brackenn.¹

Brit.

/ˈbrak(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈbrækən/

Forms: Also Middle English–1800s braken, Middle English brakan, bracon, 1600s braking, breccan, 1700s brachen (Scottish), 1700s–1800s breckan (Scottish), breckon (northern dialect).

Etymology: Middle English (northern) braken, apparently representing an Old Norse *brakni, whence Swedish bräken, Danish bregne ‘fern’ (? and, by corruption, Icelandic burkni ‘common fern’.) The alleged Old English bracce weak feminine is merely a guess of Cockayne's ( Saxon Leechdoms III. 315) from the place-name Braccanheal Bracknell (which may possibly be from a personal name Bracca). It could not, in any case, be the predecessor of Middle English braken . Compare brake n.¹, brack n.⁴

a. A fern; spec. (in modern writers) Pteris aquilina, the ‘Brake’. (In the north all large ferns are brackens; Pteris aquilina is merely the most conspicuous and best known, from the masses in which it grows.) Southern writers often make bracken collective. Also attributive.

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the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > fern or bracken

ferna800

brakec1325

brackenc1400

brack1482

bracken-bush1483

pteris1601

fern-brake1611

filix1731

lady bracken1820

pteridoid1866

pteridophyte1880

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1675 Þou..most..byte on þe bent of braken & erbes.

1483 Cath. Angl. 40 A Braken, filix.

1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng vi. f. 6^v Yet may he laufully..selle all the wode, brome, gorse, fyrs, braken, ferne, busshes.

1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. D.ij The commune Ferne or brake, whiche the Northerne men cal a bracon.

1563 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 169 Burning brakens.

1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 332 The ashes of breccans.

1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica II. 653 [Osmunda regalis] Flowering Fern, or Osmund Royal. Anglis. Royal Brachens. Scotis.

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 162 Amang the brachens, on the brae.

1810 R. Tannahill Gloomy Winter Feathery breckans fringe the rocks.

1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake Introd. 4 I found thee in the braken glen.

1878 W. Black Green Pastures ii. 13 Withered brackens coming up in solitary stalks of green.

b. A shade of brown resembling the colour of turning bracken; a warm orangey-brown.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > orange-brown

bracken1923

1923 Weekly Disp. 8 Apr. 14 (advt.) Shades include Nigger, Bracken, Brown, Tan, Grey.

1978 Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 33 (advt.) Mini 1000 in bracken, one owner.

Compounds

† bracken-bush n. Obsolete a large plant or clump of fern or bracken.

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the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > fern or bracken

ferna800

brakec1325

brackenc1400

brack1482

bracken-bush1483

pteris1601

fern-brake1611

filix1731

lady bracken1820

pteridoid1866

pteridophyte1880

1483 Cath. Angl. 40 Brakanbuske, filicarium, felicetum.

bracken-clock n. the Rose-beetle ( Phyllopertha horticola).

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > member of genus Phyllopertha (May-bug)

chovy1784

May-bug1835

May-beetle1842

May-bug1860

bracken-clock1884

1884 G. F. Braithwaite Salmonidæ Westmorland vi. 27 The bracken~clock, or rose-beetle.

Derivatives

brackened adj.

/ˈbræk(ə)nd/ overgrown with bracken.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > specific plants

thornyc1000

daisieda1616

brackya1618

osiereda1759

brackeny1834

brackened1884

1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan i. i. 32 Brackened braes and craggy hills.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

† brackenn.²

Etymology: < Gaelic and Irish breacan, < breac spotted or chequered.

Obsolete.

A tartan plaid worn by Highlanders and northern Irishmen. (See 1653 Hickson Irel. 17th C. I. 257.)

