macawn.¹

Brit.

/məˈkɔː/, U.S.

/məˈkɔ/,

/məˈkɑ/

Forms: 1600s machao, 1600s–1700s macao, 1600s–1800s maccaw, 1700s maccau, 1700s–1800s mackaw, 1700s– macaw.

Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese macau.

Etymology: < Portuguese †macau (now only in arara-macau red macaw), of uncertain origin; compare Tupi macauaná.Compare Spanish ‘máca, a Bird in the Province of Quito, in South-America, less than our Cocks, with a long Bill Red and Yellow, and its Feathers of such Variety of Colours as is admirable’ (P. Pineda New Dict., Spanish & Eng. (1740)).

1. Any of various large long-tailed parrots (often with vivid plumage) belonging to the genus Ara and certain related genera, native to tropical and subtropical America.glaucous, hyacinth, scarlet, Spix's macaw: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > genus Ara or macaw

macaw1625

maracana1678

red macaw1704

scarlet macaw1812

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. vii. i. 1304 The Arara Parots are those that by another name are called Macaos.

1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 66 Great blew and yellow Parrat called the Machao, or Cockatoon.

1676 F. Willughby & J. Ray Ornithologiæ 11. xi. 73 Psittacus maximus alter Aldrov. Angl. Maccaw, seu Macao & Cockatoon.

1704 Nat. Hist. ii, in L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. (ed. 2) 189 The Red-Maccaw.

1707 W. Funnell Voy. round World iv. 70 The Maccaw..is about the bigness of a Hawk.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) With some it [sc. cockatoon] is made the synonymous name of all the Macaw tribe.

1788 New London Mag. 61 The larger Psittaci are called Macaos.

1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 239 The Brasilian Green Macaw. The Brasilian Macaw..is about seventeen inches in length.

a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) v. 299 [He] was walking..dressed like a mackaw, as the Commissioner's purse-bearer.

1870 B. Disraeli Lothair (new ed.) xxxv Upon gilt and painted perches also there were..macaws.

1904 Times 30 Jan. 10/2 The collection of foreign birds,..among others of..macaws, a black vasa parrot, and a hoopoe.

1958 J. Carew Black Midas ix. 186 Since the bamboo curtains..were faded I had toucan and macaw feathers glued on to the bamboo in bright patterns.

1987 E. W. Burr Compan. Bird Med. ix. 53/1 Cnemidocoptes laevis..is the depluming scabies mite that commonly affects parrots (especially macaws).

†2. An eastern bird (not identified). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. vii. 128 In the [Achin] Woods there are many sorts of wild Fowls, viz. Maccaws, Parrots [etc.].

Compounds

† macaw-fish n. Obsolete a brightly coloured fish (not identified).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > unspecified types > [noun]

whalec950

tumbrelc1300

sprout1340

squame1393

codmop1466

whitefish1482

lineshark?a1500

salen1508

glaucus1509

bretcock1522

warcodling1525

razor1530

bassinatc1540

goldeney1542

smy1552

maiden1555

grail1587

whiting1587

needle1589

pintle-fish1591

goldfish1598

puffin fish1598

quap1598

stork1600

black-tail1601

ellops1601

fork-fish1601

sea-grape1601

sea-lizard1601

sea-raven1601

barne1602

plosher1602

whale-mouse1607

bowman1610

catfish1620

hog1620

kettle-fish1630

sharpa1636

carda1641

housewifea1641

roucotea1641

ox-fisha1642

sea-serpent1646

croaker1651

alderling1655

butkin1655

shamefish1655

yard1655

sea-dart1664

sea-pelican1664

Negro1666

sea-parrot1666

sea-blewling1668

sea-stickling1668

skull-fish1668

whale's guide1668

sennet1671

barracuda1678

skate-bread1681

tuck-fish1681

swallowtail1683

piaba1686

pit-fish1686

sand-creeper1686

horned hog1702

soldier1704

sea-crowa1717

bran1720

grunter1726

calcops1727

bennet1731

bonefish1734

Negro fish1735

isinglass-fish1740

orb1740

gollin1747

smelt1776

night-walker1777

water monarch1785

hardhead1792

macaw-fish1792

yellowback1796

sea-raven1797

blueback1812

stumpnose1831

flat1847

butterfish1849

croppie1856

gubbahawn1857

silt1863

silt-snapper1863

mullet-head1866

sailor1883

hogback1893

skipper1898

stocker1904

1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 69 The parrot-fish, the macaw-fish.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

macawn.²

Brit.

