wryneckn.

Brit.

/ˈrʌɪnɛk/, U.S.

/ˈraɪˌnɛk/

Forms: Also wry-neck.

Etymology: < wry adj. 1 + neck n.¹

a. One or other species of the genus Iynx of small migratory scansorial picoid birds; esp. the common species, Iynx torquilla, distinguished by its habit of writhing the neck and head.

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wryneck1585

jynxa1657

yunx1694

barley-bird1766

long tongue1822

cuckoo's mate1831

snake-bird1831

pea-bird1838

writheneck1840

rinding-bird1849

weet-bird1863

mackerel bird1879

felling bird1883

turkey-bird1885

1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 59/2 Iynx torquilla,..a wrynecke.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Turcot,..the little ash-coloured and long-tongued bird, called a Wrynecke.

1681 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Stomachs & Guts viii. 38 in Musæum Regalis Societatis A Young Wryneck..hath no Crop, and but a small Gulet.

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 402 Jynx, the wry-neck,..has a very singular way of twisting it's head about, and bending it's neck; it thence obtained..the name..of the Wry-neck.

1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 80 The wryneck we believe to be a bird of passage... It takes its name from a manner it has of turning its head back to the shoulders.

1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1816) I. ix. 288 The wryneck and the woodpeckers..live entirely upon insects.

1839–43 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds II. 152 As the Wryneck makes its appearance here about the same time as the Cuckoo, it has..acquired the names of Cuckoo's Mate, and Cuckoo's Maid.

1888 Newton in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 652/2 The Picidæ [include] ..at least three Sub~families... The Woodpeckers proper,..the Piculets,..and the Wrynecks.

†b. An infusorian (see quot. 1770). Obsolete. rare.

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1770 Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 149 The Volvox torquilla, or wry~neck.

a. One who has a wry neck.Earlier versions of quot. 1879 have the form wrynot.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > wry-neck > person

wryneck1607

1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders i. xxxvii. 300 They learne..to looke downe to the ground, to counterfet wrynecks.

1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 172 Of them is the Proverb, Never trust a wry Neck.

1656 R. Flecknoe Diarium 2 And wry-neck they would ask with laughter, What newes 'twas he was hearkning after?

1879 W. Henderson Notes Folk-lore Northern Counties (rev. ed.) vii. 254 He caps Wryneck, and Wryneck caps the Dule [= Devil].

b. attributive. = wry-necked adj. 2.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > wry-neck

wryneck1586

wry-necked1608

thraw-necked1898

1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 129 The wrynecke Earle of Lancaster.

1615 R. Brathwait Strappado To Rdr. Th' art no wri-neck critick.

1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 255/2 A son..known as Henry Tort-Col or Wryneck... This Henry Wryneck died in 1361.

†c. Cant. (See quot. 1796) Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Wry Neck Day, hanging day.

a. Pathology. A deformity characterized by contortion of the neck and face, and lateral inclination of the head; stiff-neck; = torticollis n.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > wry-neck

wryneck1753

wry-neckedness1881

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Wry-Necked If the Wry~neck proceeds from a contraction of one of the mastoide muscles.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 311 This species, therefore, offers us the three following varieties:..Natural wry-neck... Spastic wry-neck... Atonic wry-neck.

1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) II. xxix. 312 Wry-neck is an example of this affection [sc. rigid atrophy] due to a contracted sterno-mastoid muscle.

1881 W. Rivington in Brain 4 257 The ordinary form of spasmodic wry-neck.

b. (See quot.) rare.In Webster (1828–32), and later dictionaries.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of sheep > [noun] > other disorders of sheep

