sawnn.

Brit.

/sɔːn/, U.S.

/sɔn/,

/sɑn/

Etymology: Abbreviation of sawney n.

Australian slang.

= sawney n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > simpleton

innocentc1386

greenhead1576

gonyc1580

ninnyhammer1592

chicken1600

loach1605

simplician1605

hichcock1607

smelt1607

foppasty1611

dovea1616

goslinga1616

funge1621

simplicity1633

gewgaw1634

squab1640

simpletonian1652

ninny-whoop1653

softhead1654

foppotee1663

greenhorn1672

sumph1682

sawney1699

sillyton1708

gaby?1746

gobbin?1746

green goose1768

nin-a-kin1787

Jacob1811

green1824

sillikin1832

greeny1834

softhorn1836

sucker1838

softie1850

dope1851

soft1854

verigreen1854

peanut1864

daftie1872

josser1886

naïf1891

yapc1894

barm-stick1924

knobhead1931

sook1933

nig-nog1953

sawn1953

pronk1959

stiffy1965

1953 K. Tennant Joyful Condemned xvii. 145 I'm always getting into trouble through sawns.

1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1259/2 Sawn, a softy, a ‘dope’: low Australian.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

sawnadj.

Brit.

/sɔːn/, U.S.

/sɔn/,

/sɑn/

Forms: Also 1500s–1700s sawen, 1600s sawne.

Etymology: past participle of saw v.¹

1. That has undergone the operation of sawing; = sawed adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > cut, hewn, or sawn

hewnc1400

sawn1536

sawed1553

cut1677

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [adjective] > cut or sawn

sawn1536

sawed1553

1536 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 108 Pro j.c. sawen burdes.

1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect i. v. 16 One kind [of trees] being more fit for clappboard, others for sawne board.

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vi. Explan. Terms 110 The Sawn-away slit between two peeces of stuff, is called a kerf.

1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ix. Explan. Terms 171 Single Quarters are Sawen stuff.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 202 As for sawn Pales they are as dear, considering their lasting, as Brick or Stone.

1870 J. Power Handy-bk. Bks. 41, 1751. About this date bookbinders began to use sawn-backs, whereby the bands on which the book is sewn were let into the backs of the sheets.

1891 Daily News 5 Feb. 5/4 Sawn timber in brief is rapidly gaining the ascendency.

2. sawn-off (now more usually than sawed-off except in North American usage).

a. Of a (shot)gun: = sawed adj. 1c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooting equipment > [adjective] > type of shot-gun

choke-bored1875

under-and-over1881

ten-bore1892

ten-gauge1894

sawed-off1898

sawn-off1915

side by side1919

over-under1926

over-and-under1930

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [adjective] > attributes

buttless1828

self-cocking1837

belt size1858

stockless1886

sawed-off1898

multibarrel1899

multi-barrelled1907

sawn-off1915

1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear i. vi. 113 In the latter was a sawn-off shot-gun, so he came with the deliberate purpose of crime.

1937 N. Marsh Vintage Murder ii. 14 A salute of two sawn-off shotguns.

1959 Encounter July 59/1 A fifteen-year-old highschool boy who had taken a sawn-off shotgun into the classroom and blown off the head of a classmate.

1978 R. Westall Devil on Road xx. 186 A sawn-off shotgun..sprays lead like a hose.

b. = sawed adj. 1b. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective]

shorta900

littleOE

lowa1398

untallc1535

dwarfish1542

shrimpish1549

pygmy1592

shrubby1603

dapper1606

punya1616

runtisha1642

truss1674

sesquipedalian1741

smally1764

petite1766

elfin1796

scram1825

squibbish1826

gnomic1845

dwarf-like1850

knee-high to a grasshopper1851

underhanded1856

nanoid1857

whipping-snapping1861

scrunty1868

midget1875

short-set1883

sawed-off1887

strunty1897

munchkin1930

sawn-off1936

short-arsed1951

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > smaller than usual or standard size

petty1393

small1525

scrubby1591

undersized1706

underlinga1722

underline1750

under-size1820

manikin1840

underhanded1856

small1877

sawed-off1887

sawn-off1936

1936 R. Campbell Mithraic Emblems 162 Yet could I trudge in sawn-off trousers, And redden up like logs at Yule.

1944 Coast to Coast 1943 56 He was a sawn-off little bloke, and they reckoned there couldn't have been much grass about when he was born.

1954 ‘J. Christopher’ Twenty-second Cent. 104 It's a little sawn-off town up in Scotland.

