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单词 mittane
释义

mittanen.

Forms: pre-1700 mittan, pre-1700 mittane, pre-1700 myttane, 1800s mittaine, 1800s mitten; (pseudo-archaic) myttaine
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown; compare earlier mittell n.Recorded as obsolete in Sc. National Dict.
Scottish. Obsolete.
A bird of prey (probably some kind of hawk); (apparently) = mittell n.Quot. a1900 specifically refers to the male hen harrier, Circus cyaneus.
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a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Abbot of Tungland in Poems (1998) I. 58 The myttane and Sanct Martynis fowle.
1568 W. Dunbar in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 251 Forsett is ay þe falconis kynd Bot euir the mittane [a1586 myttell] is hard in mynd.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Mittale, Mittaine, a bird of prey, of the hawk kind.
a1900 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 306/1 [East Lothian] Mitten, the male hen-harrier, Circus cyaneus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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