dreamcatchern.

Brit.

/ˈdriːmˌkatʃə/, U.S.

/ˈdrimˌkɛtʃər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dream n.², catcher n.

Etymology: < dream n.² + catcher n. With sense 2 compare Ojibwa bawaajige nagwaagan, lit. ‘dream snare’, after English; in Ojibwa, the original charms were called asabikeshiinh, inanimate equivalent of the word for ‘spider’ (perhaps with an original sense ‘spider web’).The resemblance of the following use to sense 2 is probably entirely coincidental:1969 B. Patten Notes to Hurrying Man 22 From bed to bed spiders spin their webs, dream-catchers.

1. Something designed to awaken a dreaming person and enable his or her dreams to be recalled more easily. rare.

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1967 E. Hartmann Biol. of Dreaming 98 He..has obtained a ‘dream-catcher’ device. This is a simple bedside mechanism..which is designed to activate an alarm clock after it has registered a certain number of eye movements, thus allowing..a person..to obtain a large amount of dream content from himself.

2003 G. Sasson & S. Weinstein Wish can change your Life 117 Before going to sleep, place your journal at your side and set your alarm for 4 a.m... This alarm clock technique is the best dream catcher on the market.

2. A charm, of North American Indian origin, consisting of a typically wooden or leather hoop with a webbed centre of threads decorated with feathers, beads, etc. Such objects were originally hung above babies' beds by the Ojibwa as a protective charm against disease; in the second half of the 20th cent. they began to be displayed and sold more widely as ‘dreamcatchers’ and were said to give protection against bad dreams. Sometimes, bad dreams are said to be caught and entangled in the web (cf. quots. 1976, 1992); sometimes, good dreams are said to be captured for the dreamer (cf. quot. 1995).

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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > charm or amulet > against specific harm or danger

St. Agatha's letters1563

wood-spell1579

constellated images1652

dreamcatcher1976

1976 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 4 Nov. a12/3 Mendocino County Museum..has several such [indigenous] items, including an Indian ‘dream catcher’... This queer, woven device shaped like a small basketball net or bell, with dangling sea shells and feathers, was hung in every tepee of Chippewa villages... The net has a hole in the center ‘enabling good dreams to sift through while bad ones were caught in the net’.

1977 Minnesota Archaeol. 36 137 Dream catcher... I saw lots of those in the houses of old people... Supposed to be a spider web... (looks at dream catcher again)... This was used for some kind of medicine work, I think.

1989 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 5 May 1 d/2 When Madison performance artist Kate Ryan first encountered an exhibit of Chippewa dream catchers in Chicago, she was captivated instantly.

1992 K. L. Hartman Dream Catcher 8 A Dream Catcher when hung moves freely in the air and catches the dreams as they float by. The good dreams know their way and will go through the center hole... The bad dreams, not knowing the way, get entangled in the webbing and perish with the first light of the new day.

1995 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 23 July 2/3 The Dream Catcher is said to capture your sweetest dreams while allowing the nightmares to pass peacefully away through its web.

2006 Time Out N.Y. 1 June 10/1 Nourish your spirit with a dream-catcher necklace.

2012 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 11 Aug. 18 I was delighted to find a small brown dreamcatcher (£3) for my little boy, who has been suffering from nightmares.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	dreamcatcher
释义	dreamcatchern. Brit. /ˈdriːmˌkatʃə/, U.S. /ˈdrimˌkɛtʃər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dream n.², catcher n. Etymology: < dream n.² + catcher n. With sense 2 compare Ojibwa bawaajige nagwaagan, lit. ‘dream snare’, after English; in Ojibwa, the original charms were called asabikeshiinh, inanimate equivalent of the word for ‘spider’ (perhaps with an original sense ‘spider web’).The resemblance of the following use to sense 2 is probably entirely coincidental:1969 B. Patten Notes to Hurrying Man 22 From bed to bed spiders spin their webs, dream-catchers. 1. Something designed to awaken a dreaming person and enable his or her dreams to be recalled more easily. rare. ΚΠ 1967 E. Hartmann Biol. of Dreaming 98 He..has obtained a ‘dream-catcher’ device. This is a simple bedside mechanism..which is designed to activate an alarm clock after it has registered a certain number of eye movements, thus allowing..a person..to obtain a large amount of dream content from himself. 2003 G. Sasson & S. Weinstein Wish can change your Life 117 Before going to sleep, place your journal at your side and set your alarm for 4 a.m... This alarm clock technique is the best dream catcher on the market. 2. A charm, of North American Indian origin, consisting of a typically wooden or leather hoop with a webbed centre of threads decorated with feathers, beads, etc. Such objects were originally hung above babies' beds by the Ojibwa as a protective charm against disease; in the second half of the 20th cent. they began to be displayed and sold more widely as ‘dreamcatchers’ and were said to give protection against bad dreams. Sometimes, bad dreams are said to be caught and entangled in the web (cf. quots. 1976, 1992); sometimes, good dreams are said to be captured for the dreamer (cf. quot. 1995). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > charm or amulet > against specific harm or danger St. Agatha's letters1563 wood-spell1579 constellated images1652 dreamcatcher1976 1976 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 4 Nov. a12/3 Mendocino County Museum..has several such [indigenous] items, including an Indian ‘dream catcher’... This queer, woven device shaped like a small basketball net or bell, with dangling sea shells and feathers, was hung in every tepee of Chippewa villages... The net has a hole in the center ‘enabling good dreams to sift through while bad ones were caught in the net’. 1977 Minnesota Archaeol. 36 137 Dream catcher... I saw lots of those in the houses of old people... Supposed to be a spider web... (looks at dream catcher again)... This was used for some kind of medicine work, I think. 1989 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 5 May 1 d/2 When Madison performance artist Kate Ryan first encountered an exhibit of Chippewa dream catchers in Chicago, she was captivated instantly. 1992 K. L. Hartman Dream Catcher 8 A Dream Catcher when hung moves freely in the air and catches the dreams as they float by. The good dreams know their way and will go through the center hole... The bad dreams, not knowing the way, get entangled in the webbing and perish with the first light of the new day. 1995 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 23 July 2/3 The Dream Catcher is said to capture your sweetest dreams while allowing the nightmares to pass peacefully away through its web. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 1 June 10/1 Nourish your spirit with a dream-catcher necklace. 2012 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 11 Aug. 18 I was delighted to find a small brown dreamcatcher (£3) for my little boy, who has been suffering from nightmares. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1967
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