fairy ringn.

Brit.

/ˌfɛːrɪ ˈrɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈfɛri ˌrɪŋ/

Forms: see fairy n. and adj. and ring n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fairy n., ring n.¹

Etymology: < fairy n. + ring n.¹ Compare earlier fairy circle n.

1. A ring or circle of fairies; a dance in which fairies form a circle; a circle dance thought to resemble this. Also figurative. Now poetic and rare.

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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > fairy-ring

circle1563

fairy ring1600

roundelaya1635

fairy circlea1678

mushroom ring1807

pixie ring1837

1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor Epil. sig. Riv Let..Turtle-footed Peace daunce fairie Rings About her Court.

a1635 T. Randolph Amyntas iii. iv. 65 in Poems (1638) They doe request you now To grant them leave to dance a Fayry ring About your servant.

1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 378 We do not advance in Happiness as we do in Years..but tread the same Fairy-ring.

1720 A. Ramsey Poems 352 Nymphs and Graces sing, And trip around the Fairy Ring.

1859 Home Songs for Little Darlings 109 Faster! faster! round we go,..Dancing in a fairy ring.

1916 K. L. Bates Fairy Gold 22 Leprecaun..Gives a slipper to Speckle, who joins the fairy ring.

2. A circular mark on the ground supposed to be a magic circle formed by fairies; spec. a circular band of grass differing in colour from the grass around it and caused by the growth pattern of certain fungi; a ring of mushrooms. Cf. fairy ring mushroom n. at Compounds 2.Other explanations for such marks have also been put forward in the past: see, for example, quot. 1731.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [noun] > herbage or grass > fairy-ring

fairy circle1596

ringleta1616

fairy ground1627

fairy dance1676

fairy walk1687

fairy ring1712

fairy green1819

1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors v. f. 68^v Those round circles..that ignoraunt people affirme to be the rynges of the fayries danses.]

1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. vi. 397 Tho they are called Fairy Rings and Fairy Circles, they are seldom or never exactly Circular.

1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) II Fairy Ring.., There are two sorts of these rings or circles; one of them is about 7 or 8 yards in diameter, being a round bare path about a foot in breadth, having green grass in the middle; the other is of different sizes, being encompassed with a circumference of grass, much fresher and greener than that in the middle. The philosophers supposed these rings to be made by lightening... Some authors say, that these fairy rings are formed by ants.

1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. 36 So from dark clouds the playful lightning springs, Rives the firm oak, or prints the Fairy-rings.

1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 328 The ‘fairy rings’..are found..upon dry downs.

1879 S. Perkins Honor Bright iv. 24 The little folk were too busy dancing fairy rings into the grass.

1884 Jrnl. Proc. in Trans. Essex Field Club 3 p. lxxii On the outside of this little circle a small fairy ring of Fungi will appear the second year.

1916 Torreya Sept. 194 (caption) Small Fairy Ring (3.3 m. in diameter) of Tricholoma praemagnum.

1995 D. A. Wilson Ireland, Bicycle, & Tin Whistle (2001) 21 The ‘wee folk’..leave fairy rings, circles of dark grass around thorn bushes.

Compounds

C1. attributive. Designating fungi growing in or causing a fairy ring, as fairy ring fungus, fairy ring toadstool, etc.

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the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > other fungi

bolet1526

boletus1601

byssus1753

fly-fungus1822

turban-top1828

stilbid1846

empusa1856

Scotch bonnet1861

wolf's-milk1861

lizard's herb1866

fairy ring1870

Malta fungus1870

flowers of tan1882

mycorrhiza1886

fumago1887

milky cap1887

moss-gold1887

oomycete1889

razor strop fungus1893

club-fungusa1909

sulphur tuft1909

bolete1914

old man of the woods1972

1870 Trans. Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club 1869 3 A small ring or two of the Fairy Ring fungus, Marasmius oreades,..were also called upon to supply their contingent to the dinner table.

