单词 | trevally |
释义 | † trevallyn.1 Obsolete or dialect. 1. A signal made by beating the drum; also attributive, trevally-beat. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal on instrument > signal on drums tattoo1644 trevally1645 troop1688 générale1698 general1706 retreat1706 long roll1756 rappel1796 parley1867 assemble1883 1645 R. Symonds Diary (1859) 224 When the trevall was beate, and they lett downe their bridge for their scouts. 1675 J. Crowne Countrey Wit ii. 25 Beat a Travalley on the Drums of their ears. 1685 B. Ringrose Bucaniers Amer. iv. 10 We heard..a small arm discharged, and after that a drum beating a Travailler. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 154/2 The seuerall Beates or points of warre are these..14 A Revally, or Trevally, and ruvalley. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 144 The next Morning I..Landed presently after Travally-Beat. 1789 J. O'Keeffe Highland Reel i. ii Your rattan would be the drumstick of the corps, to beat the travally on my back—row-dy-dow! 2. A disturbance, a noisy ‘to-do’. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [noun] > uproar or tumult brack?c1200 ludea1275 ludingc1275 grede13.. to-doc1330 stevenc1385 ruitc1390 shoutingc1405 rumourc1425 dirdumc1440 shout1487 rippit?1507 glamer?a1513 rangat?a1513 reird?a1513 larumc1515 reirdour1535 uproar1544 clamouring1548 racket1565 baldare1582 rack jack1582 rufflery1582 pother1603 rut1607 clamorousnessa1617 hurricane1639 clutter1656 flaw1676 splutter1677 rout1684 hirdum-dirdum1724 fracas1727 collieshangie1737 racketing1760 hullabaloo1762 hurly1806 bobbery1816 trevally1819 pandemonium1827 hurly-burly1830 outroar1845 on-ding1871 tow-row1877 ruckus1885 molrowing1892 rookus1892 rux1918 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > (a) noisy rippit?1507 hubbleshowa1525 burlinga1533 hubble-shubblec1550 burle1563 coil1567 hirdy-girdy1568 riff-raff1582 rut1607 hubbuba1625 clutter1656 sputter1673 splutter1677 rattle1688 rumpus1745 ree-raw1797 bobbery1816 trevally1819 stramash1821 nitty1822 hell's delight1823 pandemonium1827 oration1828 Bob's-a-dying1829 hubbaboo1830 reerie1832 circus1869 tow-row1877 ruaille buaille1885 brouhaha1890 foofaraw1933 bangarang1943 bassa-bassa1956 1819 St. Patrick I. 162 (Jam.) Gin ye could airt me tae ane o' them [runnigates], we wad let you see a fine trevallie. 1866 Kennedy Irish Celts 19 (E.D.D.) There was such a thravally ruz..about it. 1881 Cumberland Gloss. Trevally, disturbance, quarrelling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2021). trevallyn.2 A name applied in Australasia to several sea-fishes, mostly of the family Carangidæ or Horse-Mackerels. Six species of Caranx, Neptonemus, and Teuthis, to which the name is applied, are enumerated by Morris Austral English. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Carangidae (scads) > member of yellowtaila1622 cavally1634 horse-mackerela1705 yellow jack1851 carangoid1863 trevally1883 carangid1889 turrum1936 1883 E. P. Ramsay Food Fishes New S. Wales 20 The white trevally, Caranx georgianus,..on the New South Wales coast..seldom..weighing over 1½ to 2 lbs., is found on the shores of Queensland of a much greater size. 1883 Official Catal. Internat. Fisheries Exhib. (ed. 4) 184 The Collection also contains..the..‘Trevalley’. 1886 R. A. A. Sherrin Handbk. Fishes N.Z. 99 Dr. Hector says: ‘The trevalli is the arara of the Maoris, or the trevalli or cavalli of the fishermen... The fish known as trevalli in the Dunedin district is a different fish.’ 1890 Victorian Statutes, Fisheries Act Schedule 2 Travale. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.11645n.21883 |
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