tuskyn.

Brit.

/ˈtʌski/, U.S.

/ˈtəski/

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: tusky adj.

Etymology: Apparently < tusky adj., perhaps so called on account of the appearance of the rhubarb stalks (compare tusky adj. b). Eng. Dial. Dict. (1905) at tusky sb. records an earlier obsolete (and apparently unrelated) use in sense ‘a straw hat’ in West Yorkshire.

English regional (Yorkshire).

As a mass noun: rhubarb; sticks of rhubarb as a foodstuff.Also (and in earliest use) attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > stalk vegetables > [noun] > rhubarb

rha1578

rhubarb1650

tusky1957

1957 K. Waterhouse There is Happy Land viii. 81 They just said they'd been in the tusky fields.

1977 T. Harrison in Stand 19 ii. 65/2 Mi little stick of Leeds-grown tusky.

1995 C. Dawson Living Backwards ii. 151 Aunty Dot made boiled ‘tusky’, or rhubarb.

2016 @brianthebutcher 14 Mar. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) No better tusky than from the rhubarb triangle.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

tuskyadj.

Brit.

/ˈtʌski/, U.S.

/ˈtəski/

Etymology: < tusk n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

a. Characterized by tusks; tusked: chiefly as a poetic epithet of the wild boar.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having teeth > resembling a tusk > having a tusk

tuskedc1405

tushy1430

tushedc1440

tusky1620

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. xxxiv. 228 The Tuskie Boare was laid along, with many iauelins points.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 48 On Mountain tops, to chace the tusky Boar.

a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 61 For them our tusky elephant expires.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xx. 160 That marine pachyderm, the tusky walrus.

b. Having projections like tusks.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective] > having (a) sharp projection(s)

tootheda1387

tatteredc1394

beaked1589

toothy1611

beaking1679

spiked1681

sworded1681

pronged1707

spiky1720

teethful1729

sharp-pointed1748

spiculated1762

arrowy1791

nibbed1794

shark-toothed1794

tusky1830

spicant1867

spurry1875

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. vi. x. 332 The banks, ragged and tusky with fallen trees, were in few places accessible.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	tusky
释义	tuskyn. Brit. /ˈtʌski/, U.S. /ˈtəski/ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: tusky adj. Etymology: Apparently < tusky adj., perhaps so called on account of the appearance of the rhubarb stalks (compare tusky adj. b). Eng. Dial. Dict. (1905) at tusky sb. records an earlier obsolete (and apparently unrelated) use in sense ‘a straw hat’ in West Yorkshire. English regional (Yorkshire). As a mass noun: rhubarb; sticks of rhubarb as a foodstuff.Also (and in earliest use) attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > stalk vegetables > [noun] > rhubarb rha1578 rhubarb1650 tusky1957 1957 K. Waterhouse There is Happy Land viii. 81 They just said they'd been in the tusky fields. 1977 T. Harrison in Stand 19 ii. 65/2 Mi little stick of Leeds-grown tusky. 1995 C. Dawson Living Backwards ii. 151 Aunty Dot made boiled ‘tusky’, or rhubarb. 2016 @brianthebutcher 14 Mar. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) No better tusky than from the rhubarb triangle. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tuskyadj. Brit. /ˈtʌski/, U.S. /ˈtəski/ Etymology: < tusk n.¹ + -y suffix¹. a. Characterized by tusks; tusked: chiefly as a poetic epithet of the wild boar. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having teeth > resembling a tusk > having a tusk tuskedc1405 tushy1430 tushedc1440 tusky1620 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. xxxiv. 228 The Tuskie Boare was laid along, with many iauelins points. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 48 On Mountain tops, to chace the tusky Boar. a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 61 For them our tusky elephant expires. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xx. 160 That marine pachyderm, the tusky walrus. b. Having projections like tusks. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective] > having (a) sharp projection(s) tootheda1387 tatteredc1394 beaked1589 toothy1611 beaking1679 spiked1681 sworded1681 pronged1707 spiky1720 teethful1729 sharp-pointed1748 spiculated1762 arrowy1791 nibbed1794 shark-toothed1794 tusky1830 spicant1867 spurry1875 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. vi. x. 332 The banks, ragged and tusky with fallen trees, were in few places accessible. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1957adj.1620
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