sillockn.

Brit.

/ˈsɪlək/, U.S.

/ˈsɪlək/, Scottish English

/ˈsɪlək/

Forms: pre-1700 sellak, pre-1700 selloc, pre-1700 1700s sellok, pre-1700 1700s–1800s silluck, pre-1700 1700s–1800s silluk, 1700s silak, 1700s sillich, 1700s 1900s– sellack, 1700s–1800s sillag, 1700s–1800s sillik, 1700s– sillock, 1800s sellock, 1800s sillo', 1800s– sellag, 1800s– sillack, 1800s– sillak, 1800s– sillick, 1900s– silek, 1900s– sillek.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from early Scandinavian, combined with an English element. Etymons: a form in early Scandinavian, -ock suffix.

Etymology: Apparently < the Scandinavian etymon of sile n.³ (perhaps with an underlying sense ‘young fish, fry’) + -ock suffix. In Orkney and Shetland use probably < the unattested Norn cognate of the Scandinavian words listed at sile n.³ Perhaps compare Old Icelandic silungr , sílungr trout. Compare also (apparently < the same Scandinavian base) Scottish Gaelic sìolag sand eel. Compare later sile n.³ Compare also later piltock n.

Scottish (chiefly Orkney, Shetland, and Caithness).

The saithe or coalfish, Pollachius virens, in its first year.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > pollachius virens (coal-fish) > young

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1525 Dundee Burgh Court Bks. I. f. 169, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Sellok All vther fischingis of the said watter of Tay at flud & eb of salmond fisch sellok & vther fisch.

1654 W. J. Blaeu Atlas Scotia 138 Piscium variorum, præcipue silurorum minimorum majorum et maximorum (vulgo Sellaks, Kuythes, Colmouses) captura felix.

1701 J. Brand Brief Descr. Orkney, Zetland 72 This bastard leprosy..is caused by the many grey fishes such as sillucks, piltocks etc. which they eat.

1785 Third Rep. Comm. Brit. Fisheries (House of Commons) 31 He catches Haddocks, Piltocks, Sillocks, and Variety of Small Fish, to help to support his Family.

1822 S. Hibbert Descr. Shetland Islands 434 Throwing his line among the throng of sillocks with which the inlet was filled.

1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1857) xxv. 558 A flock of sea-gulls that had been sporting in the sunshine over a shoal of sillocks.

1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland I. 295 At this period they are from six to ten inches in length, and much esteemed as sillucks.

1914 in A. W. Johnston & A. Johnston Old-lore Misc. VII. ii. 74 The reest of a well-to-do fisherman garnished by ‘tees’ of mutton, ‘pensch’ puddings, geese and ‘baunds o' piltacks’ or sillock.

1978 A. Fenton Northern Isles lxi. 527 At different stages in its existence, the coalfish, Gadus virens, had different names. In its first year it was a sillock.

2005 C. De Luca Smootie comes ta Lerrick 3 Her midder wis brocht her up weel; wis shaan her foo ta catch mice an guddle sillocks at da shore.

Compounds

General attributive.

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1822 S. Hibbert Descr. Shetland Islands 122 It is to the sinewless arm of youth..that the light task is resigned of wielding the sillock-rod.

1888 J. M. E. Saxby Lads of Lunda 34 A long, tapering, sturdy wand known as a ‘sillack rod’.

1898 W. F. Clark Northern Gleams 21 He taught us to make troot-huvies and sillick-pocks.

1911 J. Omond Orkney 80 Years Ago 10/2 Hard cotton hats..made hard and water proof with brunt sillock oil, ashes or soot till they were shining black.

1931 Manson's Shetland Almanac 193 Da hinder pert o' my anatomy as weel as my speerits, considerably damped wi' sillock bru.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sillock
释义	sillockn. Brit. /ˈsɪlək/, U.S. /ˈsɪlək/, Scottish English /ˈsɪlək/ Forms: pre-1700 sellak, pre-1700 selloc, pre-1700 1700s sellok, pre-1700 1700s–1800s silluck, pre-1700 1700s–1800s silluk, 1700s silak, 1700s sillich, 1700s 1900s– sellack, 1700s–1800s sillag, 1700s–1800s sillik, 1700s– sillock, 1800s sellock, 1800s sillo', 1800s– sellag, 1800s– sillack, 1800s– sillak, 1800s– sillick, 1900s– silek, 1900s– sillek. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from early Scandinavian, combined with an English element. Etymons: a form in early Scandinavian, -ock suffix. Etymology: Apparently < the Scandinavian etymon of sile n.³ (perhaps with an underlying sense ‘young fish, fry’) + -ock suffix. In Orkney and Shetland use probably < the unattested Norn cognate of the Scandinavian words listed at sile n.³ Perhaps compare Old Icelandic silungr , sílungr trout. Compare also (apparently < the same Scandinavian base) Scottish Gaelic sìolag sand eel. Compare later sile n.³ Compare also later piltock n. Scottish (chiefly Orkney, Shetland, and Caithness). The saithe or coalfish, Pollachius virens, in its first year. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > pollachius virens (coal-fish) > young podlock1502 podley1525 sillock1525 podlerc1680 parr1769 prinklea1832 1525 Dundee Burgh Court Bks. I. f. 169, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Sellok All vther fischingis of the said watter of Tay at flud & eb of salmond fisch sellok & vther fisch. 1654 W. J. Blaeu Atlas Scotia 138 Piscium variorum, præcipue silurorum minimorum majorum et maximorum (vulgo Sellaks, Kuythes, Colmouses) captura felix. 1701 J. Brand Brief Descr. Orkney, Zetland 72 This bastard leprosy..is caused by the many grey fishes such as sillucks, piltocks etc. which they eat. 1785 Third Rep. Comm. Brit. Fisheries (House of Commons) 31 He catches Haddocks, Piltocks, Sillocks, and Variety of Small Fish, to help to support his Family. 1822 S. Hibbert Descr. Shetland Islands 434 Throwing his line among the throng of sillocks with which the inlet was filled. 1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1857) xxv. 558 A flock of sea-gulls that had been sporting in the sunshine over a shoal of sillocks. 1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland I. 295 At this period they are from six to ten inches in length, and much esteemed as sillucks. 1914 in A. W. Johnston & A. Johnston Old-lore Misc. VII. ii. 74 The reest of a well-to-do fisherman garnished by ‘tees’ of mutton, ‘pensch’ puddings, geese and ‘baunds o' piltacks’ or sillock. 1978 A. Fenton Northern Isles lxi. 527 At different stages in its existence, the coalfish, Gadus virens, had different names. In its first year it was a sillock. 2005 C. De Luca Smootie comes ta Lerrick 3 Her midder wis brocht her up weel; wis shaan her foo ta catch mice an guddle sillocks at da shore. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1822 S. Hibbert Descr. Shetland Islands 122 It is to the sinewless arm of youth..that the light task is resigned of wielding the sillock-rod. 1888 J. M. E. Saxby Lads of Lunda 34 A long, tapering, sturdy wand known as a ‘sillack rod’. 1898 W. F. Clark Northern Gleams 21 He taught us to make troot-huvies and sillick-pocks. 1911 J. Omond Orkney 80 Years Ago 10/2 Hard cotton hats..made hard and water proof with brunt sillock oil, ashes or soot till they were shining black. 1931 Manson's Shetland Almanac 193 Da hinder pert o' my anatomy as weel as my speerits, considerably damped wi' sillock bru. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1525
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