单词 | starnie |
释义 | starnien. Scottish (chiefly poetic). 1. A star (in various senses). Cf. starn n. 1.Generally used with hypocoristic connotations (cf. -y suffix6). ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > star > kind of star > small star > [noun] astracism1590 starrulet1610 asteriska1682 starnie1737 starlet1810 1737 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. IV. 180 The little wee Starnies Flew ay frae my Een. 1773 R. Fergusson Poems 116 At Hallowmas, when nights grow lang, And starnies shine fu' clear. 1818 G. Beattie John o' Arnha' (ed. 2) 12 Or modern Dux, wi' noddin' crest, An' starnies glancin' on his breast. 1888 R. Bennett Poems & Prose 15 Noo the gowan shuts its e'e, And the starnie lichts its leerie. 1911 Caledonian Dec. 365/1 Ilka starnie that blinkit thro' the blue abune seemed to focus on the little toun o' Bethlehem. 1986 Chapman Nos. 43–4. 168 Granite glisten on rauch rock sparklan as sternies in the lofty lift. 2007 S. Blackhall Quarry iv. 41 Auld bodachs say he becam Venus an tis telt that finiver yon starnie shawed itsel, Quetzalcoatl deed. 2. Chiefly north-eastern. A small amount of something; = starn n. 2. Now rare.Also with noun complement without of. Sc. National Dict. at Starn records this sense as still in use in north-eastern Scotland in 1971. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount speckc725 littleOE somethingc1200 lutewihtc1230 little whatc1384 ouncec1387 lap1393 smalla1400 modicumc1400 nekedc1400 spota1413 tinec1420 nieveful?a1425 handfulc1443 mouthful?c1450 smatchc1456 weec1480 quern1503 halfpennyworth1533 groatsworth1562 dram1566 shellful1578 trickle1580 snatch1592 sprinkling1594 fleck1598 snip1598 pittance1600 lick1603 fingerful1604 modicum1606 thimbleful1607 flash1614 dasha1616 pipa1616 pickle1629 drachm1635 cue1654 smack1693 starn1720 bit1753 kenning1787 minikin1787 tate1805 starnie1808 sprat1815 harl1821 skerrick1825 smallums1828 huckleberry1832 scrimp1840 thimble1841 smite1843 nattering1859 sensation1859 spurt1859 pauchlea1870 mention1891 sketch1894 sputterings1894 scrappet1901 titch1937 tad1940 skosh1959 smattering1973 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Starn A little starnie, a very small quantity. 1868 G. MacDonald Robert Falconer I. ii. 16 ‘Is 't dingin' on, Robert?’ she asked. ‘No, grannie; it's only a starnie o' drift.’ 1917 J. Mitchell Tibby Tamson 5 A starnie sugar for oor tea. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick ii. 17 I'se meess oot 'e pottitch noo an' strake a starnie meal o' the tap o' them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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