单词 | runch |
释义 | runchn. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern) in later use. Any of several plants of the family Brassicaceae ( Cruciferae) which grow as weeds of cultivated land; esp. charlock or wild mustard, Sinapis arvensis, and wild radish, Raphanus raphanistrum. Also in plural.Recorded earliest in runchball n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > charlock charlocka1000 kedlock13.. warlockc1425 wild rape1526 runch1552 runchball1552 skeldocka1646 cadlock1655 praiseach bhui1727 skelloch1743 praiseach1847 ramenas1902 wild mustard- 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Runchball herbe or wylde rapes, Campestre rapistrum. a1625 P. Hume Flyting with Montgomerie (Harl.) in G. Stevenson Poems A. Montgomerie (1910) On ruits and ruinchs [a1585 Tullibardine ruinscheochis] in the feild, With nolt thow nurished was a yeir. 1658 in L. B. Taylor Aberdeen Council Lett. (1952) III. 307 They receave base stuff which cannot be decernit being grund but it is notorlie knowin that this mercat malt is composit of aitts, runsches, shillinseeds and such lyk. 1743 Sel. Trans. Soc. Improvers Knowl. Agric. Scotl. 80 This Ground, if it is much dunged, runs excessively to Runches, Skellochs, etc. 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 349 Runsh, sinapis arvensis; wild mustard; catlock. 1817 Blackwood's Mag. 2 235 He sows his barley early, and it is choked by runches and skelloch. 1896 P. A. Graham Red Scaur iii. 35 The wheat-field where they have been pulling runches or charlock. 1964 E. Salisbury Weeds & Aliens (ed. 2) vi. 178 Wild Radish or Runch (Raphanus raphanistrum). 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 452/2 Charlock is skelloch. Also skellies, runch (shared with other yellow cresses) or wild mustard. CompoundsΚΠ 1552*Runchball herbe [see main sense]. 1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 59 Runches and Runchballs, carlock when it is dry and withered. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1552 |
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