/məˈkɔː/, U.S.

/məˈkɔ/,

/məˈkɑ/

Forms: 1600s macow, 1600s–1800s maccaw, 1600s– macaw, 1700s–1800s mackaw.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; compare Arawak mocaya, macoya macaw-palm, also Tupi macá palm.

Any of various spiny-stemmed palms of the tropical American genera Acrocomia and Aiphanes, as found in the Caribbean; esp. Acrocomia aculeata and Aiphanes minima. Now only in fuller form macaw palm, macaw tree. Formerly also: †the fruit of any of these palms (more fully macaw-berry) (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > oil palms

macaw1657

groo-groo1796

macaw fat1801

oil palm1850

macca-fat palm1873

babassu1876

oil-berry tree1878

macca1892

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > oil palms > fruit or kernel of

macaw1657

palm kernel1868

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plant, nut, or bean yielding oil > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding oil > tropical > oil-palms

macaw1657

macaw fat1801

oil palm1850

macca-fat palm1873

babassu1876

oil-berry tree1878

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 72 The Macow is one of the strangest trees, the Iland affords.

1672 R. Blome Descr. Jamaica 73 [Barbados] Limes, Lemons, Macows, Grapes [etc.].

1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 178 Planta tota spinosa major, fructu pruniformi... The great Macaw-tree.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World ii. 20 We got Macaw-berries..wherewith we satisfied our selves this day, though coursly.

1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 16 We found there a Maccaw Tree, which afforded us Berries, of which we eat greedily.

1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 20 This being the 7th Day of our Fast, save only the Maccaw-berries before related.

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 343 The Mackaw Tree..is very common in most of the sugar-colonies.

1811–12 W. J. Titford Sketches Hortus Botanicus Americanus 111 Maccaw Palm, Cocos butyracea... An oil or butter prepared from it is in constant use among the Indians in their food.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 705/2 Macaw-tree, Acrocomia fusiformis and sclerocarpa, —. Great, Acrocomia lasiospatha.

1882 J. Smith Dict. Pop. Names Plants Macaw Palm or Gru-Gru (Acrocomia fusiformis).

1993 S. Carrington Wild Plants Barbados 14/2 Aiphanes minima..Macaw Palm..Trunk covered in slender, menacing black spines.

Compounds

mackaw bush n. either of two prickly nightshades, Solanum mammosum and S. torvum; = susumber n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > other plants producing edible berries

shallon1806

mackaw bush1814

susumber1814

salal1825

quandong1836

tangle1857

turkey-berry1858

quandong1862

manatoka1897

riberry1988

1814 J. Lunan Hortus Jamaicensis II. 245 Solanum..mamosum... Stem prickly, herbaceous..prickly branched..; leaves alternate,..midrib prickly below..macaw bush.

1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 785 Mackaw bush: Solanum mammosum.

1929 N. Olson in J. E. C. McFarlane Voices from Summerland 225 Pricked by some sharp macaw Or briar bushes.

macaw fat n. any of several palms with oily fruits, esp. the oil palm, Elaeis guineensis; cf. macca-fat n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > oil palms

macaw1657

groo-groo1796

macaw fat1801

oil palm1850

macca-fat palm1873

babassu1876

oil-berry tree1878

macca1892

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plant, nut, or bean yielding oil > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding oil > tropical > oil-palms

macaw1657

macaw fat1801

oil palm1850

macca-fat palm1873

babassu1876

oil-berry tree1878

1801 T. Dancer Med. Assistant 362 Mackaw Fat or Oil of the Guiney Palm (Elais Guiniensis).

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Macaw-fat, a West Indian name for oil palm, Elais Guineensis.