1944 Life 28 Aug. 60/2 Fairy-ring toadstools mystify the uninitiated nature lover.

1969 D. F. Costello Prairie World (1975) iv. 74 Of all the lesser plants of the prairie, the fairy-ring fungi are among the most fascinating.

C2.

fairy ring agaric n. now rare = fairy ring mushroom n.

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1792 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 2) III. 338 An English name, Scotch bonnets, from which, those whoe are intimately acquainted with the habit of the fairy-ring Agaric, will immediately acknowledge it.

1869 Trans. Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club 1868 212 The first rains of May bring up the common Fairy Ring Agaric (A. Oreades).

1982 M. G. Hackston & J. Webster tr. K. Esser Cryptogams 501 The fruit-bodies always develop at the periphery of the circular growing mycelium... The mystic interpretation of this, has given the fungus the name ‘fairy ring agaric’.

fairy ring champignon n. = fairy ring mushroom n.

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1860 M. J. Berkeley Outl. Brit. Fungol. ix. 61 The common fairy-ring Champignon..is the very best of all our Fungi, and yet there is scarcely one person in a thousand who dare venture to use it.

1944 Lancet 15 July 87/2 The fairy ring champignon is commonly dried and used as flavouring, its flesh being leathery rather than fleshy.

2010 M. Jordan Field Guide Edible Mushrooms Brit. & Europe 127/1 The gills of the Fairy Ring Champignon, by contrast, are thick and widely spaced.

fairy ring mushroom n. a widespread small edible mushroom, Marasmius oreades (family Marasmiaceae), having a flattened, pale brown cap and often found growing in a fairy ring.

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1806 P. Neill Tour Orkney & Shetl. 191 Agaricus... Oreades... Fairy-ring mushroom.

1920 W. C. Williams Kora in Hell 33 If blackberries prove bitter there'll be mushrooms, fairy-ring mushrooms, in the grass, sweetest of all fungi.

