moun.¹

Brit.

/muː/,

/maʊ/, U.S.

/mu/,

/maʊ/, Scottish English

/mu/,

/mʌʊ/

Forms: Middle English moue (in a late copy), 1800s– mou (English regional (northern)), 1800s– mow (English regional (northern)); Scottish pre-1700 mowe, pre-1700 muow, pre-1700 1700s– mou, pre-1700 1700s– mow, pre-1700 1800s– mu, 1700s– mou', 1800s– moo.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: mouth n.

Etymology: Shortened < mouth n. With loss of final -th , compare unco adj., adv., and n.Compare sparing evidence for a corresponding verb in Scots (compare mouth v.):1818 J. Hogg Wool-gatherer 130 Some o' them..yethered him and yerkit him till he couldna mou' another curse. It is unclear whether the following example shows the same word (compare mouth v. 4a), or mow v.³ (compare discussion in Sc. National Dict. s.v. mouth n., v.):1795 Complaint 6 We had na better scorn or mou, Lest we sud want.

Chiefly Scottish.

= mouth n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [noun]

moutheOE

billa1000

munc1400

mussa1529

mouc1540

gan1567

gob1568

bouche1582

oven1593

taster1596

Pipe Office1609

neba1616

gab1681

gam1724

mouthpiece1738

potato-trap1785

potato-jaw1791

fly-trapc1795

trap1796

mouthie1801

mug1820

gin-trap1824

rattletrap1824

box1830

mouf1836

bread trap1838

puss1844

tater-trap1846

gash1852

kissing trap1854

shop1855

north and south1858

mooey1859

kisser1860

gingerbread-trap1864

bazoo1877

bake1893

tattie-trap1894

yap1900

smush1930

gate1937

cakehole1943

motormouth1976

pie hole1983

geggie1985

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 7005 Þai gyrd þe grekys..Slogh hom doun sleghly in þe slade moue.

1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo l. 713 in Wks. (1931) I The wyffis of the village cryis with cair Quhen thai persaue ȝour muow ouirthort thar medis.

a1586 King Hart l. 955 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 284 Ffor he hes gottin morsellis on the mow.

1612 Edinb. Test. XLVII. f. 142^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Mow Twa towallis and twa mow claithis.

1686 G. Stuart Joco-serious Disc. 76 Come my dow And let me kiss that weel fourd mow.

1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth V. 89 He..kist her bonny Mow.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess ii. 332 An' prest her flaunt'ring mou' upon her lips.

1823 J. Hogg Shepherd's Cal. (1829) I. i. 4 Ye're something ill for thrawing your mou' at Providence now and then.

1858 M. Porteous Real Souter Johnny (ed. 2) 13 He..took care..to..fill the jinglin' stoup wi mair To gust their mou.

1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xl. 280 The ‘blower’ skytit oot o' Samie's mou'.

1903 J. Lumsden Toorle v. i. 100 His speech rusht out o' the mou' o' him like water out o' a tail dam.

1990 T. McEwen McX (1991) i. 13 Shut your mou, you drunken horror, replied the old lady.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

moun.²

Brit.

/muː/,

/maʊ/, U.S.

/mu/,

/maʊ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: 1800s– mow, 1900s– mou, 1900s– mu.

Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymons: Chinese mǒu, mǔ.

Etymology: < Chinese mǒu (also transliterated mow), mǔ (also transliterated mou).

A Chinese unit of area, varying according to locality but usually equivalent to about 670 square metres (approx. 800 square yards).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > Chinese units

mou1836

shang1887

1836 J. F. Davis Chinese II. xiv. 132 The land-tax of the district was then something more than one-fifth of a taël of silver per mow.

1849 Glance Interior China 152 A Chinese mow is the sixth part of an English acre, and 100 mow make a king.

1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 39/1 A ground-rent of 15,000 cash (about £3) per mow (a third of an acre).

1924 Other Lands Jan. 56/2 Having acquired a tract of land on the north bank of thirty to forty thousand mow it has been very successful.

1955 Ann. Reg. 1954 305 ‘Of the over 80 million mou of the still flooded farmlands, 30 million mou have not yet been drained.’.. A mou was almost exactly one-sixth of an acre.

1973 Times 21 Mar. (China Trade Suppl.) p. xiv/3 Since a mu is one sixth of an acre, and a catty is 1.1 lb. these figures come out at 18 cwt and 24 cwt of unhusked rice an acre.

1987 Republic of China 115 The Chinese Communists confiscated 700 million mou of land from among the 300 million population.

