rotchen.

Brit.

/rɒtʃ/, U.S.

/rɑtʃ/

Forms:

α. 1800s rotch, 1800s– rotche.

β. 1800s ratch.

γ. 1800s– roach.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rotge n.

Etymology: Variant of rotge n., with loss of final vowel. Compare rotchie n.

Now rare.

The little auk, Alle alle. Also called rotchie n., rotge n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > alle alle (little auk)

ice bird1620

rotge1694

rotche1806

rotchie1806

sea-dove1826

king-auk1851

dovekie1917

α.

1806 P. Neill Tour Orkney & Shetl. 197 Ratch, Little auk, Alca Alle.—In Shetland, rotch and rotchie.

1809 A. Edmondston View Zetland Islands II. 274 Alca Alle, Rotche, Greenland Rotche.

?1841 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 No. 9. 255 The Mergulus alce, rotch, a species that breeds in very high latitudes.

1843 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds III. 358 The Little Auk, or Common Rotche,..is only a winter visiter to the British Islands.

1887 Nature 19 May 50/1 We should doubt whether the Rotch, or Little Auk, was ever called by Icelanders ‘âlka’.

1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 797 In Smith Sound the Rotche is said not to breed below lat. 68° or above 79°.

1920 T. A. Coward Birds Brit. Isles 2nd Ser. 273 On the water the Rotche, another name of the bird, swims well but deeply.

β. 1806 P. Neill Tour Orkney & Shetl. 197 Ratch, Little auk, Alca Alle.—In Shetland, rotch and rotchie.1812 Scots Mag. Apr. 283/2 A little Auk, Ratch, or Greenland dove (Alca Alle) was found dead among the snow at Friartown farm-house.1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. at Auk—Little Alca Alle... Provincial. In Zetland is called Rochie, Rotch, or Ratch.1883 A. Stewart Nether Lochaber 95 One of these [sc. visiting birds] is the ratch or auklet (Alca alle, Linn.), a very pretty little black and white diver.γ. 1819 J. Ross Voy. Discov. Baffin's Bay App. ii. 50 Species, Mergulos Melanoleucos, (common Sea Dove), popularly denominated Little Awk, or Roach.1851 W. P. Snow Voy. Prince Albert Appendix. 413 Of the little auk or roach, and the doveca, I have already spoken.1922 N. Haskell Amer. in Spitzbergen I. i. vii. 107 We have here a colony of auks or roach (Alle alle) the smallest species of the auks found in this region.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rotche
释义	rotchen. Brit. /rɒtʃ/, U.S. /rɑtʃ/ Forms: α. 1800s rotch, 1800s– rotche. β. 1800s ratch. γ. 1800s– roach. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rotge n. Etymology: Variant of rotge n., with loss of final vowel. Compare rotchie n. Now rare. The little auk, Alle alle. Also called rotchie n., rotge n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > alle alle (little auk) ice bird1620 rotge1694 rotche1806 rotchie1806 sea-dove1826 king-auk1851 dovekie1917 α. 1806 P. Neill Tour Orkney & Shetl. 197 Ratch, Little auk, Alca Alle.—In Shetland, rotch and rotchie. 1809 A. Edmondston View Zetland Islands II. 274 Alca Alle, Rotche, Greenland Rotche. ?1841 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 No. 9. 255 The Mergulus alce, rotch, a species that breeds in very high latitudes. 1843 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds III. 358 The Little Auk, or Common Rotche,..is only a winter visiter to the British Islands. 1887 Nature 19 May 50/1 We should doubt whether the Rotch, or Little Auk, was ever called by Icelanders ‘âlka’. 1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 797 In Smith Sound the Rotche is said not to breed below lat. 68° or above 79°. 1920 T. A. Coward Birds Brit. Isles 2nd Ser. 273 On the water the Rotche, another name of the bird, swims well but deeply. β. 1806 P. Neill Tour Orkney & Shetl. 197 Ratch, Little auk, Alca Alle.—In Shetland, rotch and rotchie.1812 Scots Mag. Apr. 283/2 A little Auk, Ratch, or Greenland dove (Alca Alle) was found dead among the snow at Friartown farm-house.1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. at Auk—Little Alca Alle... Provincial. In Zetland is called Rochie, Rotch, or Ratch.1883 A. Stewart Nether Lochaber 95 One of these [sc. visiting birds] is the ratch or auklet (Alca alle, Linn.), a very pretty little black and white diver.γ. 1819 J. Ross Voy. Discov. Baffin's Bay App. ii. 50 Species, Mergulos Melanoleucos, (common Sea Dove), popularly denominated Little Awk, or Roach.1851 W. P. Snow Voy. Prince Albert Appendix. 413 Of the little auk or roach, and the doveca, I have already spoken.1922 N. Haskell Amer. in Spitzbergen I. i. vii. 107 We have here a colony of auks or roach (Alle alle) the smallest species of the auks found in this region. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1806
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