognostication1486
shepherd's calendar1506
ephemeris1559
perpetual almanac?1566
perpetual calendar1577
ephemeris1647
primstaff1662
rim-stock1662
parapegma1671
Poor Robin1708
menologium1709
menologion1727
rune-staff1753
Liberian Calendar1754
parapegm1755
timetable1758
prognosticator1779
Hindu calendar1795
Moore's Almanac1806
Moorea1821
numeral1853
Advent calendar1867
paddywhack almanac1875
paddy1876
Islamic calendar1912
1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura iii. 29 Danes, and Norvegians had..their Runic writings, or engraven Letters, as in their Rimstoc or Primstaf.
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. x. 423 These Symbols..have a more rational orderly texture than the Runæ upon the Danish Rimestocks, or the Swedish or Norwegian Primstaves.
1819 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia (new ed.) at Runic Runic staffs..were called, in the North, rim-stocks and prim-staffs.
1859 B. B. Woodward Hist. Wales (new ed.) xxxi. 549 The Rim-stocks, or Rune-stocks ( as the ‘Clog-Almanacs’ were called,) of the ‘Black Pagans’.
1987 E. Thorsson Runelore i. iv. 57 The runes also were used in the construction of prim-staves or rim-stocks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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