canary birdn.

Brit.

/kəˈnɛːrɪ bəːd/, U.S.

/kəˈnɛri ˌbərd/

Forms: 1500s canara byrd, 1500s canari burd, 1500s–1600s canarie bird, 1500s–1600s cannary bird, 1600s– canary bird, 1700s kanary bird.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Canary , bird n.

Etymology: < the name of the Canary Islands (see Canary n.¹) + bird n. Compare Middle French, French canari (1583; also †canarie ) and its etymon Spanish canario (a1520), both denoting the bird. Compare later canary n.⁵In the specific use in sense 2a a prisoner in jail is likened to a caged bird (compare jail-bird n.). With use in sense 2b compare earlier canary n.⁵ 2a and discussion at that entry. In sense 3 so called on account of its colour. In sense 4 so called on account of the colour of its flowers.

1. An Old World finch native to the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira, widely popular as a cage and aviary bird for its melodious song, Serinus canaria (family Fringillidae). Cf. canary n.⁵ 1.Also called canary finch.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Serinus > serinus canaria (canary)

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1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 85 They that brought Canari burdes out of Spayn brought of y^e sede of Phalaris also to fede them with.

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Verdon A canarie bird, Auis viridis ex insula Canaria.

1644 W. L. Med. for Malignancy Thomason Tracts XLV. No. 2. 74 His Majestie had no more wisedome then to keepe knaves in Cages, and feed them like Canary Birds.

1685 London Gaz. No. 2077/4 These are to give notice that there is lately come over from Canary, 700 Canary Birds.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Canary-bird, an admirable Singing-bird of a green Colour, formerly bred in the Canaries, and no where else.

1767 G. White Let. 4 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 35 Might not Canary birds be naturalized..provided their eggs were put..into the nests of some of their congeners, as goldfinches, greenfinches, &c.?

1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 359 The song of the Canary-bird is generally composed either of the Titlark's or the Nightingale's notes.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xiv. 214 She would perch like a canary-bird on some box or package near Tom.

1934 Biol. Abstr. 8 972/2 This is the first observation of incidence of toxoplasmosis in canary birds in Argentina.

1991 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Dec. 8 For all her sophistication, she is presented as brainless and vulnerable as a canary bird.

2006 F. Flagg Can't wait to get to Heaven 121 Dorothy's two yellow canary birds..were as fat as ever and still chirping away in their cage.

a. slang (originally cant). A prisoner; (also) †a habitual offender, a criminal, a rogue (obsolete). Cf. canary n.⁵ 2b, jail-bird n. Now rare.In early use frequently as part of an extended metaphor.

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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun]

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1593 J. Eliot Ortho-epia Gallica xii. 101 [Sergeant to prisoner.] O now you are in Cappaedocia, farewell honest man adieu, you must sing there a little among the Canarie birds.

1640 R. Chamberlain Jocabella 10 Two passing through Newgate, one of them asked why the women in Newgate did beg singing? the other answered that Newgate was a cage only for canary birds.

1668 F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue II. ix. 82 These were the Servants that belonged to this Inn, such a parcel of Canary-birds as well deserved to look through a Hempen casement at the three corner'd tenement in the high-way betwixt London and Padington.

1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 157 Newgate is a Cage of Canary-birds.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccccxcviii. 477 A Man be Undone by a Cabal of Sharpers in Committee of Safety, or by a Troup of Canary Birds upon Newmarket Heath.

1707 Poor Robin sig. C4 The inchanted Castle of Newgate: These Canary Birds [sing] it for a Maxim.

1725 New Canting Dict. Canary-Bird, a little arch or knavish Boy; a Rogue or Whore taken, and clapp'd into the Cage or Round-house.

1905 A. Cahan White Terror & Red xiii. 116 My chief..was all of a tremble for fear the canary-bird might take wing. You see he had never arrested a political before.

1963 L. F. Freed Crime in S. Afr. v. 107 A ‘canary bird’ or ‘absentee’ is a convict.

b. spec. Australian slang. A transported convict; = canary n.⁵ 2a. Now historical.

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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > transported convict

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1839 W. H. Leigh Reconnoitering Voy. 201 I was just in time to see what are called the ‘canary birds’, returning from labour.

1857 W. Howitt Tallangetta I. 206 He bolted to the woods in nothing but the bright yellow suit which the so-called canary-birds, the convicts, wear.

