† collery stickn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: collery , Kallar n., stick n.¹

Etymology: < collery, variant of Kallar n. (compare α. forms at Kallar n. and adj.) + stick n.¹Compare Tamil kaḷḷartaṭi , literally ‘Kallar stick’, and also Tamil vaḷaittaṭi (see valari n.).

Obsolete.

A short, heavy, curved or angled piece of wood or iron, used as a throwing weapon in hunting or warfare in Southern India. Cf. valari n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > boomerang

rabbit stick1788

boomerang1827

Collery-stick1830

throw-stick1837

kylie1839

comeback1864

trombash1867

throwing-stick1901

1830 J. Welsh Mil. Reminisc. I. iv. 130 It was he, also, who first taught me to throw the spear, and hurl the collery stick.

1906 A. L.-F. Pitt-Rivers Evol. of Culture 147 Those who dispute their identity appear rather to have had in view the ‘collery stick’ of Madras and of the Marawárs than the boomerang of the Kolis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

单词	collery stick
释义	† collery stickn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: collery , Kallar n., stick n.¹ Etymology: < collery, variant of Kallar n. (compare α. forms at Kallar n. and adj.) + stick n.¹Compare Tamil kaḷḷartaṭi , literally ‘Kallar stick’, and also Tamil vaḷaittaṭi (see valari n.). Obsolete. A short, heavy, curved or angled piece of wood or iron, used as a throwing weapon in hunting or warfare in Southern India. Cf. valari n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > boomerang rabbit stick1788 boomerang1827 Collery-stick1830 throw-stick1837 kylie1839 comeback1864 trombash1867 throwing-stick1901 1830 J. Welsh Mil. Reminisc. I. iv. 130 It was he, also, who first taught me to throw the spear, and hurl the collery stick. 1906 A. L.-F. Pitt-Rivers Evol. of Culture 147 Those who dispute their identity appear rather to have had in view the ‘collery stick’ of Madras and of the Marawárs than the boomerang of the Kolis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < n.1830
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