α. 1600s–1800s songal, 1700s–1800s songle, 1700s– songall, 1900s– zongal.
β. 1800s songa, 1800s songow.
单词 | songal |
释义 | songaln.α. 1600s–1800s songal, 1700s–1800s songle, 1700s– songall, 1900s– zongal. β. 1800s songa, 1800s songow. English regional (west midlands) and Welsh English. Now rare. A handful or small amount of gleaned corn; an ear of gleaned corn; (also) gleaned corn. Also occasionally figurative: a small amount. Cf. single n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > gleaning > gleanings gleanc1430 single?a1513 songal1674 earns1695 1674 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 4) Songal, or Songle, so the poor people in Herefordshire call a handful of corn gleaned or leazed. 1700 T. Hyde Historia Religionis Veterum Persarum xxxii. 391 Spicas..in parvum Fasciculum seu Manipulum (Angl. a Songall) colligatas. 1820 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire 61 Songow, Songal, gleaned corn. 1850 J. Collins List Words Gower Dial. Glamorganshire in Proc. Philol. Soc. 4 223/1 Songalls, gleanings: ‘to gather songall’ is to glean. 1889 Notes & Queries 7th Ser. 8 363/2 I have just this last week obtained a goodly ‘songle’ of S. Staffordshire words. 1951 H. M. Tucker Gower Gleanings 90 Zongals, ears of corn gleaned after harvest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1674 |
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