† rope-sickadj.

Forms: see rope n.² and sick adj. and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: rope n.², sick adj.

Etymology: < rope n.² + sick adj., after Dutch ropziek (1579).

Obsolete.

Of herring: infested with parasitic worms. The pamphlet cited in quots. 1614¹, 1614² is the source of the later uses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of fish > [adjective]

rope-sick1614

white-sick1667

fungusy1880

1614 T. Gentleman Englands Way to win Wealth 15 The roope-sicke Herrings that will not serue to make barreld Herrings.

1614 T. Gentleman Englands Way to win Wealth 20 They [sc. herrings]..do alwaies at that season become Roope-sicke and do spawne and become Shotten betwixt Wintertonnesse and Orfordnesse.

1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 243 All those Herrings..(which are rope-sicke) they may not bring home into Holland.

a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) vi. 524/2 Betwixt Winterton and Orfordness they use to Spawn, and are called by the Hollanders the Rope-sick Herrings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	rope-sick
释义	† rope-sickadj. Forms: see rope n.² and sick adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: rope n.², sick adj. Etymology: < rope n.² + sick adj., after Dutch ropziek (1579). Obsolete. Of herring: infested with parasitic worms. The pamphlet cited in quots. 1614¹, 1614² is the source of the later uses. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of fish > [adjective] rope-sick1614 white-sick1667 fungusy1880 1614 T. Gentleman Englands Way to win Wealth 15 The roope-sicke Herrings that will not serue to make barreld Herrings. 1614 T. Gentleman Englands Way to win Wealth 20 They [sc. herrings]..do alwaies at that season become Roope-sicke and do spawne and become Shotten betwixt Wintertonnesse and Orfordnesse. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 243 All those Herrings..(which are rope-sicke) they may not bring home into Holland. a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) vi. 524/2 Betwixt Winterton and Orfordness they use to Spawn, and are called by the Hollanders the Rope-sick Herrings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1614
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