单词 | bunting |
释义 | buntingn.1 1. a. The English name of a group of insessorial birds, the Emberizinæ, a sub-family of Fringillidæ allied to the larks. See also cirl n., ortolan n. 3 common bunting n. ( E. miliaris) also called corn bunting.black-headed bunting, reed bunting, rice bunting, snow bunting, yellow bunting: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) buntinga1350 bunkin1570 ground-lark1848 a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 41 Ich wolde ich were a þrestelcok, a bountyng oþer a lauercok. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 56 Buntynge, byrde, pratellus. c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 702 Hic pratellus, a buntyle. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. v. 6 I tooke this Larke for a bunting . View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xi. 103 Buntings feed chiefly upon little worms. 1768 G. White Let. 22 Jan. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 37 The bunting..does not leave this country in the winter. 1878 A. H. Markham Great Frozen Sea xxiv Great excitement was caused by the appearance of a snow bunting. b. Applied by extension to any bird of the bunting subfamily, and to similar birds of other families. U.S. ΚΠ 1831 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. II. 242 Black-throated Bunting... In their shape and manners they very much resemble the yellow-hammer of Britain. 1831 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. II. 245 Fringilla Graminea,..Emberiza Graminea..Bay-winged Bunting. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II 459 Indigo-bird,..a well-known North-American species,..American ornithologists give full accounts of the habits of this bird, together with those of..the still more gaudy Painted Bunting. 1964 A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 112/1 The buntings (Emberizinae) are predominantly terrestrial. 2. The grey shrimp ( Crangon vulgaris). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Macrura > member of family Crangonidae of Caridea shrimp1327 bunting1836 1836 Scenes Comm. by Land & S. 92 Red shrimps, white shrimps, and buntings, or grey shrimps, of which the last are most esteemed for their flavour. 3. A term of endearment: in ‘baby bunting’, the meaning (if there be any at all) may possibly be as in Jamieson's ‘buntin, short and thick, as a buntin brat, a plump child’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] darlingc888 belamy?c1225 culver?c1225 dearc1230 sweetheartc1290 heartc1300 sweetc1330 honeya1375 dovec1386 jewelc1400 birdc1405 cinnamonc1405 honeycombc1405 lovec1405 wantonc1450 mulling?a1475 daisyc1485 crowdy-mowdy?a1513 honeysop?a1513 powsowdie?a1513 suckler?a1513 foolc1525 buttinga1529 whitinga1529 beautiful1534 turtle-dove1535 soula1538 heartikin1540 bully?1548 turtle1548 lamba1556 nyletc1557 sweet-lovea1560 coz1563 ding-ding1564 pugs1566 golpol1568 sparling1570 lover1573 pug1580 bulkin1582 mopsy1582 chuck1589 bonny1594 chick1594 sweetikin1596 ladybird1597 angel1598 muss1598 pinkany1599 sweetkin1599 duck1600 joy1600 sparrowc1600 sucket1605 nutting1606 chuckaby1607 tickling1607 bagpudding1608 heartling1608 chucking1609 dainty1611 flittermouse1612 honeysuckle1613 fubs1614 bawcocka1616 pretty1616 old thinga1625 bun1627 duckling1630 bulchin1633 bulch?c1640 sweetling1648 friscoa1652 ding-dongs1662 buntinga1668 cocky1680 dearie1681 chucky1683 lovey1684 machree1689 nykin1693 pinkaninny1696 nug1699 hinny1724 puss1753 pet1767 dovey1769 sweetie1778 lovey-dovey1781 lovely1791 ducky1819 toy1822 acushla1825 alanna1825 treat1825 amigo1830 honey child1832 macushla1834 cabbage1840 honey-bunch1874 angel pie1878 m'dear1887 bach1889 honey baby1895 prawn1895 hon1896 so-and-so1897 cariad1899 pumpkin1900 honey-bun1902 pussums1912 snookums1919 treasure1920 wogger1922 amico1929 sugar1930 baby cake1949 angel cake1951 lamb-chop1962 petal1974 bae2006 a1668 W. Davenant Wits 189 in Wks. (1673) Bunting, [to the speaker's wife] in very deed, You are too blame. 