单词 | faw |
释义 | fawn. English regional (northern). Now historical and rare. A Gypsy, Traveller, or other person with an itinerant way of life. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [noun] > Gipsies or Romanies > person gyptian1533 Egyptian1538 Bohemian1574 Gypsy1574 tinker1575 Zingani1581 Zingaro1600 moonman1608 faw1756 vagabond1756 Zingara1756 gitano1761 gitanac1770 nomade1798 Roman1800 Romani1800 Tzigane1802 Zigeuner1802 Sinti1827 piker1838 pikey1838 Rom1841 Zincalo1841 Romanichal1843 nomadian1847 Romany chai1851 didicoi1853 Bedouin1863 gyppo1868 gyp1886 1756 Jarrow Par. Reg. Francis Heron, king of ye Faws, bur. 13 Jan. 1827 E. Mackenzie Descr. & Hist. Acct. Newcastle II. 767 (note) Tinkers, cloggers..egglers, and others of that worthy race called Faws. 1898 Newcastle Daily Jrnl. 11 July 8/3 This man belonged to a family, which was the worst of a bad gang of faws. 1962 A. Seton Devil Water 80 The Faws, he thought... They all had pipers or fiddlers. He and James had encountered several bands of these wandering tinkers in the last weeks of travel. Compounds Faw gang n. chiefly depreciative a group of Gypsies, Travellers, or other people with an itinerant way of life; esp. such a group characterized as beggars or criminals. ΚΠ 1777 Laws respecting Women 106 It is possible, that from this kind of strolling people might receive the denomination which they still retain of Faw-gang. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Faw-gang..a gang of rogues and beggars. 2004 M. Anderson Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in & around Newcastle (e-book ed.) iv The prisoners were both members of a Faw gang (wandering groups that roamed the country begging and stealing). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † fawadj. Obsolete. 1. a. Coloured, stained, streaked; particoloured, variegated. Also in combinations as gold-faw. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] fawa700 medleyc1350 freckledc1380 motleyc1380 pied1382 specked1382 vary1382 partyc1385 parted1393 peckleda1400 polymitec1425 sere-colouredc1425 vairc1425 discoloured?1440 motleyed1447 varying1488 sheld1507 fleckered1508 piet1508 mellay1515 particoloured1530 pickled1552 varied1578 mingled1580 partly coloured1582 chequered1592 medley-coloured1593 mingle-coloured1593 piebald1594 feathered1610 changeable1612 particolour1612 enamelled1613 variousa1618 pie-coloured1619 jaspered1620 gangean1623 versicolour1628 patchwork1634 damasked1648 variously-coloureda1660 variegateda1661 agated1665 varicoloured1665 damaska1674 various-coloureda1711 pieted1721 versicoloured1721 diversicoloured1756 mosaic1776 harlequin1779 spanged1788 calico1807 piety1811 varied-coloured1811 discolorate1826 heterochromous1842 jaspé1851 discolor1859 discolorous1860 jasperoid1876 damascened1879 heterochromatic1895 variotinted1903 batik1914 varihued1921 rumbled1930 damasky1931 pepper-and-salt1940 partihued1959 a700 Epinal Gloss. 61 Arrius [varius]: faag. OE Beowulf 1631 Lagu drusade, wæter under wolcnum, wældreore fag. c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 124 Ram geallan þone fagan cnua on niwe ealo. c1150 Semi-Sax. Voc. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. 542 Fuluus, uel flauus..fouh. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 53 Þas faȝe neddre bitacneð þis faȝe folc þe wuneð in þisse weorlde..Witeð eow þet ȝe ne beo noht þe foaȝe neddre. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15466 Gold-uaȝe sceldes scanden bilifes. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12303 Sum hafde gode grene æc. and alches cunnes fah clað. c1440 Gaw. & Galaron ii. 13 in Pinkerton Scot. Poems (1792) III. 218 Ferly fayr wes the feild, flekerit and faw, With gold and goulis in greyne. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) viii. x. 16 The god of bestis and of feildis faw. b. In the plant-name fawthistle n. literal coloured thistle the card thistle or teasel. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Dipsacaceae (teasel and allies) > [noun] teasela1300 wokethistlea1400 fuller's teasel?c1425 fawthistle1483 Venus's basin1551 card thistle1578 Venus's bath1578 fuller's weed1587 fuller's herb1593 fuller's thistle1601 fuller's thorn1601 Venus' laver1601 shepherd's rod1633 shepherd's staff1760 manweed1829 Venus's cup1855 1483 Cath. Angl. 124/1 Fawthistelle, labrum veneris. c. Of objects that reflect light: Bright, glancing, gleaming, twinkling. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective] faw?a1400 relusantc1400 relucentc1487 splendent1578 sparkling1590 reflecting1591 speculable1592 reflectent1644 reflective1658 reflexious1659 reflexivea1660 specular1661 reflectant1669 reverberant1733 catoptrica1774 reverberatory1790 c1000 Ags. Ps. lxxxviii[i]. 36 Fultum þu him afyrdest fagan sweordes. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 747 The pryce schippez..fondez wyth fulle saile ower the fawe ythez. 2. quasi-n. The adjective used absol. coupled with gray. A species of fur, e.g. ermine (see quot. a1200). Cf. Old French vair et gris. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > other pelts or furs fawa1200 ruskin1278 grisa1300 grover1310 letticea1399 cristy gray1404 pured?1435 watermail1489 cesil1492 callyvanc1524 wolverine1596 moleskin1652 flix1667 skunk1791 lion-skin1805 nutria1811 chinchilla1824 Alaska sable1869 fisher1879 monkeyc1896 marmot1911 tarbagan1928 a1200 Moral Ode 361 Ne scal þer beo fou ne grei ne cunig ne ermine. c1275 Doomsday 28 in Old Eng. Misc. 164 Moni of thisse riche that wereden foh and grei. c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 4174 Gij him schred in fou & gray. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1220 Þai raft me fowe and griis, And þus wounded þai me. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1756adj.a700 |
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