spoachv.

Brit.

/spəʊtʃ/, U.S.

/spoʊtʃ/, Scottish English

/spotʃ/

Forms: Scottish pre-1700 1900s– spotch, 1800s spoatch, 1800s– spoach; English regional (Northumberland) 1800s spoach.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: poach v.²

Etymology: Apparently a variant of poach v.² with prothetic s- . Compare similarly in Scots e.g. stramp v. (beside tramp v.¹) and see further Sc. National Dict. at S.

Scottish (chiefly southern) and English regional (Northumberland). Now rare.

intransitive. To engage in poaching. Also: to hunt about or rummage (for something). Sc. National Dict. records this word (in sense ‘to poach’) as still in use in Roxburghshire in 1971.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (intransitive)] > poach (land or water)

spoacha1585

poach1718

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > make a search [verb (intransitive)] > rummage or search thoroughly

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mouse1575

ferret1580

spoacha1585

rummage1625

scrimmage1843

fossick1871

roust1919

a1585 P. Hume Flyting with Montgomerie (Tullibardine) ix. 23 in Poems A. Montgomerie (2000) I. 172 Vnhallat, peillit pallat, ryp wallat quhen þow spotches.

?1824 Rymour Club Miscellanea (1912) II. 49 To plunder and spoatch in the way of your trade.

1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words He's elways gan spoachin aboot.

1943 W. L. Ferguson Vignettes 75 Spotchin' for sweets i' the wrang place.

1987 B. Holton tr. S. Nai'an Men o the Mossflow iv, in Edinb. Rev. Feb. 86 ‘Here's yir siller’ says Profunditas, spoachan about for it an giean it tae him.

Derivatives

spoacher n. a poacher.

ΚΠ

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 288 Spoacher, a poacher.

1934 Gallovidian Ann. 11 The auld spoacher that was mairrit on her faither's sister.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spoach
释义	spoachv. Brit. /spəʊtʃ/, U.S. /spoʊtʃ/, Scottish English /spotʃ/ Forms: Scottish pre-1700 1900s– spotch, 1800s spoatch, 1800s– spoach; English regional (Northumberland) 1800s spoach. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: poach v.² Etymology: Apparently a variant of poach v.² with prothetic s- . Compare similarly in Scots e.g. stramp v. (beside tramp v.¹) and see further Sc. National Dict. at S. Scottish (chiefly southern) and English regional (Northumberland). Now rare. intransitive. To engage in poaching. Also: to hunt about or rummage (for something). Sc. National Dict. records this word (in sense ‘to poach’) as still in use in Roxburghshire in 1971. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (intransitive)] > poach (land or water) spoacha1585 poach1718 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > make a search [verb (intransitive)] > rummage or search thoroughly ransackc1405 range1553 rig1565 rake1574 mouse1575 ferret1580 spoacha1585 rummage1625 scrimmage1843 fossick1871 roust1919 a1585 P. Hume Flyting with Montgomerie (Tullibardine) ix. 23 in Poems A. Montgomerie (2000) I. 172 Vnhallat, peillit pallat, ryp wallat quhen þow spotches. ?1824 Rymour Club Miscellanea (1912) II. 49 To plunder and spoatch in the way of your trade. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words He's elways gan spoachin aboot. 1943 W. L. Ferguson Vignettes 75 Spotchin' for sweets i' the wrang place. 1987 B. Holton tr. S. Nai'an Men o the Mossflow iv, in Edinb. Rev. Feb. 86 ‘Here's yir siller’ says Profunditas, spoachan about for it an giean it tae him. Derivatives spoacher n. a poacher. ΚΠ 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 288 Spoacher, a poacher. 1934 Gallovidian Ann. 11 The auld spoacher that was mairrit on her faither's sister. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1585
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