1870 T. H. Braim New Homes ii. 72 The prisoners were dressed in yellow—hence called ‘Canary Birds’.

2010 E. Barnard Exiled: Port Arthur Convict Photographs 150/1 (caption) Three convicts at least can be seen in this Sydney street scene... Most obvious is the ‘canary bird’ in yellow.

†3. slang. A gold coin; spec. a guinea. Cf. canary n.⁵ 4. Obsolete.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > guinea or twenty-one shillings

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1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Canary bird,..in the canting sense, guineas.

1842 Ainsworth's Mag. 2 74 Leaving fifty good canary birds with their landlord when they go away.

1867 ‘S. Tytler’ Huguenot Family I. viii. 216 Grand'mère also suddenly developed a passion for coins, especially for gold pieces—canary birds, as she called them.

4. The canary creeper, Tropaeolum peregrinum. Usually more fully as canary bird flower, canary bird plant, canary bird vine.

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1818 W. B. Page Page's Prodromus 186 Tropæolum peregrinum. Canarybird Plant.

1835 N.Y. Spectator 16 Feb. The Tropæleum peregrinum or Canary Bird flower, with its numerous and curiously winged gold-colored flowers, may be seen encircling the hot house rafters.

1879 California Horticulturist July 220/1 We sat on the shady porch..one windy afternoon in May, and saw the long trailers of our hostess' favorite Canary Bird Vine swaying in the breeze.

1900 Manch. Weekly Times 15 June 3/5 All climbers, such as everlasting peas, convolvulus.., the canary-bird plant, and others..should be securely tied to stakes.

