单词 | pellock |
释义 | pellockn.1 Scottish. 1. A dolphin, porpoise, or similar marine animal. In later use: (spec.) a porpoise. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Phocaenidae (porpoise) swineeOE mereswineeOE pellock1331 sea-swine1398 porpoisea1425 brownswinec1440 bassinatc1540 pollantine1558 sea-hog1580 hogfish1611 tursion1655 tumbler1694 sea-pig1826 snuffer1829 puffing pig1845 puff-pig1861 puffer1884 1331 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1878) I. 397 Et eidem, per vnam petram de porpoys et tres pelokis, xvs. 1511 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 337 Item, to Robert Buttone katour for ane selcht and ane pellok and salt to thaim. c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Bvjv This firth [of Forth] is rycht plentuus of coclis, osteris, muschellis, selch, pellok, merswyne & quhalis. 1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Delphine, a pellock. 1602 in G. Donaldson Court Bk. Shetland, 1602–4 (1954) 52 Ane pellok drevin in at Lunay comprysit to ane halff gulyeoun with ane rottin selchie. 1645 in S. Hibbert Descr. Shetland Islands (1822) 599 Being transformed in the lyknes of an pellack quhaill. a1656 R. Gordon Geneal. Hist. Earldom of Sutherland (1813) 4 Ther is..upon all the cost of Sutherland a great quantitie of pealoks, sealghes or sealls and somtymes whaills of great bignes. a1688 J. Wallace Descr. Orkney (1883) 17 Many spout whales or pellacks which sometime run in great numbers upon the shore and are taken. 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. iii. 53 A Palach, a great Destroyer of Salmond. a1722 Dr Archbald Acct. Galloway in A. Symson Large Descr. Galloway (1823) App. 150 The pillock is a large fish about ten foot long and as great of body as ane ordinare horse... The countrey people make oyl of them. 1755 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 28 The second chiel was a thick, setterel, swown pallach. 1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IV. 22 A species of sea animals..called buckers, pellocks, or porpoises. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 91 Gambolling like a pellach amongst the waves. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 219 Like a school of pellocks in the Firth. 1925 A. Murison Rosehearty Rhymes 5 He shot a big pellack when he wis afloat. 1949 ‘Lex’ But-end Ballans 7 Might as weel try tae meuve a hill As trail yin pallo roond de fleur. 1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Paalo, pallo, pallack, pellack, a porpoise: as fat as a pallack very fat. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > flesh of other animals > [noun] > porpoise pellock1513 1513 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 488 j barrell pellok deliverit be the maister cuk. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 4996 And for till by thair merchandice agane As selch and salmone, stuir, pellat and pran. 1602 Shetland Sheriff Ct. 28 To quit hirselff of ane peice pellok seine at the bankis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pellockn.2 Scottish. Now historical and rare. A (more or less) spherical missile fired from a crossbow, mortar, cannon, etc.; = pellet n.1 1a. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > crossbow bolt > [noun] > ball discharged from crossbow pellock1496 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or ball balla1387 pellock1496 1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 320 Giffin to a man to tak mesour of muldis of diuers gunnys, to send in Frans to mak pellokis of irne, xvjd. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. bii* Thai bend bowis of bras braithly within Pellokis paisand to pase Gapand gunnys of brase. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. xii. 111 Wyth leyd pellokis from engynis or staf slyng..thair fa men doun to ding. 1540 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 371/2 Euery landit man within þe samin Sall haue ane hagbute of founde..with þare calmis bullettis and pellokis of leid..or Irne. 1908 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 809/1 Some of these newfangled weapons, hagbuts and culvereins, with powder, and pellocks and bullets of lead or iron. CompoundsΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > crossbow arbalesta1100 arbalestrea1387 crossbow1432 pellock bow1537 latch1547 piece1590 stock-bow1598 steel bow1607 balister1679 arcubalist1774 oblest1780 1537 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 340 Deliverit to Johne Tennand thre pellok bowis. 1538 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials (1833) I. *293 Ane irne of ane Pellok-bow. 1601 Accts. Treasurer Scotl. f. 81 Tua pellok boll stringis. 1605 in C. Innes Black Bk. Taymouth (1855) 343 In the lairdis chalmer..a pellok bow..ane hand bow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11331n.21496 |
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