titlarkn.

Brit.

/ˈtɪtlɑːk/, U.S.

/ˈtɪtˌlɑrk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tit n.⁴, lark n.¹

Etymology: < tit n.⁴ + lark n.¹

1. Originally: the meadow pipit, Anthus pratensis (also called titling, tit-pipit) (now rare). In later use also: the buff-bellied or American pipit, A. rubescens (more fully American titlark, brown titlark).In quot. 1773: the tree pipit, A. trivialis, which Gilbert White confused with the meadow pipit.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Motacillidae > genus Anthus > anthus pratensis (titlark)

titlingc1550

linget1552

lark1602

chit1610

meadowlark1611

cucknel1655

titlark1666

cheeper1684

moss-cheeper1684

old-field lark1805

ling-bird1814

tit-pipit1817

meadow pipit1825

meadow titling1828

furze-lark1854

peep1859

1666 C. Merrett Pinax Rerum Naturalium Britannicarum 176 Alauda pratensis, the tit-Lark.

1681 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Stomachs & Guts viii. 37 in Musæum Regalis Societatis The House-Sparrow, Linnet, Titlark, and many more.

1745 J. Piercy Nat. Hist. Irish Song Birds 47 They are not in Colour much unlike the Pippet, which we wrongfully in Ireland call a Tit Lark.

1773 G. White Let. 9 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 98 Titlarks not only sing sweetly as they sit on trees, but also as they play and toy about on the wing.

1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 359 The song of the Canary-bird is generally composed either of the Titlark's or the Nightingale's notes.

1831 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. I. 50 I am inclined to consider the Brown Titlark identical with the Water Pipit of Europe.

1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 112/2 In North America pipits are represented by only two species—Neocorys spraguii, the Prairie-Lark.., and Anthus ludovicianus, the American Titlark.

1922 G. Kennan E. H. Harriman I. vii. 192 Even at the summit of the White Pass, amid snow and ice, the rosy finch, titlark, and golden-crown sparrow were singing merrily.

2001 Express (Nexis) 8 May (Sport section) 64 This comes to you from a cabin surrounded by birch trees and brambles—and a titlark has just flown past the window.

†2. slang. An onlooker, a spectator; a witness. Obsolete.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > bystander or onlooker

circumstanta1513

bystander1534

stander-by1534

looker-on?1536

onlooker1550

titlark1800

tricoteuse1828

railbird1894

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > eyewitness

eyewitness1539

ocular witness1570

titlark1800

1800 Sporting Mag. Apr. 26/1 Found the beaks and titlarks reading the papers.

1800 Oracle & Daily Advertiser 13 Dec. [I] should have got off for want of evidence, had not a Titlark swore that a few evenings since I had pulled him up on Hounslow Heath.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	titlark
释义	titlarkn. Brit. /ˈtɪtlɑːk/, U.S. /ˈtɪtˌlɑrk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tit n.⁴, lark n.¹ Etymology: < tit n.⁴ + lark n.¹ 1. Originally: the meadow pipit, Anthus pratensis (also called titling, tit-pipit) (now rare). In later use also: the buff-bellied or American pipit, A. rubescens (more fully American titlark, brown titlark).In quot. 1773: the tree pipit, A. trivialis, which Gilbert White confused with the meadow pipit. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Motacillidae > genus Anthus > anthus pratensis (titlark) titlingc1550 linget1552 lark1602 chit1610 meadowlark1611 cucknel1655 titlark1666 cheeper1684 moss-cheeper1684 old-field lark1805 ling-bird1814 tit-pipit1817 meadow pipit1825 meadow titling1828 furze-lark1854 peep1859 1666 C. Merrett Pinax Rerum Naturalium Britannicarum 176 Alauda pratensis, the tit-Lark. 1681 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Stomachs & Guts viii. 37 in Musæum Regalis Societatis The House-Sparrow, Linnet, Titlark, and many more. 1745 J. Piercy Nat. Hist. Irish Song Birds 47 They are not in Colour much unlike the Pippet, which we wrongfully in Ireland call a Tit Lark. 1773 G. White Let. 9 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 98 Titlarks not only sing sweetly as they sit on trees, but also as they play and toy about on the wing. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 359 The song of the Canary-bird is generally composed either of the Titlark's or the Nightingale's notes. 1831 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. I. 50 I am inclined to consider the Brown Titlark identical with the Water Pipit of Europe. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 112/2 In North America pipits are represented by only two species—Neocorys spraguii, the Prairie-Lark.., and Anthus ludovicianus, the American Titlark. 1922 G. Kennan E. H. Harriman I. vii. 192 Even at the summit of the White Pass, amid snow and ice, the rosy finch, titlark, and golden-crown sparrow were singing merrily. 2001 Express (Nexis) 8 May (Sport section) 64 This comes to you from a cabin surrounded by birch trees and brambles—and a titlark has just flown past the window. †2. slang. An onlooker, a spectator; a witness. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > bystander or onlooker circumstanta1513 bystander1534 stander-by1534 looker-on?1536 onlooker1550 titlark1800 tricoteuse1828 railbird1894 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > eyewitness eyewitness1539 ocular witness1570 titlark1800 1800 Sporting Mag. Apr. 26/1 Found the beaks and titlarks reading the papers. 1800 Oracle & Daily Advertiser 13 Dec. [I] should have got off for want of evidence, had not a Titlark swore that a few evenings since I had pulled him up on Hounslow Heath. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1666
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