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单词 seg
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segn.1

/sɛɡ/
Forms: Also 1600s sag(ge, 1700s saig.
Etymology: Of obscure origin.
dialect.
An animal which has been castrated when fully grown.
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1600 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 131 In Blakburne, for one fat sagge for the howse use, liijs xd.
1641 Rec. Watertown, Mass. (1894) 7 No Steers or Sags of three yeares old shalbe herded with the Dry Cattle.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 148 Making a bullsegge of a bull that is two or three yeares old.
1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 350 Seg, or Bullseg, a castrate bull.
1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 46 The saig, poor dowy beast! nae pleasure kens Aboon a gowan tap.
1820 W. Scott Monastery I. iv. 140 Roaring like bull-segs, to frighten the leddy.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 129 An aged bull that is castrated is called a segg.
1856 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) II. (Gloss.) 725/3 Seg, (Suff., Yorks., Norf.), any animal castrated when full grown.

Derivatives

seg v. dialect transitive.
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1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester Segged, castrated, but only applied when the operation is performed on full-grown animals.
1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Seg, to castrate a full-grown animal.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

segn.2

/sɛɡ/
Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse sigg.
Etymology: < Old Norse sigg neuter, hard skin (Norwegian sigg, Ross).
dialect. (See Eng. Dial. Dict.)
A callosity, esp. on the hand.
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1865 B. Brierley Irkdale I. vii. 130 They startn o'feighten..an' never gi'en o'er till they'n segs ole o'er 'em.
1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Feb. 378 Callosities (called planker's ‘segs’) on the thenar and hypothenar eminences.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

segn.3

/sɛɡ/
Etymology: Abbreviation of segment n.
A metal stud attached to the toe or heel of a shoe (or boot) to strengthen or protect from wear.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > protective studs or plates
clouta1825
calkin1827
spelt1875
seg1958
1958 Shoe & Leather Trades Buyers Reg., Brands Directory & Diary 100/1 Blakey's Boot Protectors Ltd.,… Boot protectors..all sorts and sizes, malleable cast hob nails, segs & studs, cricket spikes.
1970 Guardian 24 Dec. 9/3 The boys made indoor slides across the hall..scoring great weals in the polish with their segs and blakeys.
1976 A. Hill Summer's End viii. 123 Might be metal segs, them half-moons of metal you hammered into the heels and sole-tips of your boots to stop 'em wearing out quick.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

segn.4

/sɛɡ/
Etymology: In sense a, shortened < segregationist n.; compare outseg v. In sense b, shortened < segregation n. 1g.
a. U.S. colloquial. = segregationist n. Also seggie.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > racism > segregation or discrimination > one who
segregationist1955
seg1965
segregationalist1987
1965 Britannica Bk. of Year 869/2 Seg,..a segregationist. Also seggie.
1970 New Yorker 12 Dec. 107 Fulbright for the first time openly appealed for black votes, because he believed that he couldn't win without them and that the ‘seggies’..would vote against him no matter what he did.
1971 Harper's Mag. Jan. 35 When people wore the American flag then it was to show that they were not segs, because the segs of course wore the Confederate flag.
b. slang (chiefly U.S.). = segregation n. 1g.
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1974 Guidelines to Volunteer Services (N.Y. State Dept. Correctional Services) 43 Seg, segregation unit.
1977 New Society 23 June 616/2 He went straight into the segregation unit [at Wormwood Scrubs]... He continued his [hunger] strike simply in order to prevent an early return to ‘seg’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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