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单词 scuddy
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scuddyadj.1n.

Brit. /ˈskʌdi/, U.S. /ˈskədi/, Scottish English /ˈskʌdɪ/
Scottish.
A. adj.1
Naked. Also scuddy-naked.
ΚΠ
1829 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xliii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 560 Some skuddy-naked, some clothed in duds.
1831 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae lix, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 811 Strip a kintra lass..perfectly skuddy.
1906 N. Munro in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 79/1 Scuddy little dolls.
B. n.
A naked child. Also, an unfledged bird.
ΚΠ
1815 W. Finlayson Simple Sc. Rhymes 92 Wad ye hae them to rin like scuddies Without a rag?
1865 J. Hamilton Poems, etc. (1870) 67 The mavis nest O' naked scuddies fu'.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

scuddyadj.2

Etymology: < scud n.2 + -y suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈscuddy.
Turbid, full of sediment.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective] > full of sediment
fata1387
puddled1559
roiled1611
roil1658
scuddy1797
riley1805
roily1823
riled1830
the world > matter > liquid > [adjective] > qualities of liquid > cloudy or opaque > specific muddy or turbid
druvya1300
drublya1340
oozya1398
feculent1471
troublous1495
mudlya1500
drumlya1522
troublish?1527
puddled1559
puddly1559
suddy1587
muddy1590
droumy1605
muddled1624
turbid1626
turbidous1628
puddlish1633
muddied1642
scuddy1797
roily1823
blundered1855
jumbly1864
mudded1898
1797 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 872/2 It sometimes happens that wines scuddy and stubborn will not fall with one or even two forcings.
1872 J. L. W. Thudichum & A. Dupré Treat. Orig. Wine xx. 633 The wines are spoiled during fermentation, become acidified, scuddy.
1964 R. Braddon Year Angry Rabbit xi. 94 Jacks..at once flung himself gratefully into a chair, spilling half his cold, scuddy tea into his lap as he did so.

Draft additions 1993

ˈscuddiness n. (esp. in Wine-Making).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > qualities or characteristics of wine > [noun] > being full of sediment
scuddiness1831
1831 J. Busby Let. in Jrnl. Rec. Visit Princ. Vineyards (1834) 59 I thought it was easy to account for the scuddiness which so generally attacks Sherry Wines... The grapes were by no means in reality decayed. This shook my faith in scuddiness being the result of the employment of decayed grapes.
1972 Bottlers' Year Bk. 1972–3 395 Scuddiness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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