单词 | almanie |
释义 | Almanien. Scottish. Now rare. attributive. Designating goods originating in Germany.Later only in Almanie whistle: a type of small flageolet originating in Germany. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [adjective] Germanic1539 German1548 Germanical1560 Almanie1564 Dutchkin1576 Teutonic1647 Almain1665 transrhenanea1727 Germanish1796 Hun1820 Dutchy1862 Kraut1911 Gretchen1913 Boche1914 Hunnish1915 Fritz1919 1564 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 308 Ane pair of almany stokkis of blak sating. 1574 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 21 Johnne Cowpar..playand upon the almany quhissil. 1575 Edinb. Test. III. f. 363v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Five almonie piktuithis, price of the pece vj d. 1586 Edinb. Test. XV. f. 143, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Thrie ellis of almanȝe bumbasie. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xi. 78 The number of the Almanie whistles. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Almanie Whistle... The name intimates, that whistles of this kind had been originally imported into Scotland from Germany; and that they had been early imported before this country was known by that designation. 1838 W. Dauney Anc. Scotish Melodies Prelim. Diss. 118 ‘Almany whistle’ in Scotish is synonymous with ‘German flute’. 1922 Sc. Chapbook Oct. 69 I'm no blamin' Miss West but ye canna play Beethoven on an Almanie whistle! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1564 |
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