1998 Mod. China 24 344 A shang, the Shaanbei land measure, equals about 3 mu or 1/2 acre.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mou
释义	moun.¹ Brit. /muː/, /maʊ/, U.S. /mu/, /maʊ/, Scottish English /mu/, /mʌʊ/ Forms: Middle English moue (in a late copy), 1800s– mou (English regional (northern)), 1800s– mow (English regional (northern)); Scottish pre-1700 mowe, pre-1700 muow, pre-1700 1700s– mou, pre-1700 1700s– mow, pre-1700 1800s– mu, 1700s– mou', 1800s– moo. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: mouth n. Etymology: Shortened < mouth n. With loss of final -th , compare unco adj., adv., and n.Compare sparing evidence for a corresponding verb in Scots (compare mouth v.):1818 J. Hogg Wool-gatherer 130 Some o' them..yethered him and yerkit him till he couldna mou' another curse. It is unclear whether the following example shows the same word (compare mouth v. 4a), or mow v.³ (compare discussion in Sc. National Dict. s.v. mouth n., v.):1795 Complaint 6 We had na better scorn or mou, Lest we sud want. Chiefly Scottish. = mouth n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [noun] moutheOE billa1000 munc1400 mussa1529 mouc1540 gan1567 gob1568 bouche1582 oven1593 taster1596 Pipe Office1609 neba1616 gab1681 gam1724 mouthpiece1738 potato-trap1785 potato-jaw1791 fly-trapc1795 trap1796 mouthie1801 mug1820 gin-trap1824 rattletrap1824 box1830 mouf1836 bread trap1838 puss1844 tater-trap1846 gash1852 kissing trap1854 shop1855 north and south1858 mooey1859 kisser1860 gingerbread-trap1864 bazoo1877 bake1893 tattie-trap1894 yap1900 smush1930 gate1937 cakehole1943 motormouth1976 pie hole1983 geggie1985 c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 7005 Þai gyrd þe grekys..Slogh hom doun sleghly in þe slade moue. 1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo l. 713 in Wks. (1931) I The wyffis of the village cryis with cair Quhen thai persaue ȝour muow ouirthort thar medis. a1586 King Hart l. 955 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 284 Ffor he hes gottin morsellis on the mow. 1612 Edinb. Test. XLVII. f. 142^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Mow Twa towallis and twa mow claithis. 1686 G. Stuart Joco-serious Disc. 76 Come my dow And let me kiss that weel fourd mow. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth V. 89 He..kist her bonny Mow. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess ii. 332 An' prest her flaunt'ring mou' upon her lips. 1823 J. Hogg Shepherd's Cal. (1829) I. i. 4 Ye're something ill for thrawing your mou' at Providence now and then. 1858 M. Porteous Real Souter Johnny (ed. 2) 13 He..took care..to..fill the jinglin' stoup wi mair To gust their mou. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xl. 280 The ‘blower’ skytit oot o' Samie's mou'. 1903 J. Lumsden Toorle v. i. 100 His speech rusht out o' the mou' o' him like water out o' a tail dam. 1990 T. McEwen McX (1991) i. 13 Shut your mou, you drunken horror, replied the old lady. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). moun.² Brit. /muː/, /maʊ/, U.S. /mu/, /maʊ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: 1800s– mow, 1900s– mou, 1900s– mu. Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymons: Chinese mǒu, mǔ. Etymology: < Chinese mǒu (also transliterated mow), mǔ (also transliterated mou). A Chinese unit of area, varying according to locality but usually equivalent to about 670 square metres (approx. 800 square yards). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > Chinese units mou1836 shang1887 1836 J. F. Davis Chinese II. xiv. 132 The land-tax of the district was then something more than one-fifth of a taël of silver per mow. 1849 Glance Interior China 152 A Chinese mow is the sixth part of an English acre, and 100 mow make a king. 1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 39/1 A ground-rent of 15,000 cash (about £3) per mow (a third of an acre). 1924 Other Lands Jan. 56/2 Having acquired a tract of land on the north bank of thirty to forty thousand mow it has been very successful. 1955 Ann. Reg. 1954 305 ‘Of the over 80 million mou of the still flooded farmlands, 30 million mou have not yet been drained.’.. A mou was almost exactly one-sixth of an acre. 1973 Times 21 Mar. (China Trade Suppl.) p. xiv/3 Since a mu is one sixth of an acre, and a catty is 1.1 lb. these figures come out at 18 cwt and 24 cwt of unhusked rice an acre. 1987 Republic of China 115 The Chinese Communists confiscated 700 million mou of land from among the 300 million population. 1998 Mod. China 24 344 A shang, the Shaanbei land measure, equals about 3 mu or 1/2 acre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1540n.²1836
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