methyn.

Brit.

/mᵻˈðʌɪ/, U.S.

/məˈðaɪ/

Forms: 1700s me'rthy, 1700s motheey, 1700s mouthey, 1700s 1900s– marthy, 1800s– methy, 1900s– methai.

Origin: A borrowing from Woods Cree. Etymon: Woods Cree miðay.

Etymology: < Woods Cree miðay (in other dialects minay, milay, miyay) < Missinipi Cree mari.

North American. Now rare.

The burbot, Lota lota.

ΚΠ

1705 Albany Fort Jrnl. 25 Nov. in Hudson's Bay Misc. (1975) (modernized text) 26 One of the men I sent to catch motheey..brought two small mouthey.

1743 J. Isham in Publ. Hudson's Bay Rec. Soc. (1949) 12 169 Me'rthy (as the Natives styles itt,) are a fish Resembles an Eal in taste.

1772 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 152 The second of the Hudson's Bay fish, is called, by the wild natives of that country, Marthy, and is nothing else than our common Burbot, Gadus Lota, Linn. only vastly superior in size.

1836 J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana III. 248 Gadus (Lota) maculosus (Cuvier). The Methy.

1859 Househ. Words 26 Feb. 290/2 The roe of the methy..can be baked into biscuits, which are used in the fur countries as tea-bread.

1887 Senate Jrnl. 21 App. 121 Next in quantity would come..goldeye, mari or methy (dog fish or ling), perch [etc.].

1903 Bull. N.Y. State Mus. & Sci. Service No. 60. 702 The American burbot..has received a great many names, including marthy, methy [etc.].

1964 D. B. Turner Inventory Natural Resources Brit. Columbia 586 The Burbot..is known by a variety of names, but Burbot, Ling, Maria (the prevailing name in Manitoba), Loche (French-Canadian) and Methy (Cree Indian) appear to be the most commonly used.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	methy
释义	methyn. Brit. /mᵻˈðʌɪ/, U.S. /məˈðaɪ/ Forms: 1700s me'rthy, 1700s motheey, 1700s mouthey, 1700s 1900s– marthy, 1800s– methy, 1900s– methai. Origin: A borrowing from Woods Cree. Etymon: Woods Cree miðay. Etymology: < Woods Cree miðay (in other dialects minay, milay, miyay) < Missinipi Cree mari. North American. Now rare. The burbot, Lota lota. ΚΠ 1705 Albany Fort Jrnl. 25 Nov. in Hudson's Bay Misc. (1975) (modernized text) 26 One of the men I sent to catch motheey..brought two small mouthey. 1743 J. Isham in Publ. Hudson's Bay Rec. Soc. (1949) 12 169 Me'rthy (as the Natives styles itt,) are a fish Resembles an Eal in taste. 1772 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 152 The second of the Hudson's Bay fish, is called, by the wild natives of that country, Marthy, and is nothing else than our common Burbot, Gadus Lota, Linn. only vastly superior in size. 1836 J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana III. 248 Gadus (Lota) maculosus (Cuvier). The Methy. 1859 Househ. Words 26 Feb. 290/2 The roe of the methy..can be baked into biscuits, which are used in the fur countries as tea-bread. 1887 Senate Jrnl. 21 App. 121 Next in quantity would come..goldeye, mari or methy (dog fish or ling), perch [etc.]. 1903 Bull. N.Y. State Mus. & Sci. Service No. 60. 702 The American burbot..has received a great many names, including marthy, methy [etc.]. 1964 D. B. Turner Inventory Natural Resources Brit. Columbia 586 The Burbot..is known by a variety of names, but Burbot, Ling, Maria (the prevailing name in Manitoba), Loche (French-Canadian) and Methy (Cree Indian) appear to be the most commonly used. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1705
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