blue pigeonn.

Brit.

/ˌbluː ˈpɪdʒ(ᵻ)n/, U.S.

/ˌblu ˈpɪdʒən/

Forms: see blue adj. and pigeon n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., pigeon n.

Etymology: < blue adj. + pigeon n.

a. The wild rock dove, Columba livia, which has chiefly bluish-grey plumage, or a domesticated or feral variety of this having similar colouring. Now rare.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > genus Columba > columba livia (rock-dove)

rock dove1610

rock pigeon1611

sea-pigeon1620

blue pigeon1676

rockier1780

rocker1802

biset1834

rock1854

sod1885

tin-rock1892

1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler 78 There is also taken this month a black blew Dun, the dubbing of the furre of a black Rabbet mixt with a little yellow, the wings of the Feather of a blew Pigeons wing.

1721 W. Waller Let. in R. Bradley Gen. Treat. Husb. & Gardening (1726) I. 65 I chose them, rather than to stock my Dove-Court with the common wild blew Pidgeons, because we may draw young Ones from these tame Pidgeons.

1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. 325 I have heard many say they think them as good [to eat] as our common Blue Pigeon.

1863 Trans. Ethnol. Soc. London 2 456 The blue pigeon, in a half-wild state,..is abundant in many parts of India.

1906 J. A. Thomson Outl. Zool. (ed. 4) vi. 86 Thus a blue pigeon like the ancestral Columba livia may be hatched in the dovecot.

b. Any of various chiefly tropical pigeons having bluish plumage; (now) esp. pigeons of the genus Alectroenas, found on islands in the western Indian Ocean.In quot. 1915, the passenger pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > miscellaneous types of

nutmeg pigeon1783

blue pigeon1790

Namaqua dove1801

mountain witch1823

partridge pigeon1823

imperial pigeon1830

toy1831

porcelain1855

toothbill1862

fruit-pigeon1865

orange dove1875

tambourine pigeon1891

topknot pigeon1891

cinnamon dove1895

partridge1936

1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. ii. 634 Blue P[igeon]... Size of a Domestic Pigeon... Inhabits Mexico.]

1790 J. Latham Index Ornithologicus II. 601 [Columba caerulea.] Blue pigeon... Habitat in Mexico.

1820 J. Crawfurd Hist. Indian Archipel. I. 507 A certain blue pigeon, called..by the Malays the Nutmeg-bird.

1863 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 301 Columba inornata... The Blue Pigeon is also an arboreal and highland Pigeon.

1915 Auk 32 38 I..did not further dissect the heart..—perhaps somewhat influenced by sentimental reasons, as the heart of the last ‘Blue Pigeon’ that the world will ever see alive.

1958 C. A. Naether Bk. of Pigeon (ed. 4) ix. 216 Plain pigeon (Columba inornata). At home in Cuba, the Isle of Pines, and Hispaniola, this Blue Pigeon, as some of the natives call it, rarely finds its way into fanciers' collections.

1992 Nat. World Winter 24/1 The Seychelles blue pigeons and Seychelles sunbirds come over and forage from the neighbouring islands at least 6 miles away.

2001 Biotropica 33 479/1 The [Madagascar] bulbul and blue pigeon are known to swallow seeds and void them in a viable state.

a. cant. Lead, esp. that used for roofing (cf. bluey n. 1). Now rare.In later use only in to fly the blue pigeon at Phrases, blue pigeon flying n. at Compounds.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > lead

leadc900

black leada1398

blue pigeon1735

blue lead1790

1735 Select Trials Old-Bailey II. 468/1 We could find no better Business than stealing Lead—We call it the Blue Pigeon.

1809 Proc. Old Bailey 26 June 385/2 [He said] I had better go up on the top of the house, there was something in the blue pigeon way. Q. What did you understand by the blue pigeon—A. Something of lead.

1835 Metropolitan 14 334 May I..be smothered if I had not sent a bit of blue pigeon [i.e. a bullet] through his nabs.

1841 Proc. Old Bailey 5 Apr. 890 He [sc. the sexton at Kensington] has many a bit of blue pigeon comes in his way.

1890 J. S. Farmer Slang I. 261/2 Blue Pigeon..(thieves').—Lead used for roofing purposes.

b. Nautical slang. The lead attached to the sounding line; the plummet. Now chiefly historical.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > sounding-line or -rod > weight on sounding-line

plummetc1384

leadc1440

sounding-lead1485

sinking lead1648

blue pigeon1818

1818 W. Cowherd Facts Authentic 33/1 Mariners,..when about to take soundings, sometimes use the phrase, ‘Throw out the blue pigeon.’

1856 Harper's Mag. Oct. 589/1 The speed [of the ship] was slackened, and the ‘blue pigeon’ kept constantly moving.

1857 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. 17 June in Writings (1906) IX. xi. 437 Nauset lights not of much use... Sailors preferred to depend on the ‘blue pigeon’ (lead).

