hagdenn.

Brit.

/ˈhaɡdən/, U.S.

/ˈhæɡdən/

Forms:

α. 1600s 1800s– hagden, 1700s hegdown, 1700s– hagdown, 1800s hackdown, 1800s hogdown, 1800s– hagdon, 1900s– eggdown, 1900s– haigdown.

β. U.S. regional (north-eastern) 1800s hagdel, 1900s– hagdul.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare later hackbolt n. and haglet n.

regional. Now rare.

Any of various shearwaters and petrels of the North Atlantic, esp. the greater shearwater, Ardenna gravis, and the sooty shearwater, A. griseus. Also occasionally: any of several other seabirds, as skuas and fulmars. Cf. hackbolt n., haglet n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Procellariiformes > [noun] > member of family Procellariidae (petrel) > member of genus Puffinus (shearwater) > puffinus major (greater shearwater)

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1670 J. Yonge Jrnl. 9 Mar. (1963) (modernized text) 127 The weather warm, can see no birds but hagdens.

1784 T. Jefferson Memorandum Bks. 8 July (1997) I. 555 Pettrels. Hagdowns or sheerwaters.

1832 W. D. Williamson Hist. Maine I. 150 The Hagdel [is] of a dark brown colour, about as large as a Murr, though its feathers are longer.

1843 R. Davis in W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds III. 506 Nor could I ascertain that a Greater Shearwater was ever shot..They are commonly known by the name of Hagdowns.

1878 W. A. Andrews Log of Nautilus 79 Plenty of Mother Carey's chickens, hagdens, and marble-headers.

1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 212 Greater Shearwater..Hackbolt (Scilly Islands), Hagdown (Dungarvan [Co. Waterford], Isle of Man.)

1954 J. M. M. Fisher & R. M. Lockley Sea-birds i. 26 The Tristan great shearwater also probably reaches its greatest abundance on the North American coast,..where it is known as the ‘hagdon’.

1959 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles VIII. 141 Wynne-Edwards reminds us that it [sc. the sooty shearwater] is known to the fishermen as the hagdown or black hagdon.

2001 M. Crummey River Thieves (2003) 181 The bottle-nosed divers and hagdens and skurwinks and turrs were so thick on the water around his boat it seemed possible to walk ashore on their backs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hagden
释义	hagdenn. Brit. /ˈhaɡdən/, U.S. /ˈhæɡdən/ Forms: α. 1600s 1800s– hagden, 1700s hegdown, 1700s– hagdown, 1800s hackdown, 1800s hogdown, 1800s– hagdon, 1900s– eggdown, 1900s– haigdown. β. U.S. regional (north-eastern) 1800s hagdel, 1900s– hagdul. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare later hackbolt n. and haglet n. regional. Now rare. Any of various shearwaters and petrels of the North Atlantic, esp. the greater shearwater, Ardenna gravis, and the sooty shearwater, A. griseus. Also occasionally: any of several other seabirds, as skuas and fulmars. Cf. hackbolt n., haglet n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Procellariiformes > [noun] > member of family Procellariidae (petrel) > member of genus Puffinus (shearwater) > puffinus major (greater shearwater) hagden1670 shearwaterc1671 hackbolt1843 1670 J. Yonge Jrnl. 9 Mar. (1963) (modernized text) 127 The weather warm, can see no birds but hagdens. 1784 T. Jefferson Memorandum Bks. 8 July (1997) I. 555 Pettrels. Hagdowns or sheerwaters. 1832 W. D. Williamson Hist. Maine I. 150 The Hagdel [is] of a dark brown colour, about as large as a Murr, though its feathers are longer. 1843 R. Davis in W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds III. 506 Nor could I ascertain that a Greater Shearwater was ever shot..They are commonly known by the name of Hagdowns. 1878 W. A. Andrews Log of Nautilus 79 Plenty of Mother Carey's chickens, hagdens, and marble-headers. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 212 Greater Shearwater..Hackbolt (Scilly Islands), Hagdown (Dungarvan [Co. Waterford], Isle of Man.) 1954 J. M. M. Fisher & R. M. Lockley Sea-birds i. 26 The Tristan great shearwater also probably reaches its greatest abundance on the North American coast,..where it is known as the ‘hagdon’. 1959 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles VIII. 141 Wynne-Edwards reminds us that it [sc. the sooty shearwater] is known to the fishermen as the hagdown or black hagdon. 2001 M. Crummey River Thieves (2003) 181 The bottle-nosed divers and hagdens and skurwinks and turrs were so thick on the water around his boat it seemed possible to walk ashore on their backs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1670
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