单词 | morling |
释义 | † morlingn. Obsolete. 1. Wool taken from the skin of a dead sheep; (occasionally) the skin itself. Contrasted with shorling. Cf. morkin n.1 2.In later use only in the traditional language of schedules to Acts of Parliament. The list in quot. 1833 was repealed by 5 & 6 Vict. c. 47 (1842), and the replacement text does not include the term. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > from sheep > from dead sheep pelt wool1341 pell wool1404 morling1448 skin wool1495 fell wool1677 slipe1856 1448–9 in Statutes of Realm (1816) II. 346 (MED) Par novelles controves nouns come Morlyng & Shorlyng. 1455 Rolls of Parl. V. 330/2 Carie Wolle and Wolfelles, Shorlyng and Morlyng, oute of this youre Reame. 1472–5 Rolls of Parl. VI. 157/2 Almaner Woll and Wollfell, and Fell called Shorlyng and Morlyng..shal be conveyed to the staple of Caleys. 1562–3 Act 5 Eliz. c. 22 §2 Yt shall not bee laufull..to shippe..any maner of Shepe skynnes, Woolfelles, Shorelinges, Morelinges [etc.]. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Xx4/2 Morlinge..seemeth to be that wolle which is taken from the skinne of a dead sheep. 1669 S. Sturmy Summary of Penalties & Forfeitures in Mariners Mag. 4 Wooll, Wooll-fells, Wooll-flocks, Mortlings. 1688 Royal Proclam. 6 Apr. in London Gaz. No. 2338/1 Laws..Prohibiting the Transportation of Sheep Wooll, Wooll-fells, Woolen-yarn, Mortlings, Shorlings. 1801 J. Leyden Compl. Scotl. 317 A starveling sheep that dies of weakness and disease... The skins of such sheep are termed murts or murlings. 1810 T. Mortimer Gen. Dict. Commerce, Trade, & Manuf. Morling or Mortling, is that wool taken from the skin of a dead sheep, either dying of the rot, or killed, called in some counties mort-wool. 1833 Act 3 & 4 Will. IV c. 56 (Duties of Customs Outwards) in Statutes U.K. (1835) 13 291 Woolfels, Mortlings, Shortlings, Yarn. 2. = morkin n.1 1. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [noun] > dead animal morkina1450 morling1636 1636 ‘L. Uthalmus’ Fasciculus Florum 35 A wretched witherd Mortling, and a piece Of Carrion, wrapt up in a Golden Fleece. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Shorling In some parts of England, they understand by a shorling, a sheep whose fleece is shorn off; and by a morling, a sheep that dies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1448 |
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