单词 | newcal |
释义 | newcaladj. Scottish and English regional (northern). Now rare. Of a cow: that has newly calved. ΚΠ lOE Laws: Rectitudines (Corpus Cambr.) xiii. 450 Cuhyrde gebyreð, þæt he hæbbe ealdre cu meolc VII niht, syððan heo nige cealfod hæfð.] 1492 in H. Marwick Orkney Farm-names (1952) 197 That evir ilk new callit cow payit half a lisp. butter ȝerly. 1533 in J. M. Webster & A. A. M. Duncan Regality of Dunfermline Court Bk. (1953) 103 Ane newcald kow. 1543 Lochleven Compt Bk. f. 14v xij nickat ky, ij ferrow ky and thre ald ȝeld ky. 1564–75 Hamilton & Campsie Test. I. f. 5v Thre ky ane of thaim newcall. 1636 in C. Innes Black Bk. Taymouth (1855) 425 As also two neucle kye. 1675 Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court Test. 13 May Seven milk kay and followers almost all newcall. 1719 A. Ramsay Richy & Sandy 72 Nuckle kye stand rowting in the loans. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iii. iii. 48 My Faulds contain twice Fifeteen forrow Nowt, As mony Newcal in my Bayers rowt. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 89 While new-ca'd kye rowte at the stake. 1801 W. Beattie Fruits Time Parings 21 A new-cal' cow to fill my byre. 1866 ‘S. Gilpin’ Songs & Ballads Cumberland 276 As good to him as a nuikkel't cat. 1877 W. M. Egglestone Betty Podkins' Visit 12 Tea's t'stuff, when it hez a ni'akald cow's milk in't er a sup cream. 1881 J. Sargisson Joe Scoap's Jurneh 89 Nobbut just gruntit summat aboot fat-swine, an' neucklt-kye. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1492 |
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