单词 | nyas |
释义 | nyasn.adj. Now historical and rare. A. n. 1. = eyas n.. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > hawk > young brancher?a1400 bowerc1460 eyas1486 nyas1495 eyea1500 ramage1575 ramager1686 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 17 Any Hauke of the brede of Englond called Nyesse, gossehauke, tassel,..or faucon. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 102 Whither they bee Sorehawkes, mewed or Nyasse, yet are they of sundrye natures. 1584 R. Greene Gwydonius 42 No Niesse so ramage but will be reclaimed to the Lunes. 1956 Shakespeare Q. 7 257 A ‘niess’ or ‘nyas’, like its later variant ‘eyas’ in Hamlet, being of course a fledgling hawk removed from the nest. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > condition of not travelling > [noun] > one who nyas1576 stay-put1967 1576 G. Pettie Petite Pallace 82 If they..knowe him to be a Niesse, which wyl neuer away, then they make hym flee. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) iii. 136 Ther is no man such a Niasse, but that continuall bobbes and repulses wil make him soare away. 1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 44 If shee be so ramage let hir flye and seeke for a Niess that may prooue more gentle. 1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse i. vi. 18 in Wks. II Laught at, sweet bird? is that the scruple? Come, come, Thou art a Niaise [margin A Niaise is a young Hawke, tane crying out of the nest]. Designating an eyas. Also (in extended use): unfledged, youthful. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 121 If you would make your hawke to the Crane, take a Nyasse Falcon gentle..And when you woulde make hir fleeing, lette hir flee from the fiste, and succour hir quickely. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Niard Faulcon niard, a Nias Faulcon. 1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas 327/1 A Nias Hawke. 1636 Fasciculus Florum 48 I on my Table set..Capons, Lamb, Veal, and daintiest Fowl,..Then like a Nyas-dragon on them fly. 1659 J. Howell Particular Vocab. iv. sig. liiiiiv, in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) A nias hawk newly taken out of the nest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1495 |
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