单词 | partan |
释义 | partann. English regional (northern), Scottish, and Irish English. 1. a. A crab, esp. the edible crab, Cancer pagurus. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > crab crabc1000 partan1428 punger1586 red crab1825 fiddle-fish1867 partan-crab1893 muddy1953 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) crabc1000 crab-fisha1400 cancer?a1425 partan1428 crayfish1509 canker1562 rock crab1736 fiery-tangs1813 cancroid1852 brachyuran1877 partan-crab1893 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > member of family Cancridae (rock crab) partan1428 punger1586 marble crab1668 sea-cock1668 rock crab1736 Cape lobster1793 partan-crab1893 Dungeness crab1896 1428 Ayr Burgh Accts. in Sc. Hist. Rev. (1957) 31 143 To men to pertians xiiij d. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) i. l. 813 In to þe watyr of Ganges..wormys als of hugis strenythe, Lyk to partanys heyr ar þa, And on þar cors has armys twa. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xix. 126 The ȝong partan vald nocht gang euyn furtht bot rather sche ȝeid crukit bakuart and on syd. c1618 Trial Isobel Inch (c1855) 3 God let neither sea nor salt wattir bear the said Johnne Dein above but that the partans eat him in the bottom of the sea. a1688 J. Wallace Descr. Orkney (1693) ii. 14 Lobsters, Partens, Mussels. 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. iii. 55 Cancer marinus Vulgaris, the Common Sea-Crab; our Fishers call it a Partan. 1746 R. Forbes Lyon in Mourning (1895) I. 173 One of the boatmen went in among the rocks where he catched a large partan. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xi. 253 A half-a-dozen o' partans to make the sauce. 1864 J. Boyce Mary Lee 20 Bade him get up, and not lie there, like a partaun. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders vii. 75 Progressing, as the partan..is said to do, backwards. 1910 P. W. Joyce Eng. as we speak it in Irel. (1997) 300 Parthan, a crab-fish. (Donegal.) Merely the Irish partan. 1936 Scotsman 7 Mar. 17/2 Up came the creel glittering in its black tar, and in it a ‘partan’, an enormous crab. 1981 E. Little Pink Rock & Postcards (1987) (BNC) 28 Lobster and Partan now abound With clawing, scraping, scratching sound. 1998 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 11 May 3 After the beach clear-up there will be an opportunity to go looking for partans and buckies in the rockpools on the beach. b. The common shore crab, Carcinus maenas. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > member of Portunidae (lady-crab) velvet crab1681 green crab1763 lady crab1844 sand crab1844 shore-crab1850 devil crab1871 partan1880 velvet fiddler crab1882 shuttle-crab1889 sook1950 muddy1953 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Parten, the shore crab, Carcinus mœnas. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 247/1 Partan..the shore crab Carcinus maenas. 2. derogatory. An ugly, bad-tempered, or crabby person. Cf. partan-face n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > lack of affability > person stick1801 poker1812 mauvais coucheur1857 partan1896 chip1929 peckerhead1945 1896 J. M. Barrie Sentimental Tommy iv. 45 Tak' that, you glowering partan! 1899 S. R. Crockett Little Anna Mark xx. 163 A silly partan o' a bairn like this. 1941 Bon-accord 27 Nov. 12 The iniqueety o' men fouk in general, an' ae pike-thank fiteless aul' partan in partickler. Compounds partan bree n. Scottish a crab soup, typically containing rice. ΚΠ 1909 C. F. Frere Cookery Bk. Lady Clark of Tillypronie 348 (heading) Crab Soup. ‘Partan Bree’.—Scotch name for Crab Broth. 2002 J. Bindloss & C. Lucas Scotland's Highlands & Islands 79/2 Fish-lovers should hunt down partan bree, a satisfying crab soup. partan cage n. a trap for catching crabs. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fish-trap > [noun] > for lobsters or crabs lobster-pot1765 crab-pot1793 trap-creel1795 trunk1835 lobster-creel1853 lobster-trap1865 stick pot1887 partan cage1899 1899 S. R. Crockett Little Anna Mark xviii. 140 To set his partan cages in Byness Bay. