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单词 stud mare
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stud maren.

Brit. /ˈstʌd mɛː/, U.S. /ˈstəd ˌmɛ(ə)r/
Forms: see stud n.2 and adj. and mare n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: stud n.2, mare n.1
Etymology: < stud n.2 + mare n.1 Compare Old Icelandic stóðmerr . Compare stud horse n.
archaic and rare in later use.
1. A female horse kept for breeding; a brood mare.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > female > mare > used for breeding
stud mareeOE
stud?a1500
steid-meir1582
brood-mare1792
matron1931
eOE Laws of Ælfred (Corpus Cambr. 173) xvi. 58 Gif mon cu oððe stodmyran forstele & folan oððe cealf of adrife, forgelde mid scillingum & þa moder be hiora weorðe.
1404 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 399 (MED) 1 studmer cum pullo.
a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 147 Great studmares we bryng vp in Flaunders.
1594 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 34 (note) Pasturage of stuid-meiris, profits of each in foill 20 merks.
1671 J. Halfpenny Gentleman's Jocky 92 First and principally you must foresee, that your Stallion and Studd Mares be both of good and lively nature.
1709 Irish Act 8 Anne c. 3 §34 Every papist or reputed papist may keep such stud-mares and stallions.
1789 W. Williams Primitive Hist. iii. 55 A foal's hippomanes mix'd with the lover's blood, or the virus of a stud mare..are powerful philtres.
1860 H. W. Herbert Hints to Horse-keepers ii. 26 A mare with all the best bloods in the world in her veins, if she has not good shapes, good size, and good points, is not fit for a stud mare.
1871 Farmer's Mag. Aug. 116/1 The other section was composed of..weight-carrying hunters, hackney stallions, and stud mares.
1961 M. Magnusson tr. H. Laxness Atom Station v. 39 Beethoven..fell in love with a few countesses, rather like an old hack falling for stud-mares.
2009 R. Rapple Martial Power & Elizabethan Polit. Culture vii. 283 The amount of wealth taken was substantial: 4,000 cows, 500 stud mares and horses and 1,000 sheep according to O'Malley.
2. derogatory. A promiscuous woman. Cf. mare n.1 2b, bitch n.1 3. Obsolete.
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?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 235 Ich am aful stodmare. a stinkinde hore.
a1450 York Plays (1885) 193 A! ffalse stodmere and stynkand stroye.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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