devil's needlen.

Brit.

/ˌdɛvlz ˈniːdl/, U.S.

/ˌdɛvəlz ˈnidəl/

Forms: late Middle English develes nedle, 1700s– devil's needle.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: devil n., needle n.

Etymology: < the genitive of devil n. + needle n. With sense 1 compare post-classical Latin acus demonis and acus diaboli (both 15th cent. or earlier).

†1. A plant of the genus Geranium (a cranesbill) or Erodium (a storksbill). Obsolete. rare.Both cranesbills and storksbills have sharply pointed fruits.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > geranium and allied flowers > allied flowers

herb Roberta1300

stick pile?a1450

culverfootc1450

devil's needlea1500

crane's-bill1548

dove's-foot1548

geranium1548

shepherd's needle1562

bloodroot1578

Gratia Dei1578

sanguine root1578

pigeon's-foot1597

Roman cranesbill1648

robin1694

redshanka1722

musk1728

ragged Robert1734

pigeon-foot1736

rose geranium1773

mountain flowera1787

wood cranesbill1796

peppermint-scented geranium1823

stork's bill1824

wild geranium1840

musk geranium1845

pin grass1847

Robert1847

stinking crane's bill1857

mourning widow1866

pinweed1876

ivy-leaved pelargonium1887

ivy-geranium1894

regal1894

peppermint geranium1922

a1500 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 8 Develes nedle.

2. A flying insect with a long thin body; spec. a dragonfly or damselfly. Cf. devil's darning-needle n. 1.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Odonata > member of (dragonfly)

adderbolt1483

dragonfly1626

bolt-head1668

libella1694

devil's needle1745

mayfly1747

horse-stinger1773

devil's darning-needle1809

demoiselle1835

adder1876

odonate1890

odonatan1944

1745 W. Smith Nat. Hist. Nevis 186 Those blue and speckled Flies..called by some, Taylors, and others, the Devil's Needles.

a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) iii. 237 On Moosehead I had seen a large devil's-needle half a mile from the shore.

1906 Gleanings Bee Culture 1 Dec. 1490/2 How much better to know that the dragon-fly, or..‘devil's needle’, lives on flies, mosquitoes, etc., than that it sews up the eyes of our children!

2006 M. Ó Dubhshláine Are you going Home Now? 50 There were maggots and earwigs and slugs and woodlice and hairy mollies and devil's needles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	devils needle
释义	devil's needlen. Brit. /ˌdɛvlz ˈniːdl/, U.S. /ˌdɛvəlz ˈnidəl/ Forms: late Middle English develes nedle, 1700s– devil's needle. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: devil n., needle n. Etymology: < the genitive of devil n. + needle n. With sense 1 compare post-classical Latin acus demonis and acus diaboli (both 15th cent. or earlier). †1. A plant of the genus Geranium (a cranesbill) or Erodium (a storksbill). Obsolete. rare.Both cranesbills and storksbills have sharply pointed fruits. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > geranium and allied flowers > allied flowers herb Roberta1300 stick pile?a1450 culverfootc1450 devil's needlea1500 crane's-bill1548 dove's-foot1548 geranium1548 shepherd's needle1562 bloodroot1578 Gratia Dei1578 sanguine root1578 pigeon's-foot1597 Roman cranesbill1648 robin1694 redshanka1722 musk1728 ragged Robert1734 pigeon-foot1736 rose geranium1773 mountain flowera1787 wood cranesbill1796 peppermint-scented geranium1823 stork's bill1824 wild geranium1840 musk geranium1845 pin grass1847 Robert1847 stinking crane's bill1857 mourning widow1866 pinweed1876 ivy-leaved pelargonium1887 ivy-geranium1894 regal1894 peppermint geranium1922 a1500 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 8 Develes nedle. 2. A flying insect with a long thin body; spec. a dragonfly or damselfly. Cf. devil's darning-needle n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Odonata > member of (dragonfly) adderbolt1483 dragonfly1626 bolt-head1668 libella1694 devil's needle1745 mayfly1747 horse-stinger1773 devil's darning-needle1809 demoiselle1835 adder1876 odonate1890 odonatan1944 1745 W. Smith Nat. Hist. Nevis 186 Those blue and speckled Flies..called by some, Taylors, and others, the Devil's Needles. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) iii. 237 On Moosehead I had seen a large devil's-needle half a mile from the shore. 1906 Gleanings Bee Culture 1 Dec. 1490/2 How much better to know that the dragon-fly, or..‘devil's needle’, lives on flies, mosquitoes, etc., than that it sews up the eyes of our children! 2006 M. Ó Dubhshláine Are you going Home Now? 50 There were maggots and earwigs and slugs and woodlice and hairy mollies and devil's needles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1500
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