2001 www.growit.com 18 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) Wholesale nursery growers providing: Palm: African Oil Palm; Macaw Fat—Elaeis guineensis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	macaw
释义	macawn.¹ Brit. /məˈkɔː/, U.S. /məˈkɔ/, /məˈkɑ/ Forms: 1600s machao, 1600s–1700s macao, 1600s–1800s maccaw, 1700s maccau, 1700s–1800s mackaw, 1700s– macaw. Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese macau. Etymology: < Portuguese †macau (now only in arara-macau red macaw), of uncertain origin; compare Tupi macauaná.Compare Spanish ‘máca, a Bird in the Province of Quito, in South-America, less than our Cocks, with a long Bill Red and Yellow, and its Feathers of such Variety of Colours as is admirable’ (P. Pineda New Dict., Spanish & Eng. (1740)). 1. Any of various large long-tailed parrots (often with vivid plumage) belonging to the genus Ara and certain related genera, native to tropical and subtropical America.glaucous, hyacinth, scarlet, Spix's macaw: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > genus Ara or macaw macaw1625 maracana1678 red macaw1704 scarlet macaw1812 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. vii. i. 1304 The Arara Parots are those that by another name are called Macaos. 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 66 Great blew and yellow Parrat called the Machao, or Cockatoon. 1676 F. Willughby & J. Ray Ornithologiæ 11. xi. 73 Psittacus maximus alter Aldrov. Angl. Maccaw, seu Macao & Cockatoon. 1704 Nat. Hist. ii, in L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. (ed. 2) 189 The Red-Maccaw. 1707 W. Funnell Voy. round World iv. 70 The Maccaw..is about the bigness of a Hawk. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) With some it [sc. cockatoon] is made the synonymous name of all the Macaw tribe. 1788 New London Mag. 61 The larger Psittaci are called Macaos. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 239 The Brasilian Green Macaw. The Brasilian Macaw..is about seventeen inches in length. a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) v. 299 [He] was walking..dressed like a mackaw, as the Commissioner's purse-bearer. 1870 B. Disraeli Lothair (new ed.) xxxv Upon gilt and painted perches also there were..macaws. 1904 Times 30 Jan. 10/2 The collection of foreign birds,..among others of..macaws, a black vasa parrot, and a hoopoe. 1958 J. Carew Black Midas ix. 186 Since the bamboo curtains..were faded I had toucan and macaw feathers glued on to the bamboo in bright patterns. 1987 E. W. Burr Compan. Bird Med. ix. 53/1 Cnemidocoptes laevis..is the depluming scabies mite that commonly affects parrots (especially macaws). †2. An eastern bird (not identified). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. vii. 128 In the [Achin] Woods there are many sorts of wild Fowls, viz. Maccaws, Parrots [etc.]. Compounds † macaw-fish n. Obsolete a brightly coloured fish (not identified). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > unspecified types > [noun] whalec950 tumbrelc1300 sprout1340 squame1393 codmop1466 whitefish1482 lineshark?a1500 salen1508 glaucus1509 bretcock1522 warcodling1525 razor1530 bassinatc1540 goldeney1542 smy1552 maiden1555 grail1587 whiting1587 needle1589 pintle-fish1591 goldfish1598 puffin fish1598 quap1598 stork1600 black-tail1601 ellops1601 fork-fish1601 sea-grape1601 sea-lizard1601 sea-raven1601 barne1602 plosher1602 whale-mouse1607 bowman1610 catfish1620 hog1620 kettle-fish1630 sharpa1636 carda1641 housewifea1641 roucotea1641 ox-fisha1642 sea-serpent1646 croaker1651 alderling1655 butkin1655 shamefish1655 yard1655 sea-dart1664 sea-pelican1664 Negro1666 sea-parrot1666 sea-blewling1668 sea-stickling1668 skull-fish1668 whale's guide1668 sennet1671 barracuda1678 skate-bread1681 tuck-fish1681 swallowtail1683 piaba1686 pit-fish1686 sand-creeper1686 horned hog1702 soldier1704 sea-crowa1717 bran1720 grunter1726 calcops1727 bennet1731 bonefish1734 Negro fish1735 isinglass-fish1740 orb1740 gollin1747 smelt1776 night-walker1777 water monarch1785 hardhead1792 macaw-fish1792 yellowback1796 sea-raven1797 blueback1812 stumpnose1831 flat1847 butterfish1849 croppie1856 gubbahawn1857 silt1863 silt-snapper1863 mullet-head1866 sailor1883 hogback1893 skipper1898 stocker1904 1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 69 The parrot-fish, the macaw-fish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). macawn.