windlestrawn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪnd(ə)lstrɔː/, U.S.

/ˈwɪnd(ə)lˌstrɔ/,

/ˈwɪnd(ə)lˌstrɑ/, Scottish English

/ˈwɪnd(ə)lstrɔ/

Forms: Old English windelstreaw, windelstreow, 1500s Scottish wynd-, windilstray, 1600s windle-strawe, 1700s–1800s Scottish winlestrae, 1800s dialect windle-, winnelstrae, winnelstray, etc., 1600s– windlestraw.

Etymology: Old English windelstréaw , ? < windel windle n.¹ + stréaw straw n.¹

Scottish and dialect.

1. A dry thin withered stalk of grass, such as is left standing after the flower or seed is shed.In northern dialect shortened to windle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > part of > old stalk(s) of grass

windlestrawa1000

bennet1669

bent1834

a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 273/23 Calmum, windel~streow.

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid vii. Prol. 134 With hyrstis harsk of waggand wyndilstrays.

1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 289 I stakkerit at the windilstrayis.

a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. C He that is redd for windlestrawes, should not sleep in lees.

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 79 If the weather bee harde and sharpe and the hey shorte and good, they [sc. sheep] will not leave soe much as a pile of grasse or a windle-strawe.

a1722 in M. P. Brown Suppl. Dict. Decisions Court of Session (1826) IV. 793 To restrict him to the fifth part of the rent, was to send him to lift the rest of his stipend from windlestraws and sandy laverocks.

c1730 A. Ramsay Fables xix. 67 They'll start at winlestraes.

1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 37 Tall spires of windlestrae Threw their thin shadows down the rugged slope.

1821 W. Scott Pirate I. iv. 58 The air is close..and the day so calm, that not a windle-straw moves on the heath.

1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia VI. xxi. ii. 350 Think what a fine figure of rye and barley, instead of mere windlestraws, beggary and desolation, was realised by that act alone.

1872 R. Browning Fifine ix Thistle fluffs and bearded windlestraws.

2. A name for various long-stalked species of grass, as Cynosurus cristatus (dog's-tail grass), Lolium perenne (rye-grass), and Agrostis Spicaventi. Also windlestraw-grass.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > names applied to various types of grass

windlestrawc1000

shear-grass1483

risp1508

sweet-grass1577

star grass1687

reesk1735

bluegrass1751

cheat1784

spear-grass1784

white top1803

prairie grass1812

elephant grass1832

ryegrass1845

wool-grass1854

snow-grass1865

quick1896

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > grasses used for hay or pasture

windlestrawc1000

red grass1582

spring grass1643

sweet-grass1709

herd-grass1747

Guinea grass1756

vernal grass1762

vernal1771

Paspalum1772

buffalo grass1784

Rhode Island bent1790

red-top1792

finetop1824

kangaroo-grass1827

gamagrass1831

sweet vernal grass1839

yellow-top1839

grama1844

sesame grass1845

sacate1848

Para grass1850

Hungarian1859

alfilaria1860

sacaton1865

Mitchell grass1867

teosinte1877

Landsborough grass1883

turnip-grass1889

brown top1891

ichu1891

manna1897

Rhodes grass1903

Sudan1911

Kikuyu grass1913

never-fail1923

buffel grass1955

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > grasses used for hay or pasture > rye-grass

windlestrawc1000

eavera1425

wall barley1548

red darnel1578

ray-grass1677

ryegrass1690

ray1805

small seed1950

c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 44 Wiþ earwicgan, genim þæt micle greate windel streaw twyecge.

1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) i. 6 Reed-grasse..in Latine..Spica venti agrorum... Some.., much agreeable to the Latine name, call these, Windle-strawes.

1775 J. Anderson Ess. Agric. 418 The crested dogs-tail-grass, Cynosurus crystatus, commonly known in Scotland by the name of Windlestraw~grass.

1801 J. Leyden Elfin-King xiii The windlestrae, so limber and grey [note, Rye-grass].

1862 C. Norton Lady of La Garaye Prol. 112 The pale tufts of the windle~strae grass Hang like locks of dry dead hair.

3. figurative.

a. Applied to something (material or immaterial) light, trifling, or flimsy; occasionally contemptuously to a spear or lance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial

triflec1290

vainc1330

winda1382

vapour1382

gossamer?a1400

visevase1481

good morrow1542

cobweb1579

superficial1579

puff1583

bladder1589

blathery1591

froth1594

bag of winda1599

moth1600

nominala1625

tumour1630

windlestraw1637

vacuity1648

balloon1656

blank1678

breath bubble1835

nominality1842

fluff1906

cotton candy1931

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun]

spearc725

ordeOE

spriteOE

wal-speara1000

gareOE

shaftc1000

staffc1275

glaive1297

lancegayc1386

gad1422

burdounc1440

Jedburgh (Jedworth, Jedwood etc.) staff1515

puncheon pole1548

puncheon spear1548

puncheon staff1548

punching staff1562

prag1582

sarissa1736

staff weapon1788

windlestraw1831

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun]

