| 单词 | lucky minnie's oo |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslucky minnie's oo lucky minnie's oo n. [ < the genitive of lucky minnie n. + oo, variant of wool n.] Orkney and Shetland cotton grass or bog cotton, Eriophorum angustifolium, a sedge which grows in boggy ground and produces tufts of white silky hairs. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > cotton-grass plant or flower moss-crop?c1475 fen-down1495 cotton-grass1597 silk grass1727 moor-palm1788 bog-down1794 moss1798 cotton-rush1826 lucky minnie's oo1866 cotton-sedge1872 moor-silk1879 month1881 month grass1881 1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 68 Luckie-minnie's oo, a fleecy substance that grows upon a plant in wet ground. 1952 J. Hunter Taen wi da Trow 154 Hit smiled, as hit rubbit hits waand wi da dew, An polished hit bright wi Lucky Minnie's oo. 1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Lucky Minnie, a witch... Lucky Minnie's oo (wool) bog cotton. The white socks worn formerly by the Orkney bride were traditionally knitted from this material. < as lemmas |
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