单词 | newry |
释义 | † newryn. Obsolete. = lory n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > genus Lorius (lory) newry1598 lory1692 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xlv. 85/1 There commeth into India out of the Island of Molucas beyond Malacca, a kind of birdes, called Noyras [Du. Noyras]: they are like Parrattes, but they haue many red feathers, and speake like Parrattes. 1601 tr. A. Galvão Disc. World 46 There are hogs also with hornes, and parats which prattle much, which they call Noris [Port. Noris]. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage v. xii. 429 As for fowles, they haue abundance of Parrots and Noyras, more pleasing in beautie, speech and other delights then the Parrot. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 116 Here were..Cockatoos and Newries from Bantam, as also a Cassawar that digests Iron. 1698 in J. T. Wheeler Madras in Olden Time (1861) I. 333 Brought ashore from the ‘Resolution’..a newry and four yards of broadcloth for a present for the Havildar. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1598 |
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