quinkn.

Brit.

/kwɪŋk/, U.S.

/kwɪŋk/, Scottish English

/kwɪŋk/

Forms: Scottish pre-1700 quynk, pre-1700 1800s quinck, pre-1700 1800s– quink, 1900s– kwink (Orkney); U.S. 1800s– quink.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably imitative of the birds' calls, although compare note below.Perhaps compare Norwegian kvinand the goldeneye duck (probably < kvin shrill sound, perhaps so called on account of the sound made by its wings).

Originally and chiefly Scottish (in later use also U.S.).

A kind of goose (or duck), variously identified with the greylag, Anser anser, the brent goose, Branta bernicla, and the goldeneye, Bucephala clangula. Also †quink-goose.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > unspecified and miscellaneous types of

quink1550

rin goose1639

wavey1705

snow-goose1771

bean-goose1776

Ross's goose1873

bar-head goose1879

saddleback1885

1550 in Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 95 The wyld guyse of the grey bynd ij s. Item the claik, quynk and rutt for xviijd d.

1551 Sc. Acts Mary (1814) II. c. 11. 484 The claik quink and rute the price of the peece xviijd.

1578 J. Leslie De Origine Scotorvm 37 Alia sex Anserum genera apud nos inueniuntur. [Margin] Vulgus his uocibus eos distinguit: Quinck [etc.].

1806 P. Neill Tour Orkney & Shetland 196 I suspect that quink-goose is another name for the same bird [sc. the brent goose], though this last may possibly be the golden-eye duck,..which makes a loud noise, as it flies along, with the vigorous quick strokes of its wings.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Quink, Quinck, the Golden-eyed duck, Anas clangula.

1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 88 Quink, the golden-eyed duck.

1917 Birds Amer. (1923) I. 161 Brant—Branta bernicla glaucogastra..Quink..Burnt Goose.

1946 L. A. Hausman Field Bk. Eastern Birds 127 American Brant—Branta bernicla hrota..Quink.

1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Kwink, quink, 1 Brent goose. 2 Greylag goose. 3 The golden-eyed duck.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quink
释义	quinkn. Brit. /kwɪŋk/, U.S. /kwɪŋk/, Scottish English /kwɪŋk/ Forms: Scottish pre-1700 quynk, pre-1700 1800s quinck, pre-1700 1800s– quink, 1900s– kwink (Orkney); U.S. 1800s– quink. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably imitative of the birds' calls, although compare note below.Perhaps compare Norwegian kvinand the goldeneye duck (probably < kvin shrill sound, perhaps so called on account of the sound made by its wings). Originally and chiefly Scottish (in later use also U.S.). A kind of goose (or duck), variously identified with the greylag, Anser anser, the brent goose, Branta bernicla, and the goldeneye, Bucephala clangula. Also †quink-goose. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > unspecified and miscellaneous types of quink1550 rin goose1639 wavey1705 snow-goose1771 bean-goose1776 Ross's goose1873 bar-head goose1879 saddleback1885 1550 in Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 95 The wyld guyse of the grey bynd ij s. Item the claik, quynk and rutt for xviijd d. 1551 Sc. Acts Mary (1814) II. c. 11. 484 The claik quink and rute the price of the peece xviijd. 1578 J. Leslie De Origine Scotorvm 37 Alia sex Anserum genera apud nos inueniuntur. [Margin] Vulgus his uocibus eos distinguit: Quinck [etc.]. 1806 P. Neill Tour Orkney & Shetland 196 I suspect that quink-goose is another name for the same bird [sc. the brent goose], though this last may possibly be the golden-eye duck,..which makes a loud noise, as it flies along, with the vigorous quick strokes of its wings. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Quink, Quinck, the Golden-eyed duck, Anas clangula. 1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 88 Quink, the golden-eyed duck. 1917 Birds Amer. (1923) I. 161 Brant—Branta bernicla glaucogastra..Quink..Burnt Goose. 1946 L. A. Hausman Field Bk. Eastern Birds 127 American Brant—Branta bernicla hrota..Quink. 1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Kwink, quink, 1 Brent goose. 2 Greylag goose. 3 The golden-eyed duck. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1550
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