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单词 songal
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songaln.

Brit. /ˈsɒŋɡl/, U.S. /ˈsɔŋɡ(ə)l/, /ˈsɑŋɡ(ə)l/, Welsh English /ˈsɔŋːɡal/, /ˈzɔŋːɡal/
Forms:

α. 1600s–1800s songal, 1700s–1800s songle, 1700s– songall, 1900s– zongal.

β. 1800s songa, 1800s songow.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymon: -le suffix 1.
Etymology: Apparently < a first element reflected by early modern English songe (late 16th cent., cited in a Dutch context in Kiliaan), English regional (Devon) sang , (Cornwall) zang handful of corn, sheaf (both 19th cent. or earlier: see note) + -le suffix 1. Compare early modern German sangel ear of corn (1584; German (regional) Sangel handful of gleaned corn). Compare earlier songow v. Compare also earlier single n. 2.The first element is apparently cognate with Middle Dutch sange handful of (gleaned) corn (Dutch regional (southern and south-eastern) zange), Middle Low German sange, Old High German sanga sheaf (Middle High German sange sheaf, German (now regional: western) sange handful of gleaned corn), further etymology unknown.
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.
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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).
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