sword971

brandOE

edgeOE

ironOE

brandelletc1325

garec1330

toolc1386

brank1480

tranchefera1533

flatchet1577

Morglay1582

smiter1591

brandiron1596

Toledo1601

machaira1614

spit-frog1615

toasting-irona1616

spit1642

bilbo1676

porker1688

tilter1688

degen1699

spurtlec1700

toaster1751

toasting-fork1807

slasher1815

cheese-cutter1824

khanda1825

cheese-toaster1858

windlestraw1895

1637 S. Rutherford Let. 6 Jan. in Joshua Redivivus (1671) 414 No windle-straws, no bits of clay, no temptations..will then be able to with~stand you.

1831 W. Scott Count Robert xi, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 325 Not one has the courage to throw his windlestraw while he perceives that of another pointed against himself.

1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags xl He grippit me with one hand and drew his windle~strae of a sword wi' the other.

1905 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Aug. 267/3 Her..blank verse and other heavy..things..have none of the life and sweetness of her windlestraw.

b. Applied to a thin lanky person, or one of feeble health or character.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > weak person

dwininga1400

molla1425

impotenta1513

gristlea1556

weakling1576

puler1579

puling1579

shadow1588

shotten herring1598

doddle1681

sickrel1699

seven-months1724

wandought1726

wallydraigle1736

wreck1795

werewolf1808

windlestraw1818

weed1825

shammock1828

sickling1834

forcible feeble1844

dwindle1847

weedling1849

crock1876

feebling1887

asthenic1893

dodderer1907

pencil-neck1956

burnt-out case1959

weakie1959

the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > and thinness > person

lungis1572

gangrel1582

slangrel1592

maypole1600

slangam1611

mackerel-back1674

spider-catcher1699

gilly-gaupus?1719

tangle1778

beanpole1798

windlestraw1818

lankyc1863

narrowback1921

leptosome1931

string-bean1936

streak1941

1818 S. E. Ferrier Marriage II. xi. 122 A wheen puir feckless windlestraes.

1836 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders II. 214/2 D'ye ken that this winnle-straw o' a lassie..has won the kirn?

1845 T. Carlyle Life Schiller i. 30 An honest man you may form of windle-straws; but, to make a rascal, you must have grist.]

