单词 | waddy |
释义 | waddyn.1 Australian. a. An Aboriginal war-club. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] sowelc893 treec893 cudgelc897 stinga900 bat?c1225 sticka1275 clubc1275 truncheon14.. bourdonc1325 bastona1400 warderera1400 plantc1400 kibble1411 playloomc1440 hurlbatc1450 ploykc1450 rung1491 libberlac1500 waster1533 batonc1550 macana1555 libbet1562 bastinado1574 crab-tree comb1593 tomahawkc1612 billeta1616 wiper1622 batoon1637 gibbeta1640 crab-bat1647 kibbo1688 Indian club1694 batterdasher1696 crab-stick1703 bloodwipea1705 bludgeon1730 kierie1731 oaken towel1739 crab1740 shillelagh1772 knobstick1783 pogamogganc1788 whirlbat1791 nulla-nulla1798 waddy1800 kevel1807 supple1815 mere1820 hurlet1825 knobkerrie1826 blackthorn1829 bastera1833 twig1842 leangle1845 alpeen1847 banger1849 billy1856 thwack-stave1857 clump1868 cosh1869 nulla1878 sap1899 waddy1899 blunt instrument1923 1788 D. Southwell in Hist. Rec. New S. Wales (1893) II. 698 A stick or club, wad-di or wad-dty.] 1800 J. Hunter in Hist. Rec. Austral. (1914) 1st Ser. I. ii. 406 They had each a Spear and a Warmaraa and a Waddy. 1807 J. Savage Some Acct. N.Z. viii. 52 The men..carry a waddy..in figure somewhat resembling a large battledore..usually formed of hard black stone. 1814 Flinders Voy. II. 189 Something resembling the whaddie, or wooden sword of the natives of Port Jackson. 1818 J. Oxley Jrnls. Two Exped. New S. Wales (1820) 226 After beating their spears and waddies together for about a quarter of an hour,..they went away. 1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes I. vii. 220 The waddy is a heavy, knobbed club, about two feet long. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xviii Blows from the unerring waddy. 1892 J. Fraser Aborigines of New S. Wales 74 A general name for all Australian clubs is ‘waddy’, and, although they are really clubs, they are often used as missiles in battle. b. transferred. Any club or stick; spec. a walking-stick. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] sowelc893 treec893 cudgelc897 stinga900 bat?c1225 sticka1275 clubc1275 truncheon14.. bourdonc1325 bastona1400 warderera1400 plantc1400 kibble1411 playloomc1440 hurlbatc1450 ploykc1450 rung1491 libberlac1500 waster1533 batonc1550 macana1555 libbet1562 bastinado1574 crab-tree comb1593 tomahawkc1612 billeta1616 wiper1622 batoon1637 gibbeta1640 crab-bat1647 kibbo1688 Indian club1694 batterdasher1696 crab-stick1703 bloodwipea1705 bludgeon1730 kierie1731 oaken towel1739 crab1740 shillelagh1772 knobstick1783 pogamogganc1788 whirlbat1791 nulla-nulla1798 waddy1800 kevel1807 supple1815 mere1820 hurlet1825 knobkerrie1826 blackthorn1829 bastera1833 twig1842 leangle1845 alpeen1847 banger1849 billy1856 thwack-stave1857 clump1868 cosh1869 nulla1878 sap1899 waddy1899 blunt instrument1923 the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on > walking stick staffc725 yardc1000 bat?c1225 rodc1300 handstaffa1425 walking staffc1450 sceptre1526 walking stick1580 stick1620 nibbie1812 baton1860 waddy1974 1899 ‘S. Rudd’ On our Selection 19 We each carried a kerosine tin, slung like a kettle-drum, and belted it with a waddy. 1936 M. Franklin All that Swagger 88 None of that bad language or I'll take a waddy to you. 1972 Southerly 32 200 Freeth had offered him the use of his cane—his ‘waddy’, as he called it—after the first week. 1974 K. Cook Bloodhouse 31 She had seen him..smash his ebony waddy hard down on his neck. Derivatives ˈwaddy v. (transitive) to strike, beat, or kill, with a waddy. ΚΠ 1855 Ld. Sherbrooke Poems (1885) 100 The black thieves appeared, My shepherds they waddied, my cattle they speared. 1859 Huxley Let. 25 June in L. Huxley Life & Lett. (1903) I. xiii. 252 The fellows who waddied the Amphitherium and speared the Phascolotherium. 1890 Argus (Melbourne) 16 Aug. 4/8 He waddied Kate pretty near to death when he got to camp that night. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). waddyn.2 U.S. slang. A cattle rustler; a cowboy, esp. a temporary cowhand. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > stealers of animals > [noun] > of cattle dunaker1668 cattle-stealer1803 duffer1844 cattle-lifter1860 cattle-thief1862 rustler1878 planter1890 waddy1897 cattle-rustler1903 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > herding of cattle > cowherd cowherda1000 oxherd1281 geldherd1284 nowtherd1296 neatherd1301 drover1384 catcherc1400 caller?a1500 ox-boy1580 neatress1586 harrier1591 cowherdess1611 spurn-cow1614 neatherdess1648 cowgirl1753 herds-woman1818 oxman1820 ranchero1825 topsman1825 vaquero1826 herdsmaiden1829 overlander1841 cattle-herd1845 cowboy1849 buckaroo1852 stock-rider1862 pointer1869 night-herder1870 puncher1870 bull-puncher1872 outrider1872 cowpuncher1873 range man1875 cow-puncher1878 herd-boy1878 cow-girl1884 trail-herd1885 trail boss1890 nighthawk1903 point man1903 swing man1903 top hand1912 charro1926 waddy1927 cattle-puncher1928 cowpoke1928 paniolo1947 1897 E. Hough Story of Cowboy 279 A genuine rustler was called a ‘waddy’, a name difficult to trace to its origin. 1927 J. Lomax Cowboy Songs 374 He rides a fancy horse, he's a favorite man, Can get more credit than a common waddie can. 1931 W. Rogers in S. K. Gragert Will Rogers' Weekly Articles (1982) V. 470 You town waddies know what a Combine is? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.11800n.21897 |
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