| 释义 |
† ˈnewry Obs.
[ad. Malay nūrī.]
= lory.
In early 17th c. translations from foreign languages the forms nori and noyra occur: see Yule & Burnell Anglo-Ind. Gloss. 398 and C. P. G. Scott Malayan Words 84–5.
1698J. Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 116 Here were..Cockatoos and Newries from Bantam, as also a Cassawar that digests Iron. 1698in Wheeler Madras in Old. Time (1861) I. 333 Brought ashore from the ‘Resolution’..a newry and four yards of broadcloth for a present for the Havildar. |