英语词汇“to cry or shout the kirn”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. The cutting of the last handful of corn (the kirn-cut) on the harvest-field. Chiefly in the phrases to win (get) the kirn: to gain the distinction of cutting down the last armful of corn; to succeed in finishing the harvest; to cry or shout the kirn: to cheer or shout in token of this. (Now rare.)

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing > cutting of last handful

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1808–18 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Kirn, the last handful of grain cut down on the harvest-field.

1821 Blackwood's Mag. 400 (Jam.) I shall either gain a kiss from some fair lip for winning the kirn, or some shall have hot brows for it.

1836 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders II. 209 (E.D.D.) An hour would be sufficient to terminate their harvest toils and win the kirn.

1866 W. Henderson Notes Folk Lore Northern Counties 66 When the sickle is laid down, and the last sheaf of golden corn set on end, it is said that they have ‘got the kern’. [The words I have heard used in crying the kirn in Roxburghshire, a1860, were ‘The corn's shorn, the kirn's won, Kirnie, kirnie, coo-oo-oo!’ the last word much prolonged. J.A.H.M.]

单词	to cry or shout the kirn
释义	> as lemmas to cry or shout the kirn 2. The cutting of the last handful of corn (the kirn-cut) on the harvest-field. Chiefly in the phrases to win (get) the kirn: to gain the distinction of cutting down the last armful of corn; to succeed in finishing the harvest; to cry or shout the kirn: to cheer or shout in token of this. (Now rare.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing > cutting of last handful kirn1808 kirn-winning1819 1808–18 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Kirn, the last handful of grain cut down on the harvest-field. 1821 Blackwood's Mag. 400 (Jam.) I shall either gain a kiss from some fair lip for winning the kirn, or some shall have hot brows for it. 1836 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders II. 209 (E.D.D.) An hour would be sufficient to terminate their harvest toils and win the kirn. 1866 W. Henderson Notes Folk Lore Northern Counties 66 When the sickle is laid down, and the last sheaf of golden corn set on end, it is said that they have ‘got the kern’. [The words I have heard used in crying the kirn in Roxburghshire, a1860, were ‘The corn's shorn, the kirn's won, Kirnie, kirnie, coo-oo-oo!’ the last word much prolonged. J.A.H.M.] extracted from kirnn.² < as lemmas
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