kirvev.

/kəːv/

Forms: Also kerve, curve.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse kyrfa.

Etymology: < Old Norse kyrfa to carve < *kurƀjan : see kerf n.

†1. To carve. Hence kirving-knife, carving-knife. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1484–5 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 649 Pro emundacione de le kirvyngknyffez d'ni Prioris, 12d.

2. Coal Mining. To undercut a seam; to hole. Cf. kirving n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > cut (coal)

kirve1827

hew1865

1827 [implied in: T. Wilson Pitman's Pay ii. xxvii What he gat was varry sma', Frae out the kirvens and the nickens. (at kirving n. a)].

1849 [implied in: G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 33 The coals obtained from the kirving are always small; and as the size of the kirving is pretty constant..it follows that a greater per centage of small is made in working a thin than a thick seam of coal. (at kirving n. a)].

1865 [implied in: W. S. Jevons Coal Quest. (1866) 72 The waste of coal in the ‘kirving’ or cut made by the hewer. (at kirving n. a)].

1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Kirve, to hole.

Derivatives

† kirver n. Obsolete (in kyrvour), a carver.

ΚΠ

1536–7 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 703 Sol. Thome Whythed, kyrvo^r, 20s.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	kirve
释义	kirvev. /kəːv/ Forms: Also kerve, curve. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse kyrfa. Etymology: < Old Norse kyrfa to carve < kurƀjan : see kerf n. †1. To carve. Hence kirving-knife, carving-knife. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1484–5 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham* (1901) III. 649 Pro emundacione de le kirvyngknyffez d'ni Prioris, 12d. 2. Coal Mining. To undercut a seam; to hole. Cf. kirving n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > cut (coal) kirve1827 hew1865 1827 [implied in: T. Wilson Pitman's Pay ii. xxvii What he gat was varry sma', Frae out the kirvens and the nickens. (at kirving n. a)]. 1849 [implied in: G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 33 The coals obtained from the kirving are always small; and as the size of the kirving is pretty constant..it follows that a greater per centage of small is made in working a thin than a thick seam of coal. (at kirving n. a)]. 1865 [implied in: W. S. Jevons Coal Quest. (1866) 72 The waste of coal in the ‘kirving’ or cut made by the hewer. (at kirving n. a)]. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Kirve, to hole. Derivatives † kirver n. Obsolete (in kyrvour), a carver. ΚΠ 1536–7 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 703 Sol. Thome Whythed, kyrvo^r, 20s. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1484
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