1907 ‘Q’ Poison Island xxxi A thin, windlestraw of a man.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	windlestraw
释义	windlestrawn. Brit. /ˈwɪnd(ə)lstrɔː/, U.S. /ˈwɪnd(ə)lˌstrɔ/, /ˈwɪnd(ə)lˌstrɑ/, Scottish English /ˈwɪnd(ə)lstrɔ/ Forms: Old English windelstreaw, windelstreow, 1500s Scottish wynd-, windilstray, 1600s windle-strawe, 1700s–1800s Scottish winlestrae, 1800s dialect windle-, winnelstrae, winnelstray, etc., 1600s– windlestraw. Etymology: Old English windelstréaw , ? < windel windle n.¹ + stréaw straw n.¹ Scottish and dialect. 1. A dry thin withered stalk of grass, such as is left standing after the flower or seed is shed.In northern dialect shortened to windle. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > part of > old stalk(s) of grass windlestrawa1000 bennet1669 bent1834 a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 273/23 Calmum, windel~streow. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid vii. Prol. 134 With hyrstis harsk of waggand wyndilstrays. 1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 289 I stakkerit at the windilstrayis. a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. C He that is redd for windlestrawes, should not sleep in lees. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 79 If the weather bee harde and sharpe and the hey shorte and good, they [sc. sheep] will not leave soe much as a pile of grasse or a windle-strawe. a1722 in M. P. Brown Suppl. Dict. Decisions Court of Session (1826) IV. 793 To restrict him to the fifth part of the rent, was to send him to lift the rest of his stipend from windlestraws and sandy laverocks. c1730 A. Ramsay Fables xix. 67 They'll start at winlestraes. 1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 37 Tall spires of windlestrae Threw their thin shadows down the rugged slope. 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. iv. 58 The air is close..and the day so calm, that not a windle-straw moves on the heath. 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia VI. xxi. ii. 350 Think what a fine figure of rye and barley, instead of mere windlestraws, beggary and desolation, was realised by that act alone. 1872 R. Browning Fifine ix Thistle fluffs and bearded windlestraws. 2. A name for various long-stalked species of grass, as Cynosurus cristatus (dog's-tail grass), Lolium perenne (rye-grass), and Agrostis Spicaventi. Also windlestraw-grass. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > names applied to various types of grass windlestrawc1000 shear-grass1483 risp1508 sweet-grass1577 star grass1687 reesk1735 bluegrass1751 cheat1784 spear-grass1784 white top1803 prairie grass1812 elephant grass1832 ryegrass1845 wool-grass1854 snow-grass1865 quick1896 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > grasses used for hay or pasture windlestrawc1000 red grass1582 spring grass1643 sweet-grass1709 herd-grass1747 Guinea grass1756 vernal grass1762 vernal1771 Paspalum1772 buffalo grass1784 Rhode Island bent1790 red-top1792 finetop1824 kangaroo-grass1827 gamagrass1831 sweet vernal grass1839 yellow-top1839 grama1844 sesame grass1845 sacate1848 Para grass1850 Hungarian1859 alfilaria1860 sacaton1865 Mitchell grass1867 teosinte1877 Landsborough grass1883 turnip-grass1889 brown top1891 ichu1891 manna1897 Rhodes grass1903 Sudan1911 Kikuyu grass1913 never-fail1923 buffel grass1955 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > grasses used for hay or pasture > rye-grass windlestrawc1000 eavera1425 wall barley1548 red darnel1578 ray-grass1677 ryegrass1690 ray1805 small seed1950 c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 44 Wiþ earwicgan, genim þæt micle greate windel streaw twyecge. 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) i. 6 Reed-grasse..in Latine..Spica venti agrorum... Some.., much agreeable to the Latine name, call these, Windle-strawes. 1775 J. Anderson Ess. Agric. 418 The crested dogs-tail-grass, Cynosurus crystatus, commonly known in Scotland by the name of Windlestraw~grass. 1801 J. Leyden Elfin-King xiii The windlestrae, so limber and grey [note, Rye-grass]. 1862 C. Norton Lady of La Garaye Prol. 112 The pale tufts of the windle~strae grass Hang like locks of dry dead hair. 3. figurative. a. Applied to something (material or immaterial) light, trifling, or flimsy; occasionally contemptuously to a spear or lance. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial triflec1290 vainc1330 winda1382 vapour1382 gossamer?a1400 visevase1481 good morrow1542 cobweb1579 superficial1579 puff1583 bladder1589 blathery1591 froth1594 bag of winda1599 moth1600 nominala1625 tumour1630 windlestraw1637 vacuity1648 balloon1656 blank1678 breath bubble1835 nominality1842 fluff1906 cotton candy1931 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] spearc725 ordeOE spriteOE wal-speara1000 gareOE shaftc1000 staffc1275 glaive1297 lancegayc1386 gad1422 burdounc1440 Jedburgh (Jedworth, Jedwood etc.) staff1515 puncheon pole1548 puncheon spear1548 puncheon staff1548 punching staff1562 prag1582 sarissa1736 staff weapon1788 windlestraw1831 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] sword971 brandOE edgeOE ironOE brandelletc1325 garec1330 toolc1386 brank1480 tranchefera1533 flatchet1577 Morglay1582 smiter1591 brandiron1596 Toledo1601 machaira1614 spit-frog1615 toasting-irona1616 spit1642 bilbo1676 porker1688 tilter1688 degen1699 spurtlec1700 toaster1751 toasting-fork1807 slasher1815 cheese-cutter1824 khanda1825 cheese-toaster1858 windlestraw1895 1637 S. Rutherford Let. 6 Jan. in Joshua Redivivus (1671) 414 No windle-straws, no bits of clay, no temptations..will then be able to with~stand you. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert xi, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 325 Not one has the courage to throw his windlestraw while he perceives that of another pointed against himself. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags xl He grippit me with one hand and drew his windle~strae of a sword wi' the other. 1905 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Aug. 267/3 Her..blank verse and other heavy..things..have none of the life and sweetness of her windlestraw. b. Applied to a thin lanky person, or one of feeble health or character. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > weak person dwininga1400 molla1425 impotenta1513 gristlea1556 weakling1576 puler1579 puling1579 shadow1588 shotten herring1598 doddle1681 sickrel1699 seven-months1724 wandought1726 wallydraigle1736 wreck1795 werewolf1808 windlestraw1818 weed1825 shammock1828 sickling1834 forcible feeble1844 dwindle1847 weedling1849 crock1876 feebling1887 asthenic1893 dodderer1907 pencil-neck1956 burnt-out case1959 weakie1959 the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > and thinness > person lungis1572 gangrel1582 slangrel1592 maypole1600 slangam1611 mackerel-back1674 spider-catcher1699 gilly-gaupus?1719 tangle1778 beanpole1798 windlestraw1818 lankyc1863 narrowback1921 leptosome1931 string-bean1936 streak1941 1818 S. E. Ferrier Marriage II. xi. 122 A wheen puir feckless windlestraes. 1836 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders II. 214/2 D'ye ken that this winnle-straw o' a lassie..has won the kirn? 1845 T. Carlyle Life Schiller i. 30 An honest man you may form of windle-straws; but, to make a rascal, you must have grist.] 1907 ‘Q’ Poison Island xxxi A thin, windlestraw of a man. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1000
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