1960 J. Mortimer Call me Liar 431 Found him, have you?.. That sawn-off, bald, damp-eyed old hundred per cent British duodenal with..no convictions known.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sawn
释义	sawnn. Brit. /sɔːn/, U.S. /sɔn/, /sɑn/ Etymology: Abbreviation of sawney n. Australian slang. = sawney n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > simpleton innocentc1386 greenhead1576 gonyc1580 ninnyhammer1592 chicken1600 loach1605 simplician1605 hichcock1607 smelt1607 foppasty1611 dovea1616 goslinga1616 funge1621 simplicity1633 gewgaw1634 squab1640 simpletonian1652 ninny-whoop1653 softhead1654 foppotee1663 greenhorn1672 sumph1682 sawney1699 sillyton1708 gaby?1746 gobbin?1746 green goose1768 nin-a-kin1787 Jacob1811 green1824 sillikin1832 greeny1834 softhorn1836 sucker1838 softie1850 dope1851 soft1854 verigreen1854 peanut1864 daftie1872 josser1886 naïf1891 yapc1894 barm-stick1924 knobhead1931 sook1933 nig-nog1953 sawn1953 pronk1959 stiffy1965 1953 K. Tennant Joyful Condemned xvii. 145 I'm always getting into trouble through sawns. 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1259/2 Sawn, a softy, a ‘dope’: low Australian. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sawnadj. Brit. /sɔːn/, U.S. /sɔn/, /sɑn/ Forms: Also 1500s–1700s sawen, 1600s sawne. Etymology: past participle of saw v.¹ 1. That has undergone the operation of sawing; = sawed adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > cut, hewn, or sawn hewnc1400 sawn1536 sawed1553 cut1677 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [adjective] > cut or sawn sawn1536 sawed1553 1536 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 108 Pro j.c. sawen burdes. 1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect i. v. 16 One kind [of trees] being more fit for clappboard, others for sawne board. 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vi. Explan. Terms 110 The Sawn-away slit between two peeces of stuff, is called a kerf. 1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ix. Explan. Terms 171 Single Quarters are Sawen stuff. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 202 As for sawn Pales they are as dear, considering their lasting, as Brick or Stone. 1870 J. Power Handy-bk. Bks. 41, 1751. About this date bookbinders began to use sawn-backs, whereby the bands on which the book is sewn were let into the backs of the sheets. 1891 Daily News 5 Feb. 5/4 Sawn timber in brief is rapidly gaining the ascendency. 2. sawn-off (now more usually than sawed-off except in North American usage). a. Of a (shot)gun: = sawed adj. 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooting equipment > [adjective] > type of shot-gun choke-bored1875 under-and-over1881 ten-bore1892 ten-gauge1894 sawed-off1898 sawn-off1915 side by side1919 over-under1926 over-and-under1930 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [adjective] > attributes buttless1828 self-cocking1837 belt size1858 stockless1886 sawed-off1898 multibarrel1899 multi-barrelled1907 sawn-off1915 1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear i. vi. 113 In the latter was a sawn-off shot-gun, so he came with the deliberate purpose of crime. 1937 N. Marsh Vintage Murder ii. 14 A salute of two sawn-off shotguns. 1959 Encounter July 59/1 A fifteen-year-old highschool boy who had taken a sawn-off shotgun into the classroom and blown off the head of a classmate. 1978 R. Westall Devil on Road xx. 186 A sawn-off shotgun..sprays lead like a hose. b. = sawed adj. 1b. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective] shorta900 littleOE lowa1398 untallc1535 dwarfish1542 shrimpish1549 pygmy1592 shrubby1603 dapper1606 punya1616 runtisha1642 truss1674 sesquipedalian1741 smally1764 petite1766 elfin1796 scram1825 squibbish1826 gnomic1845 dwarf-like1850 knee-high to a grasshopper1851 underhanded1856 nanoid1857 whipping-snapping1861 scrunty1868 midget1875 short-set1883 sawed-off1887 strunty1897 munchkin1930 sawn-off1936 short-arsed1951 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > smaller than usual or standard size petty1393 small1525 scrubby1591 undersized1706 underlinga1722 underline1750 under-size1820 manikin1840 underhanded1856 small1877 sawed-off1887 sawn-off1936 1936 R. Campbell Mithraic Emblems 162 Yet could I trudge in sawn-off trousers, And redden up like logs at Yule. 1944 Coast to Coast 1943 56 He was a sawn-off little bloke, and they reckoned there couldn't have been much grass about when he was born. 1954 ‘J. Christopher’ Twenty-second Cent. 104 It's a little sawn-off town up in Scotland. 1960 J. Mortimer Call me Liar 431 Found him, have you?.. That sawn-off, bald, damp-eyed old hundred per cent British duodenal with..no convictions known. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1953adj.1536
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