cockcrowingn.

Brit.

/ˈkɒkkrəʊɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkɑkˌkroʊɪŋ/

Forms:

α. Middle English kockis crowynge, Middle English cokkes crowyng, Middle English cokkes crowynge, 1500s cockes crowing, 1600s– cockscrowing.

β. see cock n.¹ and int. and crowing n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cock n.¹, crowing n.

Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive of cock n.¹ + crowing n. In β. forms < cock n.¹ + crowing n. Compare earlier cockcrow n.

1. Dawn or another time in the early morning marked by the crowing of cockerels or roosters; = cockcrow n. 1. Now somewhat rare.In early use sometimes with preceding qualifying word indicating a time in the early morning; cf. first (also second, third) cock at cock n.¹ 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] > last hour of night, pre-dawn, or cockcrow

cockcrowc1300

cockcrowingc1384

cocklighta1625

anteluca1696

fore-dawn1884

pre-dawn1930

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark xiii. 35 Whanne the lord of the hous cometh, in the euentide, or in the mydnyȝt, or kockis crowynge [L. galli cantu], or morwynge.

c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 197 Aboute þe cok crowynge [L. circa gallicinium], one..comaunded þe dede boy [emended in ed. to body] þat it schulde rise.

c1450 (a1400) Orologium Sapientiæ in Anglia (1888) 10 336 (MED) He wotenot what tyme, wheþer erlye or late, or at mydedaye or þe cokkescrowynge.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 128*^v In Winter you must feede them [sc. oxen] at the first Cockcrowing, and agayne when the day begins to breake.

1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine 194 He [sc. Christ] was brought to the high Priest's Hall, a little before Cock-crowing.

1765 Geogr. & Hist. Eng. i. 57 At Rochford, in the hundreds, on King's Hill is held by the lord of the honour of Raleigh, Lawless Court, on the Wednesday morning next after Michaelmas, at cock-crowing.

1844 R. W. Emerson in Dial Apr. 498 All this drudgery, from cockcrowing to starlight.

1999 B. Banerjee Bokars 176 Huge work load, from cockcrowing to bed-time.

2. The crowing of a cockerel or rooster. Also (and in earliest use): an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > crowing of

crowc1290

cockcrow?c1475

cock-a-doodle-doo1573

chanticleering1641

cock-a-doodle-dooing1859

cockcrowing1878

1584 E. Paget tr. J. Calvin Harmonie vpon Three Euangelists 724 For the cockes do not only crow once, but they doe often iterate their crowinges: yet that is called but one cockes crowing, which is done at one watch.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) iii. 322 Cockcrowing does not so afflict him [sc. the Elephant], as with his Proboscis to encounter the Rhynoceros affects him.

1793 J. Priestley Lett. to Young Man II. viii. 112 It cannot be said, that the account which supposes two cock-crowings was an abridgement of that which made only one.

1878 N. Amer. Rev. July 54 Luther started up, like the cock-crowing that sounded in the ears of Peter, to bring the Church to see its errors.

1968 Sarawak Mus. Jrnl. 16 121 As they walked, they heard the noise of cock crowing.

2016 D. Marsh Last Tango in Buenos Aires 77 The following day shrill cockcrowing woke us before dawn.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cockcrowing
释义	cockcrowingn. Brit. /ˈkɒkkrəʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkɑkˌkroʊɪŋ/ Forms: α. Middle English kockis crowynge, Middle English cokkes crowyng, Middle English cokkes crowynge, 1500s cockes crowing, 1600s– cockscrowing. β. see cock n.¹ and int. and crowing n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cock n.¹, crowing n. Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive of cock n.¹ + crowing n. In β. forms < cock n.¹ + crowing n. Compare earlier cockcrow n. 1. Dawn or another time in the early morning marked by the crowing of cockerels or roosters; = cockcrow n. 1. Now somewhat rare.In early use sometimes with preceding qualifying word indicating a time in the early morning; cf. first (also second, third) cock at cock n.¹ 4. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] > last hour of night, pre-dawn, or cockcrow cockcrowc1300 cockcrowingc1384 cocklighta1625 anteluca1696 fore-dawn1884 pre-dawn1930 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark xiii. 35 Whanne the lord of the hous cometh, in the euentide, or in the mydnyȝt, or kockis crowynge [L. galli cantu], or morwynge. c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 197 Aboute þe cok crowynge [L. circa gallicinium], one..comaunded þe dede boy [emended in ed. to body] þat it schulde rise. c1450 (a1400) Orologium Sapientiæ in Anglia (1888) 10 336 (MED) He wotenot what tyme, wheþer erlye or late, or at mydedaye or þe cokkescrowynge. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 128^v In Winter you must feede them [sc.* oxen] at the first Cockcrowing, and agayne when the day begins to breake. 1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine 194 He [sc. Christ] was brought to the high Priest's Hall, a little before Cock-crowing. 1765 Geogr. & Hist. Eng. i. 57 At Rochford, in the hundreds, on King's Hill is held by the lord of the honour of Raleigh, Lawless Court, on the Wednesday morning next after Michaelmas, at cock-crowing. 1844 R. W. Emerson in Dial Apr. 498 All this drudgery, from cockcrowing to starlight. 1999 B. Banerjee Bokars 176 Huge work load, from cockcrowing to bed-time. 2. The crowing of a cockerel or rooster. Also (and in earliest use): an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > crowing of crowc1290 cockcrow?c1475 cock-a-doodle-doo1573 chanticleering1641 cock-a-doodle-dooing1859 cockcrowing1878 1584 E. Paget tr. J. Calvin Harmonie vpon Three Euangelists 724 For the cockes do not only crow once, but they doe often iterate their crowinges: yet that is called but one cockes crowing, which is done at one watch. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) iii. 322 Cockcrowing does not so afflict him [sc. the Elephant], as with his Proboscis to encounter the Rhynoceros affects him. 1793 J. Priestley Lett. to Young Man II. viii. 112 It cannot be said, that the account which supposes two cock-crowings was an abridgement of that which made only one. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. July 54 Luther started up, like the cock-crowing that sounded in the ears of Peter, to bring the Church to see its errors. 1968 Sarawak Mus. Jrnl. 16 121 As they walked, they heard the noise of cock crowing. 2016 D. Marsh Last Tango in Buenos Aires 77 The following day shrill cockcrowing woke us before dawn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1384
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