单词 | pirr |
释义 | pirrn.1 Scottish after 16th cent. 1. A state of agitation or excitement; a fit of anger; (also) a flurry of activity. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of gloominga1400 terret1515 momurdotesc1540 the sullens1580 pirr1581 pet1590 snuff1592 mulligrubs1599 mumps1599 geea1605 mood1609 miff1623 tetch1623 frumps1671 strunt1721 hump1727 tiff1727 tift1751 huff1757 tig1773 tout1787 sulk1792 twita1825 fantigue1825 fuff1834 grumps1844 spell1856 the grumbles1861 grouch1895 snit1939 mardy1968 moody1969 strop1970 sull1972 cream puff1985 mard1998 the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun] fever1340 motiona1398 quotidian?a1439 rufflea1535 commotion1581 fret1582 hurry1600 puddering1603 tumultuousnessa1617 trepidation1625 feverishness1638 boilingc1660 fermentationc1660 tumult1663 ferment1672 stickle1681 fuss1705 whirl1707 flurry1710 sweat1715 fluster1728 pucker1740 flutter1741 flustration1747 flutteration1753 tremor1753 swithera1768 twitteration1775 state1781 stew1806 scrow1808 tumultuating1815 flurrification1822 tew1825 purr1842 pirr1856 tête montée1859 go1866 faff1874 poultry flutter1876 palaver1878 thirl1879 razzle-dazzle1885 nervism1887 flurry-scurry1888 fikiness1889 foment1889 dither1891 swivet1892 flusterment1895 tither1896 overwroughtness1923 mania1925 stumer1932 tizzy1935 two and eight1938 snit1939 tizz1953 tiswas1960 wahala1966 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xliii. 284 One displeased parent willdo..harme vpon a head, If he take a pyrre at some toy, neuer conferring with any, but with his owne cholere. 1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes Berwick 127 When one is in a pirr about things which do not go well. 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 127 The gueedewife geed intil an unco pirr fin the laird cam t' see 'ir. 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 127 He gangs till's wark wee a pirr. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 235 He's in a gey pirr. 1956 C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle 94 There steud Peggy in as proper a pirr as iver I saa her in, cheust dancan wae maderam. 1998 N. Harper Spik o the Place 110 [Banffshire] The furniture van cam wi her new sofa and the airms wis torn. She got hersel in a richt pirr. 2. Scottish. A gentle breeze; a light wind. Frequently with of. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > gentle wind auraa1398 breathc1400 air1535 gentle gale1567 zephyr1567 pirriea1614 breeze1626 gentle breeze1635 pirra1722 gale1728 zephyret1777 spill1899 a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 19 A little pir of wind that rose. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) ‘There's a fine pirr of wind.’ 1831 Fife Herald 18 Aug. And were they [sc. corn fields] to be visited with a pirr of wind,..the result would be seriously felt. 1891 J. J. H. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 115 As da pirr o memry, blaain, Frae mi een da skub aa clears. 1918 T. Manson Peat Comm. 45 A gentle ‘pirr’ of wind to keep the heat from becoming oppressive. 1999 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. 65/1 Dey wir hardly a pirr o wind ta fill da sail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pirrn.2 Scottish and Irish English (northern). 1. The common tern, Sterna hirundo. Also (Irish English (northern)): the cry of the tern. Sc. National Dict. (1968) at Pirr n.1 records this sense as still in use in Argyllshire in 1930. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus ridibundus (black-headed gull) pickmawa1525 peewit1678 pickmire1678 red-legged gull1785 black cap1802 pirr1818 red-leg1831 lapwing-gull1844 red-legged mew1862 the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Sterna (tern) stern1609 sternet1638 sea-swallow1647 tern1678 rittock1774 mackerel gull1792 gull-teaser1802 kip1802 rippock1806 kingbird1831 pirr1875 1818 D. Gemmill Topogr. Clyde 63 The Pirr or Turn annually builds here. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. (1876) 383 Pirr,..is also a sea-fowl with a long tail and black head,..whenever it sees any small fish or fry, dives down..on them, crying ‘pirr!’ 1875 D. Landsborough Arran 401 The numerous Cumbrae pirres have been destroyed or driven away. 1898 J. MacManus Bend of Road 195 The centre of the lake where the many hundred white pirrs now circled, and called. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 254/2 Pirr, (1) the cry of the tern Sterna spp. (2) the tern Sterna spp. 2. Irish English (northern). The black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus. ΚΠ 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 81 Purre, two sea birds, the tern and the black-headed gull. See Pirre[-maw] and Pyrmaw. a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 212/2 Pirr(e),..the black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 254/2 Pirr, a bird:..the black-headed gull Larus ridibundus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pirrv. Scottish and Irish English (northern). 1. intransitive. To flow swiftly; (also, of person or vehicle) to whirr along. Sc. National Dict. (1968) at Pirr v. records this sense as still in use in Shetland and Ulster in 1966. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > ride in a wheeled vehicle > rapidly whirl1594 pirr1824 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 383 Blood is said to pirr from the wound made by a lancet. 1852 J. W. Carlyle Let. 5 Aug. (1883) II. 171 Nothing could be more pleasant than so pirring through quiet roads [in a gig]. 1935 W. Soutar Poems in Scots 33 A' the seepin' sap, like bluid, Pirr'd saftly frae the cankert wud. 2. intransitive. Of the wind: to blow gently. Now Shetland. Sc. National Dict. (1968) at Pirr v. records this sense as still in use in Shetland in 1966. ΚΠ 1827 [see pirring adj. at Derivatives]. 1901 T. P. Ollason Mareel 58 He'll be pirrin' up a grain by an' bye, an' he's nae time o' nicht geen yet. Derivatives ˈpirring adj. rare (of a breeze) that blows gently. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > constant in direction and force sheerc1290 steady1612 frank1628 true1699 pirring1827 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 62 Careerin' on the pirrin' breeze, A greedy gled. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11581n.21818v.1824 |
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