1918 Country Gentleman 25 May 37/3 In cool locations the canary-bird flower—Tropæolum Canariense—is seen at its best.

1972 Country Life 23 Mar. 694/2 Canary bird has yellow single blooms from the end of March into June.

2003 1000 Gardening Questions & Answers (N.Y. Times) 656 If you have a situation where vines can't get a grip on anything, these are also worth a try: canary bird vine (Tropaeolum peregrinum),..and passionflower (Passiflora spp.).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	canary bird
释义	canary birdn. Brit. /kəˈnɛːrɪ bəːd/, U.S. /kəˈnɛri ˌbərd/ Forms: 1500s canara byrd, 1500s canari burd, 1500s–1600s canarie bird, 1500s–1600s cannary bird, 1600s– canary bird, 1700s kanary bird. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Canary , bird n. Etymology: < the name of the Canary Islands (see Canary n.¹) + bird n. Compare Middle French, French canari (1583; also †canarie ) and its etymon Spanish canario (a1520), both denoting the bird. Compare later canary n.⁵In the specific use in sense 2a a prisoner in jail is likened to a caged bird (compare jail-bird n.). With use in sense 2b compare earlier canary n.⁵ 2a and discussion at that entry. In sense 3 so called on account of its colour. In sense 4 so called on account of the colour of its flowers. 1. An Old World finch native to the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira, widely popular as a cage and aviary bird for its melodious song, Serinus canaria (family Fringillidae). Cf. canary n.⁵ 1.Also called canary finch. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Serinus > serinus canaria (canary) serin1530 canary bird1562 Canary finch1608 canary1622 sugar-bird1688 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 85 They that brought Canari burdes out of Spayn brought of y^e sede of Phalaris also to fede them with. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Verdon A canarie bird, Auis viridis ex insula Canaria. 1644 W. L. Med. for Malignancy Thomason Tracts XLV. No. 2. 74 His Majestie had no more wisedome then to keepe knaves in Cages, and feed them like Canary Birds. 1685 London Gaz. No. 2077/4 These are to give notice that there is lately come over from Canary, 700 Canary Birds. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Canary-bird, an admirable Singing-bird of a green Colour, formerly bred in the Canaries, and no where else. 1767 G. White Let. 4 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 35 Might not Canary birds be naturalized..provided their eggs were put..into the nests of some of their congeners, as goldfinches, greenfinches, &c.? 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 359 The song of the Canary-bird is generally composed either of the Titlark's or the Nightingale's notes. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xiv. 214 She would perch like a canary-bird on some box or package near Tom. 1934 Biol. Abstr. 8 972/2 This is the first observation of incidence of toxoplasmosis in canary birds in Argentina. 1991 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Dec. 8 For all her sophistication, she is presented as brainless and vulnerable as a canary bird. 2006 F. Flagg Can't wait to get to Heaven 121 Dorothy's two yellow canary birds..were as fat as ever and still chirping away in their cage. 2. a. slang (originally cant). A prisoner; (also) †a habitual offender, a criminal, a rogue (obsolete). Cf. canary n.⁵ 2b, jail-bird n. Now rare.In early use frequently as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] prisona1225 prisonerc1384 enpresonéc1425 bird1580 warder1584 canary bird1593 penitentiala1633 convict1786 chum1819 lag1819 lagger1819 new chum1819 nut-brown1835 collegian1837 canary1840 Sydney duck1873 forty1879 zebra1882 con1893 yardbird1956 zek1968 1593 J. Eliot Ortho-epia Gallica xii. 101 [Sergeant to prisoner.] O now you are in Cappaedocia, farewell honest man adieu, you must sing there a little among the Canarie birds. 1640 R. Chamberlain Jocabella 10 Two passing through Newgate, one of them asked why the women in Newgate did beg singing? the other answered that Newgate was a cage only for canary birds. 1668 F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue II. ix. 82 These were the Servants that belonged to this Inn, such a parcel of Canary-birds as well deserved to look through a Hempen casement at the three corner'd tenement in the high-way betwixt London and Padington. 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 157 Newgate is a Cage of Canary-birds. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccccxcviii. 477 A Man be Undone by a Cabal of Sharpers in Committee of Safety, or by a Troup of Canary Birds upon Newmarket Heath. 1707 Poor Robin sig. C4 The inchanted Castle of Newgate: These Canary Birds [sing] it for a Maxim. 1725 New Canting Dict. Canary-Bird, a little arch or knavish Boy; a Rogue or Whore taken, and clapp'd into the Cage or Round-house. 1905 A. Cahan White Terror & Red xiii. 116 My chief..was all of a tremble for fear the canary-bird might take wing. You see he had never arrested a political before. 1963 L. F. Freed Crime in S. Afr. v. 107 A ‘canary bird’ or ‘absentee’ is a convict. b. spec. Australian slang. A transported convict; = canary n.⁵ 2a. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > transported convict transport felon1766 transport1767 croppy1800 canary1827 legitimate1827 canary bird1839 transportee1883 1839 W. H. Leigh Reconnoitering Voy. 201 I was just in time to see what are called the ‘canary birds’, returning from labour. 1857 W. Howitt Tallangetta I. 206 He bolted to the woods in nothing but the bright yellow suit which the so-called canary-birds, the convicts, wear. 1870 T. H. Braim New Homes ii. 72 The prisoners were dressed in yellow—hence called ‘Canary Birds’. 2010 E. Barnard Exiled: Port Arthur Convict Photographs 150/1 (caption) Three convicts at least can be seen in this Sydney street scene... Most obvious is the ‘canary bird’ in yellow. †3. slang. A gold coin; spec. a guinea. Cf. canary n.⁵ 4. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > guinea or twenty-one shillings goldfinch1602 piece1631 yellow boy1654 Guinea1666 broad gold1688 meg1688 broad1710 George's guinea1721 yellow1722 canary bird1785 stranger1785 yellow George1785 Geordie1786 spade-guinea1853 George guinea1880 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Canary bird,..in the canting sense, guineas. 1842 Ainsworth's Mag. 2 74 Leaving fifty good canary birds with their landlord when they go away. 1867 ‘S. Tytler’ Huguenot Family I. viii. 216 Grand'mère also suddenly developed a passion for coins, especially for gold pieces—canary birds, as she called them. 4. The canary creeper, Tropaeolum peregrinum. Usually more fully as canary bird flower, canary bird plant, canary bird vine. ΚΠ 1818 W. B. Page Page's Prodromus 186 Tropæolum peregrinum. Canarybird Plant. 1835 N.Y. Spectator 16 Feb. The Tropæleum peregrinum or Canary Bird flower, with its numerous and curiously winged gold-colored flowers, may be seen encircling the hot house rafters. 1879 California Horticulturist July 220/1 We sat on the shady porch..one windy afternoon in May, and saw the long trailers of our hostess' favorite Canary Bird Vine swaying in the breeze. 1900 Manch. Weekly Times 15 June 3/5 All climbers, such as everlasting peas, convolvulus.., the canary-bird plant, and others..should be securely tied to stakes. 1918 Country Gentleman 25 May 37/3 In cool locations the canary-bird flower—Tropæolum Canariense—is seen at its best. 1972 Country Life 23 Mar. 694/2 Canary bird has yellow single blooms from the end of March into June. 2003 1000 Gardening Questions & Answers (N.Y. Times) 656 If you have a situation where vines can't get a grip on anything, these are also worth a try: canary bird vine (Tropaeolum peregrinum),..and passionflower (Passiflora spp.). 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