单词 | kadish |
释义 | kadishn. An Arabian horse that is not a thoroughbred; a cross-bred horse, a nag; a gelding. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] > inferior or old and worn-out brockc1000 stota1100 jadec1386 yaud?a1513 roila1529 tit1548 hilding1590 tireling1590 dog horsec1600 baffle1639 Rosinante1641 aver1691 keffel1699 runt1725 hack horse1760 rip1775 kadisha1817 dunghill1833 pelter1854 crow-bait1857 caster1859 plug1860 knacker1864 plug horse1872 crock1879 skate1894 robbo1897 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > male > gelding hengestOE gelding?1380 kadisha1817 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by breed > [noun] > thoroughbred horse > not thoroughbred kadisha1817 cocktail1842 catch colt1857 underbred1880 a1817 J. L. Burckhardt Trav. Syria & Holy Land (1822) 295 A man with two or three is esteemed wealthy; and such a one has probably two camels, perhaps a mare, or at least a Gedish (a gelding), or a couple of asses. 1879 A. Blunt Let. 6 May in Lady Wentworth Authentic Arabian Horse (1945) 26 They have made my horses vulgar ‘Kadishes’. 1924 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 346/2 Others less generous or more cautious sent kadish horses, only fit for the plough. 1945 Lady Wentworth Authentic Arabian Horse i. 34 All Oriental potentates regarded the Arabian as the only Horse and the rest as ‘Kadishes’, a word which exactly corresponds to the word ‘cur’ in English. It was the excellence of these Arabians..whose fame earned for the country-bred Kadishes a reflected radiance. 1970 A. A. Dent tr. E. Schiele Arab Horse in Europe 24 If there were the tiniest lacuna or unknown quantity in its ancestry, it was no longer regarded as ‘asil’ and was demoted to the status of ‘kadish’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1817 |
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