α. 1700s–1800s Tomnorry.
β. 1800s Tam Norie.
单词 | tomnorry |
释义 | † Tomnorryn.α. 1700s–1800s Tomnorry. β. 1800s Tam Norie. Scottish. Obsolete. The puffin, Fratercula arctica; = Tomnoddy n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > fratercula arctica (puffin) scout1596 willock1606 bottlenose1620 parrot1664 sea-parrot1664 guldenhead1676 coulterneb1678 mullet1678 puffin1678 cockandy1684 sea-coulter1684 bowger1698 norie1701 tammie norie1701 popea1705 lunda1744 rock-bird1765 puffin-auk1768 tommy noddy1769 Tomnoddy1771 Tommya1777 Tomnorry1793 Tommy1828 sea-owl1842 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. V. 189 Tomnorries, lyres, calloos. 1806 P. Neill Tour Orkney & Shetl. 197 In Shetland it is called tomnorry. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Tommy Noddie, Tom-Noddy, The Puffin, S. Orkn. The Tam Norie of the Bass. 1822 S. Hibbert Descr. Shetland Islands iii. 401 Numberless flocks of birds, such as gulls and scarfs; and along with these,..the Tomnorry. 1832 Edinb. Encycl. (U.S. ed.) XVII. 108/1 The taller cliffs as of Eshaness, Fair-Isle, Papa Stour or Foula, abound with other kinds, as gulls, scarfs, the tomnorry, the kittywake, maws, lyres, sea parrots or guillemots. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1793 |
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