fiddle-headn.

Brit.

/ˈfɪdlhɛd/, U.S.

/ˈfɪd(ə)lˌ(h)ɛd/

Etymology: < fiddle n. + head n.¹

1. Nautical. The ornamental carving at the bows of a vessel, the termination of which is a scroll turning aft or inward like the head of a violin.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] > carved plank at stem

trail-board1704

fiddle-head1799

billet-head1840

tail-board1841

1799 Naval Chron. 1 The fiddle-head..had..a bad effect.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. iii. 48 I hope Captain O'Brien will take off her fiddle-head, and get one carved.

2. A local name for a young fern frond.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > parts of

crooka1398

brake-root1626

indusium1807

membranula1821

sorus1832

foot1862

crosier1874

fruit-dot1880

fiddle-head1882

saddle1882

fern-cup1888

stomium1905

annulus-

1882 J. Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 9 563 Young fern fronds—‘fiddle-heads’, as they are named—are greedily devoured as substitutes for green vegetables.

3. A head as empty as a fiddle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun] > empty or stupid head

skull1523

jolthead1533

fool's head1577

jolting pate1579

noddle1579

jobbernowl1598

loggerhead1598

cod's head1607

squirrel's brains1647

jolterhead1699

numbskull1718

fiddle-head1887

1887 ‘F. Anstey’ in Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 262/2 He hasn't two ideas in his great fiddle-head.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fiddle-head
释义	fiddle-headn. Brit. /ˈfɪdlhɛd/, U.S. /ˈfɪd(ə)lˌ(h)ɛd/ Etymology: < fiddle n. + head n.¹ 1. Nautical. The ornamental carving at the bows of a vessel, the termination of which is a scroll turning aft or inward like the head of a violin. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] > carved plank at stem trail-board1704 fiddle-head1799 billet-head1840 tail-board1841 1799 Naval Chron. 1 The fiddle-head..had..a bad effect. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. iii. 48 I hope Captain O'Brien will take off her fiddle-head, and get one carved. 2. A local name for a young fern frond. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > parts of crooka1398 brake-root1626 indusium1807 membranula1821 sorus1832 foot1862 crosier1874 fruit-dot1880 fiddle-head1882 saddle1882 fern-cup1888 stomium1905 annulus- 1882 J. Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 9 563 Young fern fronds—‘fiddle-heads’, as they are named—are greedily devoured as substitutes for green vegetables. 3. A head as empty as a fiddle. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun] > empty or stupid head skull1523 jolthead1533 fool's head1577 jolting pate1579 noddle1579 jobbernowl1598 loggerhead1598 cod's head1607 squirrel's brains1647 jolterhead1699 numbskull1718 fiddle-head1887 1887 ‘F. Anstey’ in Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 262/2 He hasn't two ideas in his great fiddle-head. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1799
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