单词 | sord |
释义 | sordn. Obsolete exc. archaic. A flight or flock of mallards. Originally perhaps the act of taking to wing, but only recorded in the lists of ‘proper terms’; in some late copies of these erroneously given as sore. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) > anas platyrhynchos (mallard) > flock of sord14.. suit1486 14.. Harl. MS. 541 f. 225, in Philol. Soc. Trans. (1909) 55 A Soorde of malardes, A Doppyng of herles. c1470 Hors, Shepe, & G. (1822) (Roxb.) A Spryng of teeles, A Sourde of malardes. 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Hawking d ij When ther be in a stobull tyme Sordes of mallardes in the felde. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod i. ii. 28 A sord or sute of mallards. 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports i. ix. 78/1 The following Terms are in Use among Wildfowl-shooters:—A flock of wigeon is termed ‘a company’..; of mallards, ‘a sord’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † sordv. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To rise or soar up in flight. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (intransitive)] > soar soarc1374 sord14.. eagle1652 upsoar1726 spirea1849 14.. Harl. MS. 2340 f. 49 b, in Philol. Soc. Trans. (1909) 28 It spryngyth or sordyth vp sodenly be hym. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.14..v.14.. |
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