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单词 pilewhey
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pilewheyn.

Forms: Middle English pelawey, Middle English pelewaye, Middle English pilewhew, Middle English pilewhey, Middle English pilwhay, Middle English pelewas (probably transmission error), Middle English pilwyle (probably transmission error), Middle English pylewile (probably transmission error), Middle English spilawaye (probably transmission error).
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: pill n.1, whey n.; perry white n. at perry n.3 Compounds 2.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; the first element is perhaps pill n.1 and the second element is perhaps whey n.; however, it is not certain what the original reading is in the A text of Piers Plowman, and it is possible that the forms treated here may represent either an error for, or a folk-etymological alteration of, perry white n. at perry n.3 Compounds 2, although slightly earlier occurrence of what is apparently the same form as a surname would argue against this:1327 Lay Subsidy Roll in F. H. Dickinson Kirby's Quest for Somerset (1889) 85 Gilbertus Pylewhey.
Obsolete.
Meaning uncertain: perhaps ‘spring water’.
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c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. v. 134 (MED) Penyale & pilewhey [v.rr. pilwhay, pelewaye, pelawey, pilewhew, pylewile, pilwyle, pele was, spilawaye, c1390 Vernon piriwhit, a1475 Harl. 875 periwhit; c1400 B text podyng ale] heo pouride togidere For laboureris & louȝ folk.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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