powheadn.

Brit.

/ˈpəʊhɛd/, U.S.

/ˈpoʊˌ(h)ɛd/, Scottish English

/ˈpʌʊhɛd/

Forms:

α. Middle English polheuede, 1500s poled, 1500s polet, 1500s–1600s pole-head; English regional (Northamptonshire) 1800s pollard, 1800s pollhead.

β. English regional (northern) 1700s pohead, 1800s pwoad, 1800s– poheed, 1800s– powehead, 1800s– powheed, 1900s– pawheed, 1900s– poweheed; Scottish pre-1700 1700s–1800s powart, 1700s powat, 1700s– powhead, 1800s poweed, 1800s powet, 1800s powhood (rare), 1800s powit, 1800s– powheid, 1800s– powrit.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: poll n.¹, head n.¹

Etymology: < poll n.¹ + head n.¹ Compare tadpole n.¹, and see discussion at that entry.With the form powart perhaps compare -ard suffix.

Now Scottish and English regional (chiefly northern).

A tadpole. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > member of > tadpole

powheada1325

pollywog1440

tadpole1519

horse-nail1608

bullhead1611

thunder-pad1700

frog tadpole1799

frogling1840

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2977 Polheuedes and froskes & podes spile Bond harde egipte folc in sile.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 256/2 Poled a yonge tode—cauesot. Polet the blacke thynge that a tode cometh of cauesot.

1607 J. Marston What you Will ii. i. sig. C j Why thou Pole-head, thou Ianus, thou poultron,..thou Eare-wig that wrigglest into mens braines.

1633 Fife Witch Trial in J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. (1796) XVIII. App. 655 She hoped to see the powarts bigg in his hair.

1682 ‘Mother Greg’ Burgess Ticket Buckhaven 3 As also to take and kill Selches, Powarts, Ottars, and suchlike, wherever he can apprehend them either by Sea or Land.

1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 12 Powheads spartle in the oosy slosh.

1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie II. x. 93 I would as soon meet wi' a pow-head in my porridge.

a1835 J. Hogg Poet. Wks. (1838) 306 But there was ane shameful heronshew Was sitting by the plashy shore, With meagre eyne watching powheads, And other fishes, less or more.

1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist i. 8 No end of horse-leeches, powets.., frogs, and other creatures that abound in..muddy water.

1900 W. Dickinson & E. W. Prevost Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (rev. ed.) 237/1 Paw heed, powe heed, tadpole.

1922 T. S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 65 Ye daurna plunk the schule To catch pow-heids in the ditch.

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

单词	powhead
释义	powheadn. Brit. /ˈpəʊhɛd/, U.S. /ˈpoʊˌ(h)ɛd/, Scottish English /ˈpʌʊhɛd/ Forms: α. Middle English polheuede, 1500s poled, 1500s polet, 1500s–1600s pole-head; English regional (Northamptonshire) 1800s pollard, 1800s pollhead. β. English regional (northern) 1700s pohead, 1800s pwoad, 1800s– poheed, 1800s– powehead, 1800s– powheed, 1900s– pawheed, 1900s– poweheed; Scottish pre-1700 1700s–1800s powart, 1700s powat, 1700s– powhead, 1800s poweed, 1800s powet, 1800s powhood (rare), 1800s powit, 1800s– powheid, 1800s– powrit. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: poll n.¹, head n.¹ Etymology: < poll n.¹ + head n.¹ Compare tadpole n.¹, and see discussion at that entry.With the form powart perhaps compare -ard suffix. Now Scottish and English regional (chiefly northern). A tadpole. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > member of > tadpole powheada1325 pollywog1440 tadpole1519 horse-nail1608 bullhead1611 thunder-pad1700 frog tadpole1799 frogling1840 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2977 Polheuedes and froskes & podes spile Bond harde egipte folc in sile. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 256/2 Poled a yonge tode—cauesot. Polet the blacke thynge that a tode cometh of cauesot. 1607 J. Marston What you Will ii. i. sig. C j Why thou Pole-head, thou Ianus, thou poultron,..thou Eare-wig that wrigglest into mens braines. 1633 Fife Witch Trial in J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. (1796) XVIII. App. 655 She hoped to see the powarts bigg in his hair. 1682 ‘Mother Greg’ Burgess Ticket Buckhaven 3 As also to take and kill Selches, Powarts, Ottars, and suchlike, wherever he can apprehend them either by Sea or Land. 1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 12 Powheads spartle in the oosy slosh. 1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie II. x. 93 I would as soon meet wi' a pow-head in my porridge. a1835 J. Hogg Poet. Wks. (1838) 306 But there was ane shameful heronshew Was sitting by the plashy shore, With meagre eyne watching powheads, And other fishes, less or more. 1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist i. 8 No end of horse-leeches, powets.., frogs, and other creatures that abound in..muddy water. 1900 W. Dickinson & E. W. Prevost Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (rev. ed.) 237/1 Paw heed, powe heed, tadpole. 1922 T. S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 65 Ye daurna plunk the schule To catch pow-heids in the ditch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1325
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