pilcornn.

Brit.

/ˈpɪlkɔːn/, U.S.

/ˈpɪlˌkɔrn/

Forms: Middle English pelcorn, Middle English pilkorne, Middle English 1700s– pilcorn, 1500s–1600s pilcorne, 1700s pildcorn, 1800s– pillcorn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pill v.¹, corn n.¹

Etymology: < pill v.¹ + corn n.¹ Compare pilled oats at pilled adj.¹ 2b, pillotes n., pillez n.In form pildcorn probably altered by association with pilled adj.¹ (rather than an independent formation).

Now historical.

Naked oats, Avena nuda.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > oats > oat plants

pilcorn1283

aveyn1475

pillotes1551

pilled oats1578

naked oat1597

groats1669

pillez1764

oat1790

Scotch grey1798

turnip-oatsc1800

1283 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (1866) (modernized text) II. 173 Pilcorn.

1312 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 13 (MED) [20 quarters of] pilcorn.

1359 in C. M. Woolgar Househ. Accts. Medieval Eng. (1992) II. 497 In vi bus. di. et pec. pilcorn provenientibus de mollendino.

1405 Close Rolls Henry IV 453 (MED) Pilkorne.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xiii. 467 There is an other kinde of Otes, whiche is not so inclosed in his huskes as y^e other is, but is bare, and without huske whan it is threshed... The seconde kinde may be called in Englishe, Pilcorne, or pylde Otes.

a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 155 And had also Drage, pilcorne, mixtilion, brotcorne..words I professe, not well to vnderstand.

1797 R. Polwhele Hist. Devonshire I. 82 Avena nuda. Naked oats or pilcorn. Formerly this was the chief oat cultivated in Devon and Cornwall.

1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food iii. 71 The Avena sativa..has several varieties. The most remarkable..are the black or long-bearded oat..and the naked oat, or pilcorn.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 888/2 Pillcorn, or Pilcorn, Avena nuda.

1953 Geogr. Jrnl. 119 62 The more distant fields were more casually cultivated, ‘pillez’ (a type of oat known in fourteenth-century England as ‘Pilcorn’) being grown as a last crop before the land was allowed to revert to waste.

1978 P. Johnson National Trust Bk. Castles 134 When the contents of Caerphilly were inventoried in the 1300s, they included..two tons of pilcorn.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pilcorn
释义	pilcornn. Brit. /ˈpɪlkɔːn/, U.S. /ˈpɪlˌkɔrn/ Forms: Middle English pelcorn, Middle English pilkorne, Middle English 1700s– pilcorn, 1500s–1600s pilcorne, 1700s pildcorn, 1800s– pillcorn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pill v.¹, corn n.¹ Etymology: < pill v.¹ + corn n.¹ Compare pilled oats at pilled adj.¹ 2b, pillotes n., pillez n.In form pildcorn probably altered by association with pilled adj.¹ (rather than an independent formation). Now historical. Naked oats, Avena nuda. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > oats > oat plants pilcorn1283 aveyn1475 pillotes1551 pilled oats1578 naked oat1597 groats1669 pillez1764 oat1790 Scotch grey1798 turnip-oatsc1800 1283 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (1866) (modernized text) II. 173 Pilcorn. 1312 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 13 (MED) [20 quarters of] pilcorn. 1359 in C. M. Woolgar Househ. Accts. Medieval Eng. (1992) II. 497 In vi bus. di. et pec. pilcorn provenientibus de mollendino. 1405 Close Rolls Henry IV 453 (MED) Pilkorne. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xiii. 467 There is an other kinde of Otes, whiche is not so inclosed in his huskes as y^e other is, but is bare, and without huske whan it is threshed... The seconde kinde may be called in Englishe, Pilcorne, or pylde Otes. a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 155 And had also Drage, pilcorne, mixtilion, brotcorne..words I professe, not well to vnderstand. 1797 R. Polwhele Hist. Devonshire I. 82 Avena nuda. Naked oats or pilcorn. Formerly this was the chief oat cultivated in Devon and Cornwall. 1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food iii. 71 The Avena sativa..has several varieties. The most remarkable..are the black or long-bearded oat..and the naked oat, or pilcorn. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 888/2 Pillcorn, or Pilcorn, Avena nuda. 1953 Geogr. Jrnl. 119 62 The more distant fields were more casually cultivated, ‘pillez’ (a type of oat known in fourteenth-century England as ‘Pilcorn’) being grown as a last crop before the land was allowed to revert to waste. 1978 P. Johnson National Trust Bk. Castles 134 When the contents of Caerphilly were inventoried in the 1300s, they included..two tons of pilcorn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1283
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