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > plaid > types of

Irish mantle1488

bracken1652

plaidie1719

serape1834

1652 News from Lowe Countreys 2 The Scottish Brackin.

1653 Exam. D. Mac Gillmartin in M. Hickson Irel. 17th C. (1884) I. 277 Had seen his mother's bracken in the hands of the soldiers.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 57 I am as familiar with brogues and bracken as if I had worn them myself.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	bracken
释义	brackenn.¹ Brit. /ˈbrak(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈbrækən/ Forms: Also Middle English–1800s braken, Middle English brakan, bracon, 1600s braking, breccan, 1700s brachen (Scottish), 1700s–1800s breckan (Scottish), breckon (northern dialect). Etymology: Middle English (northern) braken, apparently representing an Old Norse brakni, whence Swedish bräken, Danish bregne* ‘fern’ (? and, by corruption, Icelandic burkni ‘common fern’.) The alleged Old English bracce weak feminine is merely a guess of Cockayne's ( Saxon Leechdoms III. 315) from the place-name Braccanheal Bracknell (which may possibly be from a personal name Bracca). It could not, in any case, be the predecessor of Middle English braken . Compare brake n.¹, brack n.⁴ a. A fern; spec. (in modern writers) Pteris aquilina, the ‘Brake’. (In the north all large ferns are brackens; Pteris aquilina is merely the most conspicuous and best known, from the masses in which it grows.) Southern writers often make bracken collective. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > fern or bracken ferna800 brakec1325 brackenc1400 brack1482 bracken-bush1483 pteris1601 fern-brake1611 filix1731 lady bracken1820 pteridoid1866 pteridophyte1880 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1675 Þou..most..byte on þe bent of braken & erbes. 1483 Cath. Angl. 40 A Braken, filix. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng vi. f. 6^v Yet may he laufully..selle all the wode, brome, gorse, fyrs, braken, ferne, busshes. 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. D.ij The commune Ferne or brake, whiche the Northerne men cal a bracon. 1563 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 169 Burning brakens. 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 332 The ashes of breccans. 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica II. 653 [Osmunda regalis] Flowering Fern, or Osmund Royal. Anglis. Royal Brachens. Scotis. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 162 Amang the brachens, on the brae. 1810 R. Tannahill Gloomy Winter Feathery breckans fringe the rocks. 1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake Introd. 4 I found thee in the braken glen. 1878 W. Black Green Pastures ii. 13 Withered brackens coming up in solitary stalks of green. b. A shade of brown resembling the colour of turning bracken; a warm orangey-brown. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > orange-brown bracken1923 1923 Weekly Disp. 8 Apr. 14 (advt.) Shades include Nigger, Bracken, Brown, Tan, Grey. 1978 Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 33 (advt.) Mini 1000 in bracken, one owner. Compounds † bracken-bush n. Obsolete a large plant or clump of fern or bracken. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > fern or bracken ferna800 brakec1325 brackenc1400 brack1482 bracken-bush1483 pteris1601 fern-brake1611 filix1731 lady bracken1820 pteridoid1866 pteridophyte1880 1483 Cath. Angl. 40 Brakanbuske, filicarium, felicetum. bracken-clock n. the Rose-beetle ( Phyllopertha horticola). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > member of genus Phyllopertha (May-bug) chovy1784 May-bug1835 May-beetle1842 May-bug1860 bracken-clock1884 1884 G. F. Braithwaite Salmonidæ Westmorland vi. 27 The bracken~clock, or rose-beetle. Derivatives brackened adj. /ˈbræk(ə)nd/ overgrown with bracken. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > specific plants thornyc1000 daisieda1616 brackya1618 osiereda1759 brackeny1834 brackened1884 1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan i. i. 32 Brackened braes and craggy hills. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † brackenn.² Etymology: < Gaelic and Irish breacan, < breac spotted or chequered. Obsolete. A tartan plaid worn by Highlanders and northern Irishmen. (See 1653 Hickson Irel. 17th C. I. 257.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > plaid > types of Irish mantle1488 bracken1652 plaidie1719 serape1834 1652 News from Lowe Countreys 2 The Scottish Brackin. 1653 Exam. D. Mac Gillmartin in M. Hickson Irel. 17th C. (1884) I. 277 Had seen his mother's bracken in the hands of the soldiers. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 57 I am as familiar with brogues and bracken as if I had worn them myself. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.¹c1400n.²1652
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