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > crab crabc1000 partan1428 punger1586 red crab1825 fiddle-fish1867 partan-crab1893 muddy1953 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) crabc1000 crab-fisha1400 cancer?a1425 partan1428 crayfish1509 canker1562 rock crab1736 fiery-tangs1813 cancroid1852 brachyuran1877 partan-crab1893 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > member of family Cancridae (rock crab) partan1428 punger1586 marble crab1668 sea-cock1668 rock crab1736 Cape lobster1793 partan-crab1893 Dungeness crab1896 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xxii. 260 A boat, that was backed like a partan-crab. partan-face n. derogatory an ugly or sour-looking person (cf. sense 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun] > ugly person hog's face1578 kex1619 troll1697 singed cat1836 ogre1843 plug-ugly1862 partan-face1895 bad looker1898 snout-face1923 Mr Potato Head1952 mieskeit1968 fuglya1970 grot1970 minger1992 1895 N. Roy Horseman's Word xii. 141 Answer yoursell, parten-face, gin you're grown sic a wonder o' wisdom. 1910 J. Buchan Prester John i. 20 Wha called ye partan-face, my bonny man? partan-faced adj. ugly, sour-faced. ΚΠ 1927 J. Carruthers Man Beset 49 A partan-faced, sculduddery loon. ΚΠ 1787 W. Taylor Scots Poems 56 She was sae partan-fu' o' pride. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] gnedec900 gripplea1000 fastOE narrow-hearteda1200 narrow?c1225 straitc1290 chinchc1300 nithinga1325 scarcec1330 clama1340 hard1340 scantc1366 sparingc1386 niggardc1400 chinchy?1406 retentivea1450 niggardousa1492 niggish1519 unliberal1533 pinching1548 dry1552 nigh1555 niggardly1560 churlish1566 squeamish1566 niggardish1567 niggard-like1567 holding1569 spare1577 handfast1578 envious1580 close-handed1585 hard-handed1587 curmudgeonly1590 parsimonious?1591 costive1594 hidebound1598 penny-pinching1600 penurious1600 strait-handed1600 club-fisted1601 dry-fisted1604 fast-handed1605 fast-fingered1607 close-fisted1608 near1611 scanting1613 carkingc1620 illiberal1623 clutch-fisteda1634 hideboundeda1640 clutch-fista1643 clunch-fisted1644 unbounteous1645 hard-fisted1646 purse-bound1652 close1654 stingy1659 tenacious1676 scanty1692 sneaking1696 gripe-handed1698 narrow-souled1699 niggardling1704 snippy1727 unindulgent1742 shabby1766 neargoinga1774 cheesemongering1781 split-farthing1787 save-all1788 picked1790 iron-fisted1794 unhandsome1800 scaly1803 nearbegoing1805 tight1805 nippit1808 nipcheese1819 cumin-splitting1822 partan-handed1823 scrimping1823 scrumptious1823 scrimpy1825 meanly1827 skinny1833 pinchfisted1837 mean1840 tight-fisted1843 screwy1844 stinty1849 cheeseparing1857 skinflinty1886 mouly1904 mingy1911 cheapskate1912 picey1937 tight-assed1961 chintzy1964 tightwad1976 1823 J. Galt Entail III. xxi. 203 Ye partan-handit,..Mammon o' unrighteousness. partan-hook n. a hook for catching crabs. ΚΠ 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 207/2 Partan-hook, an iron hook for catching crabs. partan toe n. (also partan's toe) a crab's claw. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > parts of crab partan toea1568 tongs1608 apron1855 cart1860 a1568 ‘Listis Lordis, I sall yow tell’ (Bannatyne MS.) 57 With ten pertane tais, And nyne knokis of windil strais. c1700 in J. R. N. Macphail Papers Sir William Fraser (1924) 78 He roasted a hen to him with strea and gave him a dram out of a paiten [sic] tea. 1833 J. S. Sands Poems 70 Auchmithie, famed for caulkers An' parton taes. 1870 J. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 59 Yer lang sharp nails can nip as weel As ony partan's tae. 1909 J. Colville Stud. Lowland Scots iii. i. 123 Withered leaves of the tussilago or colt's-foot..were eagerly utilised as a substitute for tobacco, and smoked, ‘with diffeeculty’, in a ‘partan's tae’. 1932 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Compl. Poems (1993) I. 334 Dry leafs o' dishielogie To smoke in a ‘partan's tae’! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1428 |
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