² Brit. /məˈkɔː/, U.S. /məˈkɔ/, /məˈkɑ/ Forms: 1600s macow, 1600s–1800s maccaw, 1600s– macaw, 1700s–1800s mackaw. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; compare Arawak mocaya, macoya macaw-palm, also Tupi macá palm. Any of various spiny-stemmed palms of the tropical American genera Acrocomia and Aiphanes, as found in the Caribbean; esp. Acrocomia aculeata and Aiphanes minima. Now only in fuller form macaw palm, macaw tree. Formerly also: †the fruit of any of these palms (more fully macaw-berry) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > oil palms macaw1657 groo-groo1796 macaw fat1801 oil palm1850 macca-fat palm1873 babassu1876 oil-berry tree1878 macca1892 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > oil palms > fruit or kernel of macaw1657 palm kernel1868 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plant, nut, or bean yielding oil > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding oil > tropical > oil-palms macaw1657 macaw fat1801 oil palm1850 macca-fat palm1873 babassu1876 oil-berry tree1878 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 72 The Macow is one of the strangest trees, the Iland affords. 1672 R. Blome Descr. Jamaica 73 [Barbados] Limes, Lemons, Macows, Grapes [etc.]. 1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 178 Planta tota spinosa major, fructu pruniformi... The great Macaw-tree. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World ii. 20 We got Macaw-berries..wherewith we satisfied our selves this day, though coursly. 1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 16 We found there a Maccaw Tree, which afforded us Berries, of which we eat greedily. 1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 20 This being the 7th Day of our Fast, save only the Maccaw-berries before related. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 343 The Mackaw Tree..is very common in most of the sugar-colonies. 1811–12 W. J. Titford Sketches Hortus Botanicus Americanus 111 Maccaw Palm, Cocos butyracea... An oil or butter prepared from it is in constant use among the Indians in their food. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 705/2 Macaw-tree, Acrocomia fusiformis and sclerocarpa, —. Great, Acrocomia lasiospatha. 1882 J. Smith Dict. Pop. Names Plants Macaw Palm or Gru-Gru (Acrocomia fusiformis). 1993 S. Carrington Wild Plants Barbados 14/2 Aiphanes minima..Macaw Palm..Trunk covered in slender, menacing black spines. Compounds mackaw bush n. either of two prickly nightshades, Solanum mammosum and S. torvum; = susumber n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > other plants producing edible berries shallon1806 mackaw bush1814 susumber1814 salal1825 quandong1836 tangle1857 turkey-berry1858 quandong1862 manatoka1897 riberry1988 1814 J. Lunan Hortus Jamaicensis II. 245 Solanum..mamosum... Stem prickly, herbaceous..prickly branched..; leaves alternate,..midrib prickly below..macaw bush. 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 785 Mackaw bush: Solanum mammosum. 1929 N. Olson in J. E. C. McFarlane Voices from Summerland 225 Pricked by some sharp macaw Or briar bushes. macaw fat n. any of several palms with oily fruits, esp. the oil palm, Elaeis guineensis; cf. macca-fat n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > oil palms macaw1657 groo-groo1796 macaw fat1801 oil palm1850 macca-fat palm1873 babassu1876 oil-berry tree1878 macca1892 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plant, nut, or bean yielding oil > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding oil > tropical > oil-palms macaw1657 macaw fat1801 oil palm1850 macca-fat palm1873 babassu1876 oil-berry tree1878 1801 T. Dancer Med. Assistant 362 Mackaw Fat or Oil of the Guiney Palm (Elais Guiniensis). 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Macaw-fat, a West Indian name for oil palm, Elais Guineensis. 2001 www.growit.com 18 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) Wholesale nursery growers providing: Palm: African Oil Palm; Macaw Fat—Elaeis guineensis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹1625n.²1657
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