whortn.

/hwəːt/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s whorte, 1600s whurt, 1700s–1800s wort.

Etymology: South-western dialect form of hurt n.² (compare whoam for home , whole for earlier hole , and whortleberry n.).

dialect.

= whortleberry n. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > bilberry or myrtleberry

blackberrylOE

wineberry14..

whimberryc1460

myrtle berry?a1500

blaeberry1562

whort1578

whortleberry1578

bilberry1584

vaccinium1597

whortle1597

frawn1726

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > bilberry bush

whort1578

whortleberry1578

vaccinium1597

whortle1597

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xi. 670 There be two sortes of Whortes, and Whortel berries, wherof the common sort are blacke, and the other are red.

1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1228 Vaccinia or Whortes..differ from Violets; neither are they flowers, but berries.

1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cxvi Black Whorts, or Bill-Berries.

1660 J. Childrey Britannia Baconica 12 For fruits, they [in Cornwall] have a sort called Whurts.

1773 Encycl. Brit. at Vaccinium The myrtillus [printed -is], or black whortleberries or bilberries;..the cantabricum, or Irish whorts; the vitis idea, or red whorts.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 370 Black Worts. Black Whortle-berries.

1802 S. T. Coleridge Picture 4 I..now climb, and now descend O'er rocks, or bare or mossy, with wild foot Crushing the purple whorts.

1856 G. Roberts Social Hist. S. Counties Eng. 561 During the Whort-season children used to assemble to partake of Whort-pies..made with a brown crust, and eaten with clouted cream,..a west country delicacy.

1917 Contemp. Rev. Nov. 582 I do mind the autumn when Mrs. Ann Pugsley did witch John Craw. 'Twur at the whort gathering.

Derivatives

ˈwhorting n. gathering whortleberries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > berry-picking

strawberrying1634

huckleberrying1721

whorting1746

blackberrying1786

barberrying1859

bilberrying1859

berrying1884

1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) i. 7 And why dedst thee, than, tell me 'Isterday o' losting my Rewden Hat in the Rex-bush, out to whorting?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	whort
释义	whortn. /hwəːt/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s whorte, 1600s whurt, 1700s–1800s wort. Etymology: South-western dialect form of hurt n.² (compare whoam for home , whole for earlier hole , and whortleberry n.). dialect. = whortleberry n. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > bilberry or myrtleberry blackberrylOE wineberry14.. whimberryc1460 myrtle berry?a1500 blaeberry1562 whort1578 whortleberry1578 bilberry1584 vaccinium1597 whortle1597 frawn1726 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > bilberry bush whort1578 whortleberry1578 vaccinium1597 whortle1597 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xi. 670 There be two sortes of Whortes, and Whortel berries, wherof the common sort are blacke, and the other are red. 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1228 Vaccinia or Whortes..differ from Violets; neither are they flowers, but berries. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cxvi Black Whorts, or Bill-Berries. 1660 J. Childrey Britannia Baconica 12 For fruits, they [in Cornwall] have a sort called Whurts. 1773 Encycl. Brit. at Vaccinium The myrtillus [printed -is], or black whortleberries or bilberries;..the cantabricum, or Irish whorts; the vitis idea, or red whorts. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 370 Black Worts. Black Whortle-berries. 1802 S. T. Coleridge Picture 4 I..now climb, and now descend O'er rocks, or bare or mossy, with wild foot Crushing the purple whorts. 1856 G. Roberts Social Hist. S. Counties Eng. 561 During the Whort-season children used to assemble to partake of Whort-pies..made with a brown crust, and eaten with clouted cream,..a west country delicacy. 1917 Contemp. Rev. Nov. 582 I do mind the autumn when Mrs. Ann Pugsley did witch John Craw. 'Twur at the whort gathering. Derivatives ˈwhorting n. gathering whortleberries. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > berry-picking strawberrying1634 huckleberrying1721 whorting1746 blackberrying1786 barberrying1859 bilberrying1859 berrying1884 1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) i. 7 And why dedst thee, than, tell me 'Isterday o' losting my Rewden Hat in the Rex-bush, out to whorting? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1578
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