1913 Outing Oct. 51/1 The ‘dipsea lead’ was coiled in a tub,..and the hand lead or ‘blue pigeon’ was ready in the mizzen channels.

2004 J. Vigor Pract. Encycl. Boating 172/2 An expert could get an accurate sounding with the ‘blue pigeon’, as the lead was called.

Phrases

to fly the blue pigeon: (a) cant to steal lead (now historical); (b) Nautical slang to cast the sounding lead.

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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (intransitive)] > steal lead

to fly the blue pigeon1781

society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (intransitive)] > sound depth

soundc1485

to fly the blue pigeon1781

lead1858

1781 G. Parker View Society & Manners II. i. 63 To fly the Blue Pigeon is cutting off lead from what they call a Prayer Book up to a Bible.

1787 Proc. Old Bailey 21 Feb. 428/2 We came up..opposite the place where the lead was stolen... One of the [others]..said, you have been flying the blue pigeon finely.

1825 Universal Songster I. 39/2 Ulloa, my covey, you seem to be out on the morning sneak there... Your are not going to fly the blue pigeon, are you?

1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous 77 ‘I'll learn you how to fly the Blue Pigeon. Shooo!’.. The lead sang a deep droning song as Tom Platt whirled it round and round.

1905 Strand Mag. Mar. 184/1 They had verified their position by flying the ‘blue pigeon’, as seamen call the deep-sea lead.

1998 G. K. Saunders Maggie Jackson's Kid ii. 6 It was flying the blue pigeon as was my downfall, sir... Seven coppers I got for it and seven years in Botany Bay.

Compounds

† blue pigeon flyer n. cant Obsolete a person who steals roofing lead.

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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > of lead

blue pigeon flyer1781

1781 G. Parker View Society & Manners II. i. 63 Blue Pigeon-Flyer. These are Journeymen Plumbers and Glaziers who repair houses, and Running Dustmen.

1860 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 334 Stealers of lead pipes—blue pigeon flyers.

blue pigeon flying n. cant now rare the action or practice of stealing roofing lead.

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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > lead from roofs

blue pigeon flying1789

1789 G. Parker Life's Painter xiv. 141 I must go on the lark-rig, blue pigeon-flying, or come the running glazier.

1801 G. Hanger Life I. 60 Those necessary professional accomplishments, such as coming the fawney, lully-prigging, sky-larking, blue pigeon-flying, [etc.].

1905 Pall Mall Mag. 36 350/1 A friend proposed to him a joint enterprise in blue pigeon flying. Blue pigeon flying is no matter for the bird-fancier, but consists in the..carrying away of lead sheeting and pipes.