2002 S. Brill Wild Vegetarian Cookbook 150/1 Here's an example of how a little fairy ring mushroom can go a long way toward transforming a recipe.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fairy ring
释义	fairy ringn. Brit. /ˌfɛːrɪ ˈrɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfɛri ˌrɪŋ/ Forms: see fairy n. and adj. and ring n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fairy n., ring n.¹ Etymology: < fairy n. + ring n.¹ Compare earlier fairy circle n. 1. A ring or circle of fairies; a dance in which fairies form a circle; a circle dance thought to resemble this. Also figurative. Now poetic and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > fairy-ring circle1563 fairy ring1600 roundelaya1635 fairy circlea1678 mushroom ring1807 pixie ring1837 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor Epil. sig. Riv Let..Turtle-footed Peace daunce fairie Rings About her Court. View more context for this quotation a1635 T. Randolph Amyntas iii. iv. 65 in Poems (1638) They doe request you now To grant them leave to dance a Fayry ring About your servant. 1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 378 We do not advance in Happiness as we do in Years..but tread the same Fairy-ring. 1720 A. Ramsey Poems 352 Nymphs and Graces sing, And trip around the Fairy Ring. 1859 Home Songs for Little Darlings 109 Faster! faster! round we go,..Dancing in a fairy ring. 1916 K. L. Bates Fairy Gold 22 Leprecaun..Gives a slipper to Speckle, who joins the fairy ring. 2. A circular mark on the ground supposed to be a magic circle formed by fairies; spec. a circular band of grass differing in colour from the grass around it and caused by the growth pattern of certain fungi; a ring of mushrooms. Cf. fairy ring mushroom n. at Compounds 2.Other explanations for such marks have also been put forward in the past: see, for example, quot. 1731. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [noun] > herbage or grass > fairy-ring fairy circle1596 ringleta1616 fairy ground1627 fairy dance1676 fairy walk1687 fairy ring1712 fairy green1819 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors v. f. 68^v Those round circles..that ignoraunt people affirme to be the rynges of the fayries danses.] 1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. vi. 397 Tho they are called Fairy Rings and Fairy Circles, they are seldom or never exactly Circular. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) II Fairy Ring.., There are two sorts of these rings or circles; one of them is about 7 or 8 yards in diameter, being a round bare path about a foot in breadth, having green grass in the middle; the other is of different sizes, being encompassed with a circumference of grass, much fresher and greener than that in the middle. The philosophers supposed these rings to be made by lightening... Some authors say, that these fairy rings are formed by ants. 1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. 36 So from dark clouds the playful lightning springs, Rives the firm oak, or prints the Fairy-rings. 1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 328 The ‘fairy rings’..are found..upon dry downs. 1879 S. Perkins Honor Bright iv. 24 The little folk were too busy dancing fairy rings into the grass. 1884 Jrnl. Proc. in Trans. Essex Field Club 3 p. lxxii On the outside of this little circle a small fairy ring of Fungi will appear the second year. 1916 Torreya Sept. 194 (caption) Small Fairy Ring (3.3 m. in diameter) of Tricholoma praemagnum. 1995 D. A. Wilson Ireland, Bicycle, & Tin Whistle (2001) 21 The ‘wee folk’..leave fairy rings, circles of dark grass around thorn bushes. Compounds C1. attributive. Designating fungi growing in or causing a fairy ring, as fairy ring fungus, fairy ring toadstool, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > other fungi bolet1526 boletus1601 byssus1753 fly-fungus1822 turban-top1828 stilbid1846 empusa1856 Scotch bonnet1861 wolf's-milk1861 lizard's herb1866 fairy ring1870 Malta fungus1870 flowers of tan1882 mycorrhiza1886 fumago1887 milky cap1887 moss-gold1887 oomycete1889 razor strop fungus1893 club-fungusa1909 sulphur tuft1909 bolete1914 old man of the woods1972 1870 Trans. Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club 1869 3 A small ring or two of the Fairy Ring fungus, Marasmius oreades,..were also called upon to supply their contingent to the dinner table. 1944 Life 28 Aug. 60/2 Fairy-ring toadstools mystify the uninitiated nature lover. 1969 D. F. Costello Prairie World (1975) iv. 74 Of all the lesser plants of the prairie, the fairy-ring fungi are among the most fascinating. C2. fairy ring agaric n. now rare = fairy ring mushroom n. ΚΠ 1792 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 2) III. 338 An English name, Scotch bonnets, from which, those whoe are intimately acquainted with the habit of the fairy-ring Agaric, will immediately acknowledge it. 1869 Trans. Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club 1868 212 The first rains of May bring up the common Fairy Ring Agaric (A. Oreades). 1982 M. G. Hackston & J. Webster tr. K. Esser Cryptogams 501 The fruit-bodies always develop at the periphery of the circular growing mycelium... The mystic interpretation of this, has given the fungus the name ‘fairy ring agaric’. fairy ring champignon n. = fairy ring mushroom n. ΚΠ 1860 M. J. Berkeley Outl. Brit. Fungol. ix. 61 The common fairy-ring Champignon..is the very best of all our Fungi, and yet there is scarcely one person in a thousand who dare venture to use it. 1944 Lancet 15 July 87/2 The fairy ring champignon is commonly dried and used as flavouring, its flesh being leathery rather than fleshy. 2010 M. Jordan Field Guide Edible Mushrooms Brit. & Europe 127/1 The gills of the Fairy Ring Champignon, by contrast, are thick and widely spaced. fairy ring mushroom n. a widespread small edible mushroom, Marasmius oreades (family Marasmiaceae), having a flattened, pale brown cap and often found growing in a fairy ring. ΚΠ 1806 P. Neill Tour Orkney & Shetl. 191 Agaricus... Oreades... Fairy-ring mushroom. 1920 W. C. Williams Kora in Hell 33 If blackberries prove bitter there'll be mushrooms, fairy-ring mushrooms, in the grass, sweetest of all fungi. 2002 S. Brill Wild Vegetarian Cookbook 150/1 Here's an example of how a little fairy ring mushroom can go a long way toward transforming a recipe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1600
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