† pilledown.

Forms: 1600s pilledow, 1600s pilliedowe.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pill v.¹, pilled adj.¹, dove n.

Etymology: < either pill v.¹ or pilled adj.¹ + dove n. (see forms at that entry).

Scottish. Obsolete. rare.

A plucked dove; (figurative) a tonsured priest.

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1603 Prophecie of Merling in Whole Prophesie Scotl. sig. A6^v Their shal a Galyart gayt with a gilten horne, A Pilledow with a tode, sic a prime holde.

1603 Proph. Waldhaue in Whole Prophesie Scotl. sig. C A proude Powne in a preis lordlie shal light, With piotes and Pilliedowes pulled [= pilled] in the Crowne.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	pilledow
释义	† pilledown. Forms: 1600s pilledow, 1600s pilliedowe. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pill v.¹, pilled adj.¹, dove n. Etymology: < either pill v.¹ or pilled adj.¹ + dove n. (see forms at that entry). Scottish. Obsolete. rare. A plucked dove; (figurative) a tonsured priest. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [noun] > genus Corvus > corvus monedula (jackdaw) choughc1305 coc1325 kae1340 caddow1440 daw?a1475 jay1484 jackdaw1543 caddesse1565 pilledow1603 Jack1651 sea-crow1897 1603 Prophecie of Merling in Whole Prophesie Scotl. sig. A6^v Their shal a Galyart gayt with a gilten horne, A Pilledow with a tode, sic a prime holde. 1603 Proph. Waldhaue in Whole Prophesie Scotl. sig. C A proude Powne in a preis lordlie shal light, With piotes and Pilliedowes pulled [= pilled] in the Crowne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1603
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