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单词 runchick
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runchickn.

Brit. /ˈrʌn(t)ʃɪk/, U.S. /ˈrən(t)ʃɪk/, Scottish English /ˈrʌn(t)ʃɪk/
Forms: pre-1700 ruinscheoch, 1700s runchech (Orkney), 1800s runshuk (Orkney), 1800s runsick (Orkney), 1800s– runcheck (Orkney), 1800s– runshag (Caithness), 1800s– runshick (Shetland), 1900s– roinshick (Shetland), 1900s– runchag (Orkney), 1900s– runchick (Orkney and Shetland), 1900s– runschick (Shetland), 1900s– runshack (Orkney).
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: runch n., -ock suffix.
Etymology: Apparently < runch n. + -ock suffix. In spite of the appearance of some of the forms, no potential Scottish Gaelic etymon has been identified.Compare also (with different diminutive suffix) Orkney Scots runcho (also runchoo), in the same sense.
Scottish (now Orkney, Shetland, and Caithness).
= runchie n.
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the world > plants > valued plants and weeds > [noun] > weed > type of weed
runchicka1585
crap1673
stroil1758
tumble-weed1887
a1585 P. Hume Flyting with Montgomerie (Tullibardine) iv. 57 in Poems A. Montgomerie (2000) I. 159 On ruittis and ruinscheochis [a1625 Harl. ruinchs] on þe feild With nolt þow nurischit neir a ȝeir.
1775 J. Fea Present State Orkney Islands (1884) 57 A kind of wild mustard, commonly called Runchech.
1877 G. Stewart Shetland Fireside Tales 42 Nor da kail howed dats gaen ower wi' shicken-wirt runshick an' melda.
a1886 A. Burgess Poute (1890) 36 Reerd on a Runshick—Born in a Spittal. The Beast i here alude to is a gleg.
1947 E. S. R. Tait Shetland Folk Bk. I. 85 Runchik, runshie,..Runch or Wild Radish. Raphanus Raphanistrum.
1972 D. Omand Caithness Bk. 254 Runshag, wild radish.
1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. 71/2 Runshick or runshie, wild radish..or charlock... Weeds with yellow flowers found in cornfields.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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