α. Middle English polk, Middle English 1800s– polke.
β. Middle English 1600s 1900s– pulke, Middle English 1600s– pulk, 1600s pulck.
单词 | pulk |
释义 | pulkn.1α. Middle English polk, Middle English 1800s– polke. β. Middle English 1600s 1900s– pulke, Middle English 1600s– pulk, 1600s pulck. Now English regional (East Anglian). A small pool, especially of standing water; a small pond or water-pit; a shallow well or tank; a puddle, a plash; a small lake. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > [noun] > small pulkc1300 tarnc1400 lochan1682 lakelet1796 mountain tarn1802 étanga1855 lochlet1860 lougheen1882 the world > the earth > water > lake > small body or puddle > [noun] plashlOE pulkc1300 pludc1325 puddlec1390 sumpa1450 flush1487 dub?a1513 plashet1575 pool1596 slab1610 pudge1671 flodge1696 pant1807 pothole1867 push1886 splashet1896 the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > well water piteOE wellOE pitOE pulkc1300 draw-wellc1410 draught-wellc1440 winchc1440 brine-well1594 salt spring1601 sump1680 pump well1699 spout-well1710 sump hole1754 pit-well1756 sink1804 bucket-well1813 artesian well1829 shallow well1877 dip-well1894 garland-well1897 village pump1925 c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2685 (MED) On þe feld was neuere a polk [rhyme folk] þat it ne stod of blod so ful þat þe strem ran intil þe hul. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2865 (MED) Her hors a polk stap in; Þe water her wat ay whare. c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 6226 (MED) Eche stede stod ful, bothe plasch & polk, Of mennes blode that died there. c1484 (a1475) J. de Caritate tr. Secreta Secret. (Takamiya) (1977) 162 (MED) Todys or snakys haue delyte to abyde in..polkys and al-stondyng watrys. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 842 It is easie for a woman to goe to a pond or pulke standing neare to her doore. 1678 Coll. Connecticut Hist. Soc. (1897) VI. 186 The Highway..very chargeable to mayntayne by reason of swamps pulcks & Hoales that lye in the sd Highway. a1765 F. Blomefield & C. Parkin Ess. Topogr. Hist. Norfolk (1769) III. 271 A Pulk, is a small Pond or Hole of standing Water. 1867 W. F. Rock Jim an' Nell cv. 30 The..buoy..Was pixy-led into a pulk. 1883 G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads (1884) i. 7 In the little ‘pulks’ or miniature Broads, which everywhere open off the river, are lilies..in dazzling abundance. 1950 J. W. Day Marshland Adventure iii. 39 The reedy bays and hidden pulks of Martham Broad. 1988 K. Crossley-Holland Poems from E. Anglia (1997) 55 Dark tide fills the winking pulks, Floods the mud-canyons. Compounds pulk-hole. ΚΠ a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) at Pulk Otherwise a pulk-hole, a shallow place containing water. 1887 A. Jessopp Arcady 55 The turf in the pulk hole or bog lands. 1951 Jrnl. Ecol. 39 167 The pulk-holes are obviously residual pools left by adjacent vegetation encroaching on a broad. 1999 R. Malster Mardler's Compan. 59/2 Pulk or pulkhole, in Norfolk, a small pool or marsh pond, or an inlet among the reedbeds on the margin of a river or broad. In Suffolk, a small pond used for domestic water supply to a nearby dwelling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † pulkn.2 English regional (northern). Obsolete. A chest of drawers; a bureau. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > chest of drawers > [noun] pulk1577 case1674 chest of drawers1677 drawers1699 bureau1722 1577 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 415 A pulke of mazer xxvjs viijd. 1590 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 197 Myne uncle Barker's debt book, lyeinge in..a dresser ther, the key whereof is in a pulke in the perlor. 1596 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 297 (note) The standinge pulke in the hall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). pulkn.3 A regiment of Cossacks. Also in extended use. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > regiment > regiment of Cossacks pulk1787 1787 Berwick Museum III. 476 Eighteen pulks of Cossacks are approaching near Cherson. 1791 St. Papers in Ann. Reg. 198/2 It is permitted to all citizens to serve in the army in any regiment or pulk. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 302 Two pulks of cossacks, each pulk consisting of 500 men. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Contrib. to Punch in Wks. (1886) XXIV. 195 Now charging a pulk of Chartists. 1861 W. H. Russell in Times 22 Oct. 6/5 A squadron of cavalry..whose saddlery accoutrements..and uniforms would not be tolerated in a polk of Cossacks of the Black Sea. 1985 A. Seaton Horsemen of Steppes v. 108 The regiment was known by the Russian description of polk,..and was commanded by a colonel. 2003 L. Spring Cossacks 1799–1815 13 Regiments of Pulks were..divided into between five and ten squadrons. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pulkn.4 = pulka n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on runners > [noun] > for transport of people sled1590 sledge1617 traineau1653 sleigh1703 pulka1746 booby-hutch1766 Tom Pung1799 cutter1803 pung1804 kibitka1806 booby-hack1820 pulk1831 booby1841 sleigh-cutter1846 clipper-sled1883 1831 W. E. Parry Three Voy. for Disc. North-West Passage V. 108 With a simple collar of skin round his [sc. a reindeer's] neck, a single trace of the same material attached to the ‘pulk’, or sledge. 1854 E. J. Morris tr. T. Mügge Afraja 91 ‘And what..has driven you through the winter's snow to Lyngenfiord?’ exclaimed the astonished merchant. ‘You must have had a fearful journey. Where are your sleighs and your Pulks?’ 1885 S. Tromholt Aurora Borealis I. 108 The sleigh would capsize quicker than the Pulk. 1913 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 798/1 The Lapland sledge, or pulk, as it is called, is shaped something like a boat. 1974 Canad. Consumer Feb. 11/1 A special accessory for family enjoyment is the Norwegian ‘pulk’ (sled) with a rigid harness for a man or dog to tow even babies along. The pulk..is boatshaped, so that it will not tip on bumpy ground. 2006 Northern Echo (Nexis) 19 Jan. 8 Added to these pressures is the necessity for the two men to carry all food, fuel and equipment in their pulks (sledges). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1c1300n.21577n.31787n.41831 |
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