α. late Middle English entirpen, late Middle English 1600s–1700s enterpen.
β. 1500s–1600s interpen.
单词 | enterpen |
释义 | † enterpenv.α. late Middle English entirpen, late Middle English 1600s–1700s enterpen. β. 1500s–1600s interpen. Falconry. Obsolete. transitive (in passive). Of a hawk: to have feathers that are entangled or not completely emerged. Also intransitive.In quot. 1835 used of the feathers of a hawk rather than of the bird. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [verb (transitive)] > actions of hawks, etc. enterpena1475 rousea1475 mutea1529 to put over1575 souse1589 hawk1825 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [verb (intransitive)] > actions of hawk, etc. mutea1475 mutessa1475 to put overa1475 feat1508 to check at the fista1529 feakc1575 souse1589 to clip it1616 embowel1618 unenterpen1647 gather1674 enterpen1736 scatter1771 a1475 Bk. Hawking in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 296 (MED) This hawke is enterpennyd, that is to say when the fethers of the wyngs be bytwine the body and the thyes. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xi. 239/1 Enterpened, when the Feathers are late in coming forth: when they are entangled; letted or hindred. 1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) (at cited word) A Hawk enterpenneth, that is, she hath her Feathers wrapt up, snarled or intangled. 1835 D. Booth Analyt. Dict. Eng. Lang. 383 The long feathers of the wing are the Beam-feathers, which, when they get between the body and the thighs, are said To Enterpen. 1911 Jrnl. & Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1910 6 331 Enterpenned, [apparently said of a nestling (eyas or brancher) when the flight-feathers had not attained their full length]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.a1475 |
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