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

单词	blue pigeon
释义	blue pigeonn. Brit. /ˌbluː ˈpɪdʒ(ᵻ)n/, U.S. /ˌblu ˈpɪdʒən/ Forms: see blue adj. and pigeon n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., pigeon n. Etymology: < blue adj. + pigeon n. 1. a. The wild rock dove, Columba livia, which has chiefly bluish-grey plumage, or a domesticated or feral variety of this having similar colouring. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > genus Columba > columba livia (rock-dove) rock dove1610 rock pigeon1611 sea-pigeon1620 blue pigeon1676 rockier1780 rocker1802 biset1834 rock1854 sod1885 tin-rock1892 1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler 78 There is also taken this month a black blew Dun, the dubbing of the furre of a black Rabbet mixt with a little yellow, the wings of the Feather of a blew Pigeons wing. 1721 W. Waller Let. in R. Bradley Gen. Treat. Husb. & Gardening (1726) I. 65 I chose them, rather than to stock my Dove-Court with the common wild blew Pidgeons, because we may draw young Ones from these tame Pidgeons. 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. 325 I have heard many say they think them as good [to eat] as our common Blue Pigeon. 1863 Trans. Ethnol. Soc. London 2 456 The blue pigeon, in a half-wild state,..is abundant in many parts of India. 1906 J. A. Thomson Outl. Zool. (ed. 4) vi. 86 Thus a blue pigeon like the ancestral Columba livia may be hatched in the dovecot. b. Any of various chiefly tropical pigeons having bluish plumage; (now) esp. pigeons of the genus Alectroenas, found on islands in the western Indian Ocean.In quot. 1915, the passenger pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > miscellaneous types of nutmeg pigeon1783 blue pigeon1790 Namaqua dove1801 mountain witch1823 partridge pigeon1823 imperial pigeon1830 toy1831 porcelain1855 toothbill1862 fruit-pigeon1865 orange dove1875 tambourine pigeon1891 topknot pigeon1891 cinnamon dove1895 partridge1936 1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. ii. 634 Blue P[igeon]... Size of a Domestic Pigeon... Inhabits Mexico.] 1790 J. Latham Index Ornithologicus II. 601 [Columba caerulea.] Blue pigeon... Habitat in Mexico. 1820 J. Crawfurd Hist. Indian Archipel. I. 507 A certain blue pigeon, called..by the Malays the Nutmeg-bird. 1863 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 301 Columba inornata... The Blue Pigeon is also an arboreal and highland Pigeon. 1915 Auk 32 38 I..did not further dissect the heart..—perhaps somewhat influenced by sentimental reasons, as the heart of the last ‘Blue Pigeon’ that the world will ever see alive. 1958 C. A. Naether Bk. of Pigeon (ed. 4) ix. 216 Plain pigeon (Columba inornata). At home in Cuba, the Isle of Pines, and Hispaniola, this Blue Pigeon, as some of the natives call it, rarely finds its way into fanciers' collections. 1992 Nat. World Winter 24/1 The Seychelles blue pigeons and Seychelles sunbirds come over and forage from the neighbouring islands at least 6 miles away. 2001 Biotropica 33 479/1 The [Madagascar] bulbul and blue pigeon are known to swallow seeds and void them in a viable state. 2. a. cant. Lead, esp. that used for roofing (cf. bluey n. 1). Now rare.In later use only in to fly the blue pigeon at Phrases, blue pigeon flying n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > lead leadc900 black leada1398 blue pigeon1735 blue lead1790 1735 Select Trials Old-Bailey II. 468/1 We could find no better Business than stealing Lead—We call it the Blue Pigeon. 1809 Proc. Old Bailey 26 June 385/2 [He said] I had better go up on the top of the house, there was something in the blue pigeon way. Q. What did you understand by the blue pigeon—A. Something of lead. 1835 Metropolitan 14 334 May I..be smothered if I had not sent a bit of blue pigeon [i.e. a bullet] through his nabs. 1841 Proc. Old Bailey 5 Apr. 890 He [sc. the sexton at Kensington] has many a bit of blue pigeon comes in his way. 1890 J. S. Farmer Slang I. 261/2 Blue Pigeon..(thieves').—Lead used for roofing purposes. b. Nautical slang. The lead attached to the sounding line; the plummet. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > sounding-line or -rod > weight on sounding-line plummetc1384 leadc1440 sounding-lead1485 sinking lead1648 blue pigeon1818 1818 W. Cowherd Facts Authentic 33/1 Mariners,..when about to take soundings, sometimes use the phrase, ‘Throw out the blue pigeon.’ 1856 Harper's Mag. Oct. 589/1 The speed [of the ship] was slackened, and the ‘blue pigeon’ kept constantly moving. 1857 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. 17 June in Writings (1906) IX. xi. 437 Nauset lights not of much use... Sailors preferred to depend on the ‘blue pigeon’ (lead). 1913 Outing Oct. 51/1 The ‘dipsea lead’ was coiled in a tub,..and the hand lead or ‘blue pigeon’ was ready in the mizzen channels. 2004 J. Vigor Pract. Encycl. Boating 172/2 An expert could get an accurate sounding with the ‘blue pigeon’, as the lead was called. Phrases to fly the blue pigeon: (a) cant to steal lead (now historical); (b) Nautical slang to cast the sounding lead. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (intransitive)] > steal lead to fly the blue pigeon1781 society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (intransitive)] > sound depth soundc1485 to fly the blue pigeon1781 lead1858 1781 G. Parker View Society & Manners II. i. 63 To fly the Blue Pigeon is cutting off lead from what they call a Prayer Book up to a Bible. 1787 Proc. Old Bailey 21 Feb. 428/2 We came up..opposite the place where the lead was stolen... One of the [others]..said, you have been flying the blue pigeon finely. 1825 Universal Songster I. 39/2 Ulloa, my covey, you seem to be out on the morning sneak there... Your are not going to fly the blue pigeon, are you? 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous 77 ‘I'll learn you how to fly the Blue Pigeon. Shooo!’.. The lead sang a deep droning song as Tom Platt whirled it round and round. 1905 Strand Mag. Mar. 184/1 They had verified their position by flying the ‘blue pigeon’, as seamen call the deep-sea lead. 1998 G. K. Saunders Maggie Jackson's Kid ii. 6 It was flying the blue pigeon as was my downfall, sir... Seven coppers I got for it and seven years in Botany Bay. Compounds † blue pigeon flyer n. cant Obsolete a person who steals roofing lead. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > of lead blue pigeon flyer1781 1781 G. Parker View Society & Manners II. i. 63 Blue Pigeon-Flyer. These are Journeymen Plumbers and Glaziers who repair houses, and Running Dustmen. 1860 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 334 Stealers of lead pipes—blue pigeon flyers. blue pigeon flying n. cant now rare the action or practice of stealing roofing lead. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > lead from roofs blue pigeon flying1789 1789 G. Parker Life's Painter xiv. 141 I must go on the lark-rig, blue pigeon-flying, or come the running glazier. 1801 G. Hanger Life I. 60 Those necessary professional accomplishments, such as coming the fawney, lully-prigging, sky-larking, blue pigeon-flying, [etc.]. 1905 Pall Mall Mag. 36 350/1 A friend proposed to him a joint enterprise in blue pigeon flying. Blue pigeon flying is no matter for the bird-fancier, but consists in the..carrying away of lead sheeting and pipes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1676
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