salt-catn.

Etymology: Originally northern. The original meaning of the second element is unknown; cat is used dialectally as a name for several mixtures of which clay is a constituent: see Eng. Dial. Dict.Compare ‘Cat, a chump of clay stone’; ‘Clay-cat, a kind of large roundish stone found in clay’ (Barnes Dorset Gloss.).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsalt-cat.

A mass of salt, or salt mixed with earthy or other matter; esp. a mixture of salt, gravel, old mortar or lime, cumin seed, and stale urine, used to attract pigeons and to keep them at home.

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c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xii. 51 At þe riȝt side of þis see was Loth wyf turned intil a salt catte.

1454 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 149 j Saltcatt.

1483 Cath. Angl. 317/1 A Salte catte.

1629 in G. Ornsby Select. from Househ. Bks. Naworth Castle (1878) 264 To Mr. Chambers his manne bringing 3 salte catts.

1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ 154 A Lump of Salt, which they usually call a Salt-cat, made for that purpose at the Salterns.

1765 Treat. Domest. Pigeons 33 The best way is to put your salt cat in jars, with holes in the sides for them to peck it out.

1864 C. Knight Passages Working Life II. i. 17 The business-house of a young publisher had..the sort of attraction for flights of authors as a saltcat has for pigeons.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

a. ‘A mess of coarse meal, clay, etc., placed in dove-cotes, to allure strangers’ (Halliwell). More fully salt-cat.

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1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) ix. §2. 177 A Salt-Cat..which makes the Pigeons much affect the place: and such that casually come there, usually remain where they find such good entertainment.

单词	salt-cat
释义	salt-catn. Etymology: Originally northern. The original meaning of the second element is unknown; cat is used dialectally as a name for several mixtures of which clay is a constituent: see Eng. Dial. Dict.Compare ‘Cat, a chump of clay stone’; ‘Clay-cat, a kind of large roundish stone found in clay’ (Barnes Dorset Gloss.).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsalt-cat. A mass of salt, or salt mixed with earthy or other matter; esp. a mixture of salt, gravel, old mortar or lime, cumin seed, and stale urine, used to attract pigeons and to keep them at home. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > salt-cat salt-catc1400 salt-stone1425 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xii. 51 At þe riȝt side of þis see was Loth wyf turned intil a salt catte. 1454 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 149 j Saltcatt. 1483 Cath. Angl. 317/1 A Salte catte. 1629 in G. Ornsby Select. from Househ. Bks. Naworth Castle (1878) 264 To Mr. Chambers his manne bringing 3 salte catts. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ 154 A Lump of Salt, which they usually call a Salt-cat, made for that purpose at the Salterns. 1765 Treat. Domest. Pigeons 33 The best way is to put your salt cat in jars, with holes in the sides for them to peck it out. 1864 C. Knight Passages Working Life II. i. 17 The business-house of a young publisher had..the sort of attraction for flights of authors as a saltcat has for pigeons. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas salt-cat a. ‘A mess of coarse meal, clay, etc., placed in dove-cotes, to allure strangers’ (Halliwell). More fully salt-cat. ΚΠ 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) ix. §2. 177 A Salt-Cat..which makes the Pigeons much affect the place: and such that casually come there, usually remain where they find such good entertainment. extracted from catn.¹ < n.c1400 as lemmas
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salt-catn.

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