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soughta1400

pox1530

mad1573

winter rot1577

snuffa1585

leaf1587

leaf-sickness1614

redwater1614

mentigo1706

tag1736

white water1743

hog pox1749

rickets1755

side-ill1776

resp1789

sheep-fag1789

thorter-ill1791

vanquish1792

smallpox1793

shell-sicknessc1794

sickness1794

grass-ill1795

rub1800

pine1804

pining1804

sheep-pock1804

stinking ill1807

water sickness1807

core1818

wryneck1819

tag-belt1826

tag-sore1828

kibe1830

agalaxia1894

agalactia1897

lupinosis1899

trembling1902

struck1903

black disease1906

scrapie1910

renguerra1917

pulpy kidney1927

dopiness1932

blowfly strike1933

body strike1934

sleepy sickness1937

swayback1938

twin lamb disease1945

tick pyaemia1946

fly-strike1950

maedi1952

nematodiriasis1957

visna1957

maedi-visna1972

visna-maedi1972

1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXXIX Wry-neck, a disease of the spasmodic kind in sheep, in which the head is drawn forcibly to one side.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wryneck
释义	wryneckn. Brit. /ˈrʌɪnɛk/, U.S. /ˈraɪˌnɛk/ Forms: Also wry-neck. Etymology: < wry adj. 1 + neck n.¹ 1. a. One or other species of the genus Iynx of small migratory scansorial picoid birds; esp. the common species, Iynx torquilla, distinguished by its habit of writhing the neck and head. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > jynx torquilla (wryneck) wryneck1585 jynxa1657 yunx1694 barley-bird1766 long tongue1822 cuckoo's mate1831 snake-bird1831 pea-bird1838 writheneck1840 rinding-bird1849 weet-bird1863 mackerel bird1879 felling bird1883 turkey-bird1885 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 59/2 Iynx torquilla,..a wrynecke. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Turcot,..the little ash-coloured and long-tongued bird, called a Wrynecke. 1681 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Stomachs & Guts viii. 38 in Musæum Regalis Societatis A Young Wryneck..hath no Crop, and but a small Gulet. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 402 Jynx, the wry-neck,..has a very singular way of twisting it's head about, and bending it's neck; it thence obtained..the name..of the Wry-neck. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 80 The wryneck we believe to be a bird of passage... It takes its name from a manner it has of turning its head back to the shoulders. 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1816) I. ix. 288 The wryneck and the woodpeckers..live entirely upon insects. 1839–43 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds II. 152 As the Wryneck makes its appearance here about the same time as the Cuckoo, it has..acquired the names of Cuckoo's Mate, and Cuckoo's Maid. 1888 Newton in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 652/2 The Picidæ [include] ..at least three Sub~families... The Woodpeckers proper,..the Piculets,..and the Wrynecks. †b. An infusorian (see quot. 1770). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1770 Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 149 The Volvox torquilla, or wry~neck. 2. a. One who has a wry neck.Earlier versions of quot. 1879 have the form wrynot. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > wry-neck > person wryneck1607 1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders i. xxxvii. 300 They learne..to looke downe to the ground, to counterfet wrynecks. 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 172 Of them is the Proverb, Never trust a wry Neck. 1656 R. Flecknoe Diarium 2 And wry-neck they would ask with laughter, What newes 'twas he was hearkning after? 1879 W. Henderson Notes Folk-lore Northern Counties (rev. ed.) vii. 254 He caps Wryneck, and Wryneck caps the Dule [= Devil]. b. attributive. = wry-necked adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > wry-neck wryneck1586 wry-necked1608 thraw-necked1898 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 129 The wrynecke Earle of Lancaster. 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado To Rdr. Th' art no wri-neck critick. 1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 255/2 A son..known as Henry Tort-Col or Wryneck... This Henry Wryneck died in 1361. †c. Cant. (See quot. 1796) Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Wry Neck Day, hanging day. 3. a. Pathology. A deformity characterized by contortion of the neck and face, and lateral inclination of the head; stiff-neck; = torticollis n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > wry-neck wryneck1753 wry-neckedness1881 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Wry-Necked If the Wry~neck proceeds from a contraction of one of the mastoide muscles. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 311 This species, therefore, offers us the three following varieties:..Natural wry-neck... Spastic wry-neck... Atonic wry-neck. 1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) II. xxix. 312 Wry-neck is an example of this affection [sc. rigid atrophy] due to a contracted sterno-mastoid muscle. 1881 W. Rivington in Brain 4 257 The ordinary form of spasmodic wry-neck. b. (See quot.) rare.In Webster (1828–32), and later dictionaries.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of sheep > [noun] > other disorders of sheep pocka1325 soughta1400 pox1530 mad1573 winter rot1577 snuffa1585 leaf1587 leaf-sickness1614 redwater1614 mentigo1706 tag1736 white water1743 hog pox1749 rickets1755 side-ill1776 resp1789 sheep-fag1789 thorter-ill1791 vanquish1792 smallpox1793 shell-sicknessc1794 sickness1794 grass-ill1795 rub1800 pine1804 pining1804 sheep-pock1804 stinking ill1807 water sickness1807 core1818 wryneck1819 tag-belt1826 tag-sore1828 kibe1830 agalaxia1894 agalactia1897 lupinosis1899 trembling1902 struck1903 black disease1906 scrapie1910 renguerra1917 pulpy kidney1927 dopiness1932 blowfly strike1933 body strike1934 sleepy sickness1937 swayback1938 twin lamb disease1945 tick pyaemia1946 fly-strike1950 maedi1952 nematodiriasis1957 visna1957 maedi-visna1972 visna-maedi1972 1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXXIX Wry-neck, a disease of the spasmodic kind in sheep, in which the head is drawn forcibly to one side. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1585
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