greyheadgrayheadn.

Brit.

/ˈɡreɪhɛd/, U.S.

/ˈɡreɪˌhɛd/

Forms: see grey adj. and n. and head n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grey adj., head n.¹

Etymology: < grey adj. + head n.¹ Compare grey-headed adj., and greybeard n.

1. A person with grey hair; an elderly or old person. Cf. greybeard n. 1.

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the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [noun] > grey, hoary > person having

hoarOE

hoarhead1382

grizzle1390

greya1413

hasard1513

greyhead1535

oldgrey1582

grizzle-pate1797

iron-grey1822

grisard1880

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Lev. xix. G Thou shalt ryse vp before a graye heade, and shalt geue reuerence vnto the aged.

1575 C. Barker in G. Gascoigne Glasse of Gouernem. sig. A.iiij Let not a gray head passe by thee without a salutation.

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing iii. 19 The gray heads of reverend Antiquity have been content to sit down here in a profest neutrality.

1702 R. Steele Funeral v. 79 Else Boys will in your Presence lose their Fear, And lavgh at the Grey-head they should revere.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxiii. 311 Hadst thou been a born Fool, or a raw Greenhead, or a doating Greyhead.

1847 Hogg's Weekly Instructor 8 May 161/2 There were..some reverend greyheads.

1899 19th Cent. Sept. 419 Some greyheads had been on the platform, urging prayer as the best means of averting the disease.

1913 Outing 63 17/1 Grayheads in the village remember..gunning for duck on an old mill pond.

1968 ‘A. D'Arcangelo’ Homosexual Handbk. 166 What..would you expect if some bed-chained grayhead were to flail his dong as she skipped through the wards?

2011 A. McAfee Spoiler 71 August greyheads..with failing memories and bulging contacts books.

†a. Scottish regional. A marine fish (not identified), perhaps the saithe or coalfish, Pollachius virens. Obsolete. rare.Cf. greyfish n. (a) at grey adj. and n. Compounds 1c(b).

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > pollachius virens (coal-fish) > at certain stage of growth

greyhead1692

greylord1698

greyfish1703

greybeard1742

1692 A. Symson Large Descr. Galloway (1823) 25 Upon the coast of this parish are many sorts of white fish taken; one kind whereof is called by the inhabitants Greyheads.

b. The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus; esp. an older male of this species with greyish markings on the head. Cf. grey-headed adj. 5. Now rare.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Physeteridae > genus Physeter (sperm whale)

trumpa1625

spermaceti whale1658

pot-walfish1694

parmacety1705

pot-fish1744

cachalot1747

physeter1753

sperm whale1839

sperm1840

macrocephalus1851

greyhead1859

physeteroid1876

1859 W. H. Kingston Old Jack v. 134 Through our glasses we made him out to be a bull—an old greyhead, and probably a cunning fellow.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 28 Dec. 2/1 The right whale and the grayhead are gone.

1968 Hvalrådets Skrifter No. 51. 33 Increasingly greyish, and then whitish around the head. They are the grey-heads.

†3. Scottish. A stoneware jar used for holding an alcoholic spirit. Cf. greybeard n. 3. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > large for liquor > for spirits

greybeard1751

stand cask1803

tub1835

greyhead1892

1892 Standard 23 Nov. 3/3 The drink ran out, and so there was placed upon the table ‘a grey head’.., which was not a bottle, but a stone jar of whisky.

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

单词	greyhead
释义	greyheadgrayheadn. Brit. /ˈɡreɪhɛd/, U.S. /ˈɡreɪˌhɛd/ Forms: see grey adj. and n. and head n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grey adj., head n.¹ Etymology: < grey adj. + head n.¹ Compare grey-headed adj., and greybeard n. 1. A person with grey hair; an elderly or old person. Cf. greybeard n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [noun] > grey, hoary > person having hoarOE hoarhead1382 grizzle1390 greya1413 hasard1513 greyhead1535 oldgrey1582 grizzle-pate1797 iron-grey1822 grisard1880 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Lev. xix. G Thou shalt ryse vp before a graye heade, and shalt geue reuerence vnto the aged. 1575 C. Barker in G. Gascoigne Glasse of Gouernem. sig. A.iiij Let not a gray head passe by thee without a salutation. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing iii. 19 The gray heads of reverend Antiquity have been content to sit down here in a profest neutrality. 1702 R. Steele Funeral v. 79 Else Boys will in your Presence lose their Fear, And lavgh at the Grey-head they should revere. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxiii. 311 Hadst thou been a born Fool, or a raw Greenhead, or a doating Greyhead. 1847 Hogg's Weekly Instructor 8 May 161/2 There were..some reverend greyheads. 1899 19th Cent. Sept. 419 Some greyheads had been on the platform, urging prayer as the best means of averting the disease. 1913 Outing 63 17/1 Grayheads in the village remember..gunning for duck on an old mill pond. 1968 ‘A. D'Arcangelo’ Homosexual Handbk. 166 What..would you expect if some bed-chained grayhead were to flail his dong as she skipped through the wards? 2011 A. McAfee Spoiler 71 August greyheads..with failing memories and bulging contacts books. 2. †a. Scottish regional. A marine fish (not identified), perhaps the saithe or coalfish, Pollachius virens. Obsolete. rare.Cf. greyfish n. (a) at grey adj. and n. Compounds 1c(b). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > pollachius virens (coal-fish) > at certain stage of growth greyhead1692 greylord1698 greyfish1703 greybeard1742 1692 A. Symson Large Descr. Galloway (1823) 25 Upon the coast of this parish are many sorts of white fish taken; one kind whereof is called by the inhabitants Greyheads. b. The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus; esp. an older male of this species with greyish markings on the head. Cf. grey-headed adj. 5. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Physeteridae > genus Physeter (sperm whale) trumpa1625 spermaceti whale1658 pot-walfish1694 parmacety1705 pot-fish1744 cachalot1747 physeter1753 sperm whale1839 sperm1840 macrocephalus1851 greyhead1859 physeteroid1876 1859 W. H. Kingston Old Jack v. 134 Through our glasses we made him out to be a bull—an old greyhead, and probably a cunning fellow. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 28 Dec. 2/1 The right whale and the grayhead are gone. 1968 Hvalrådets Skrifter No. 51. 33 Increasingly greyish, and then whitish around the head. They are the grey-heads. †3. Scottish. A stoneware jar used for holding an alcoholic spirit. Cf. greybeard n. 3. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > large for liquor > for spirits greybeard1751 stand cask1803 tub1835 greyhead1892 1892 Standard 23 Nov. 3/3 The drink ran out, and so there was placed upon the table ‘a grey head’.., which was not a bottle, but a stone jar of whisky. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1535
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