单词 | blay |
释义 | blaybleyn. The name of a small fish, the bleak. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > genus Leuciscus > leuciscus alburnus (bleak) blayc1000 bleak1496 bleise1598 river swallow1601 sea-chameleon1661 tailor1676 ablet1775 alburn1912 c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 180 Gobio, blæge. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Able, a blay, or bleake, fish. 1689 in J. Strype Stow's Survey of London (1720) II. v. xxviii. 382/2 No such Person shall, within the said Bounds or Limits, fleet with any Blay-Net. 1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 4 Alburnus, the Bleak or Bley. 1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) II. 336 The blay, or bleak fish which is very common in the rivers near London. 1849 Lady Wilde tr. W. Meinhold Sidonia the Sorceress II. 47 We have taken bley: the nets are all loaded. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). blayadj. = blae adj. 5 (‘unbleached’). Frequent in Irish use. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > [adjective] > bleached > not bleached unblancheda1475 unbleached1531 unwhited1621 blay1785 in the grey1795 blae- 1785 Ann. Reg. 1783 Useful Projects 85/1 When I mention white flax, I do it in opposition to that, which..has the appellation of blay. 1861 E. O'Curry Lect. Manuscript Materials Anc. Irish Hist. 38 Some with..green or blay or white cloaks. 1869 Dublin Gen. Advert. 24 Dec. Twilled and plain white calico sheets..blay ditto. 1913 ‘G. A. Birmingham’ Gen. John Regan xvii They draped it..in a large sheet of blay calico of a light yellowish colour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1000adj.1785 |
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