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单词 madge
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madgen.1

Brit. /madʒ/, U.S. /mædʒ/
Forms: 1500s– madge, 1600s madg- (in compounds).
Origin: Probably from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Madge.
Etymology: Probably < Madge, pet form of the female forenames Margery (see margery n.1) and Margaret (see Margaret n.). Compare mag n.4, maggot n.2Recorded in Eng. Dial. Dict. in sense 1 from Northamptonshire (although see also quot. 1848 at sense 1), in sense 2 from northern and north-midland English counties, Worcestershire, and Suffolk, and in compound madge-howlet from Worcestershire and Norfolk.
1. More fully madge-owl, madge-owlet, madge-howlet. An owl, esp. the barn owl, Tyto alba. In later use British regional.
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the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Tytonidae > tyto alba (barn owl)
shritch?a1500
scritch owl1510
shritch-owl1538
strich1552
screech owl1567
shriek-owl1567
madge?1576
lich-owl1585
lich-fowl1611
jill-hooter1668
white owl1672
barn owl1674
church owl1678
aluco1753
padge1848
cherubim1864
squinch-owl1880
monkey-facec1940
?1576 Common Condicions sig. Biiiv By gogs bloud Shift he lookes like a madge howlet.
1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. F2v Howe many filthy wordes hast thou to answere for... Name one, Madge-owlet, name one.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 178 Thou lasie Madge That fearing light, still seekest where to hide.
1606 J. Day Ile of Guls sig. D4v The black swan of beauty, & madg-howlet [printed madg-howled] of admiration.
1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi viii. §2. 404 Ulula..which we call the Howlet, or the Madge.
a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd ii. iii. 8 in Wks. (1640) III Thou shoul'dst ha' given her, a Madge-Owle . View more context for this quotation
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. ix Under his Cage he perceived a Madge howlet.
1823 C. Lamb Let. 3 May (1935) II. 385 A Silent Meeting of Madge Owlets.
1848 Zoologist 6 2191 The barn owl..in Warwickshire..is generally called a ‘madge’ or ‘madge owlet’.
1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 126 Barn Owl..Familiar names..Madge howlet (Norfolk).
a1924 S. Baring-Gould Further Reminisc. (1925) 274 The brown owl..is the Madge-owl.
2. British regional. The magpie, Pica pica.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [noun] > pica pica (magpie)
haggistera1225
piea1225
piet?a1513
maggoty-pie1573
magpie1589
pianet1594
haggess1599
maw-pie1618
pie-maggot1628
mag1802
madge1823
maggie1825
maggot1848
Margaret1854
1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 219 Madge, Mag, Meg, a magpie.
1828 J. Fleming Hist. Brit. Animals 87 P. caudata Common Magpie... E. Pianet, Madge.
1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 720 (note) ‘Magot’ and ‘Madge’, are names frequently given in England to the Pie.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

madgen.2

Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps connected with madge n.1; compare the French pet form margot in grande jument margot ‘outil employé par les faux-monnayeurs’ (Cotgrave, 1611) and similar uses (see Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch s.v. margarīta). N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mædʒ) /mædʒ/.
Obsolete. rare.
A lead hammer covered with strong woollen cloth, used in silver-plating.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun]
drivel1296
beater1611
plegnic1612
driver1625
madge1870
1870 Eng. Mech. 25 Feb. 573/1 It is then hammered with a leaden hammer, clothed with kersey or woollen cloth, called a madge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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