eassinv.

Forms: Also easten, eicen, eisen.

Etymology: ? representing Old English *œxnian , *œhsnian , < oxan- , *ohsan- , ox n.; compare Old Norse kýr yxna ‘a cow in heat’ (Vigfusson).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈeassin.

Scottish.

1. Of a cow: to desire the male.

ΚΠ

1661 Act Chas. II c. 7 183 (Jam.) Fiftie sex calves, which within three years..would have eicened.

1715 A. Pennecuik Geogr., Hist. Descr. Tweeddale 15 The Country People call this Plant..Eastning wort, which they affirm makes there Cowes come a Bulling.

2. figurative. To desire strongly.

ΚΠ

a1774 [see eisning n. at Derivatives].

Derivatives

ˈeisning n.

ΚΠ

a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 147 Ye'll weet mony a drouthy mou' That's lang a eisning gane for you, Withouten fill O' dribles frae the gude brown cow.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	eassin
释义	eassinv. Forms: Also easten, eicen, eisen. Etymology: ? representing Old English œxnian , œhsnian , < oxan- , ohsan- , ox n.; compare Old Norse kýr yxna* ‘a cow in heat’ (Vigfusson).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈeassin. Scottish. 1. Of a cow: to desire the male. ΚΠ 1661 Act Chas. II c. 7 183 (Jam.) Fiftie sex calves, which within three years..would have eicened. 1715 A. Pennecuik Geogr., Hist. Descr. Tweeddale 15 The Country People call this Plant..Eastning wort, which they affirm makes there Cowes come a Bulling. 2. figurative. To desire strongly. ΚΠ a1774 [see eisning n. at Derivatives]. Derivatives ˈeisning n. ΚΠ a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 147 Ye'll weet mony a drouthy mou' That's lang a eisning gane for you, Withouten fill O' dribles frae the gude brown cow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1661
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