1888 N.E.D. at Bunting Nursery Rime Bye, baby bunting, Father's gone a hunting. Compounds C1. attributive. ΚΠ 1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 356 Bill very small and truly conic, well exhibiting ‘emberizine’ or ‘bunting’ characters. C2. bunting lark n. the corn bunting. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Emberiza > emberiza calandra (corn bunting) bunting lark1802 thistle-cock1866 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Bunting—Common Bunting-lark. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 525/2 The true Bunting (or Corn-Bunting, or Bunting-Lark, as it is called in some districts). bunting-lark fly n. an angler's fly. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of moor flylOE drake-flya1450 dub-flya1450 dun cut1496 dun fly1496 louper1496 red fly1616 moorish fly1635 palmer1653 palmer fly1653 red hackle1653 red palmer1653 shell-fly1653 orange fly1662 blackfly1669 dun1676 dun hackle1676 hackle1676 mayfly1676 peacock fly1676 thorn-tree fly1676 turkey-fly1676 violet-fly1676 whirling dun1676 badger fly1681 greenfly1686 moorish brown1689 prime dun1696 sandfly1700 grey midge1724 whirling blue1747 dun drake?1758 death drake1766 hackle fly1786 badger1787 blue1787 brown-fly1787 camel-brown1787 spinner1787 midge1799 night-fly1799 thorn-fly1799 turkey1799 withy-fly1799 grayling fly1811 sun fly1820 cock-a-bondy1835 brown moth1837 bunting-lark fly1837 governor1837 water-hen hackle1837 Waterloo fly1837 coachman1839 soldier palmer1839 blue jay1843 red tag1850 canary1855 white-tip1856 spider1857 bumble1859 doctor1860 ibis1863 Jock Scott1866 eagle1867 highlander1867 jay1867 John Scott1867 judge1867 parson1867 priest1867 snow-fly1867 Jack Scott1874 Alexandra1875 silver doctor1875 Alexandra fly1882 grackle1894 grizzly queen1894 heckle-fly1897 Zulu1898 thunder and lightning1910 streamer1919 Devon1924 peacock1950 1837 J. Kirkbride Northern Angler 25 The Bunting Lark Fly. Draft additions April 2011 North American. A baby's sleeping bag or one-piece garment without leg openings, often with an attached hood. Also more fully bunting bag. [Compare earlier baby bunting n. at baby n. and adj. Compounds 1g.] ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > one-piece garment > [noun] playsuit1609 romper1902 romper suit1904 diving-suit1908 bunting1914 teddy bear1917 leotard1920 Sidcot1921 sleeper1921 romper1922 pressure suit1923 boiler suit1928 maillot1928 mono1937 footy1938 all-in-one1939 siren suit1939 goonskin1943 anti-g suit1945 G-suit1945 jump suit1948 immersion suit1951 moon suit1953 poopy suit1953 dry suit1955 wetsuit1955 sleepsuit1958 Babygro1959 tank suit1959 cat-suit1960 penguin suit1961 unitard1961 bodysuit1963 shortall1966 steamer1982 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > bedding > [noun] > sleeping bag > for babies bunting1914 growbag1955 1914 Boston Sunday Globe 18 Jan. 41 (advt.) ‘Bunting Bags’ of pink and blue blanket-cloth. 1916 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Daily Republican 12 Aug. 5 (advt.) Infants' Wear... Embroidered Cashmere Sacques and Silk Buntings. 1948 Baby Post Spring 20/2 Baby will be nice and cozy buttoned into this toast-warm outdoor bunting with an attached hood. 1988 S. E. McKay New Child Safety Handbk. iii. 58/1 Buy a slightly large, machine-washable one piece with legs (bunting bags are cozy but can't be used in a car seat). 2006 K. Huggins Expectant Parents' Compan. vi. 71 Sack-like buntings are easier to use, but even those with divided legs shouldn't be used in car seats. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). buntingn.2 The bellying, bulging, or swelling of a sail, a net, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] > making or becoming protuberant bossment?1541 bellyinga1679 bunting1681 bagging1698 sacking1740 bulging1753 humping1878 1681 Philos. Coll. (Royal Soc.) No. 3. 62 Without any bellying, bunting, or curvity in the superficies thereof. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). buntingn.3 ‘An open-made worsted stuff, used for making flags’ (Ure Dict. Arts); also in general, a flag, or flags collectively. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > collectively bunting1742 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > made from specific types of wool > worsted > types of stamin?c1225 worsted1348 monk's cloth1441 set cloth1467 vesse1483 St. Thomas worsted1518 St. Omer's worsted1530 caddis1558 cloth-rash1592 Philip and Cheyney1614 none-so-pretty1622 tammy1675 cheyneyc1680 crape1682 bunting1742 beaudoy1759 wildbore1784 Princetta?1790 Circassian1824 plain-back1830 Coburg1844 Tournai1858 Tricotine1914 1742 Navy Board Letter to L.C.A. 24 Sept. (MS. in Pub. Rec. O.) The French and Spanish colours allowed his Majesty's Ships are of bunting, whereas those used by the French and Spanish are of linen. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Bunting, the stuff of which a ship's colours are made. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Buntine, a thin woollen stuff, of which the colours and signals of a ship are usually formed. 1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster II. xviii. 280 There goes up her bunting. 1836 Scenes Comm. by Land & S. 235 Buntine is a thin open sort of woollen stuff..it is woven in stripes, blue, white, red. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ix. 189 A net made of bunting. 1871 I. Pitman Man. Phonogr. (ed. 12) 7 Bunting, streaming from the masthead. Compounds attributive bunting-tosser n. Naval slang a signaller. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > signaller or musician waitc1325 trumpeter1497 drum?1535 drum major1589 trumpettier1609 drum-major general1676 bugler1792 fife-major1802 pipe major1816 Bugle Major1844 signaller1845 bugle boy1848 trumpet-major1855 bugleman1859 bunting-tosser1905 buzzer1915 music1915 1905 Daily Chron. 23 Jan. 3/1 From which breathless catalogue it will be gathered that the path of the ‘bunting-tosser’ is not an easy one! 1909 in J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). buntingadj. 1. Of a sail: Bellying, swelling. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [adjective] > full of wind fullc1440 full-moutheda1644 full-blown1646 inspireda1657 round1694 buntinga1703 rap full1729 a1703 R. Hooke in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 73 141 To prefer bellying or bunting sails to such as were hauled taught. 2. Swelling, plump; filled out, rounded, short and thick. (But bunting lamb may be from bunt v.2) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [adjective] > strong, vigorous, or plump strongOE thriftyc1440 well-brawneda1450 valiant1542 pubble1566 stout1573 corroborate1581 bunting1584 lusty1600 plump1600 vegetous1610 blought1611 boisterous1622 stocky1622 robust1627 steera1642 vegete1655 jollya1661 vigorous1706 well-to-do1852 the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective] > and broad short shoulderedc1405 bunting1584 squaddy1593 chubby1611 truncheon1611 squat1630 squabbish1666 truss1674 squab1675 squad1675 stocky1676 punch1679 trunch1683 squat1688 stub1711 fodgel1724 thick-set1724 puddy1747 chunky1749 dumpy1750 squabby1754 knurly1758 clunch1776 trunchy1778 fubsy1780 punchy1780 humpty-dumpty1785 trunched1787 pudgy1788 fubby1790 runty1807 squattish1809 roly-poly1818 stumpy1822 hoddy-doddy1824 spuddya1825 hodmandod1825 stubby1831 podgy1832 fubsical1834 dumpty1847 fatling1847 stuggy1847 nuggety1856 cloddy1876 blocky1879 chumpy188. cobby1883 squidgy1891 stockish1913 pyknic1925 humpisha1935 the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] fullOE balghc1340 struttinga1398 bouchy1398 bunching1398 bunchy1398 lumpedc1425 bunched1426 bulged1436 knule?a1513 bolling1519 bossed?1541 bossy1543 swelling1544 poked1577 embossed1578 extuberant1578 protuberant1578 protuberated1578 protuberating1578 protubered1578 bunting1584 bellieda1593 gouty1595 bottled1597 buddy1611 hulch1611 hulched1611 jetty?1611 bottle-like1629 bungy1634 extuberating1634 bosomed1646 puffing1661 protuberous1666 tuberant1668 extuberic1680 swollen1688 bellying1700 swelled1704 humped1713 extuberated1727 bottle-shaped1731 ampullaceous1776 hummocky1791 bulging1812 bulgy1847 ampulliform1870 fullish1871 pouchy1884 bumfled1913 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and full bunting1584 full-bodied1588 plump1600 bold1787 squidgy1978 the world > space > shape > condition of being short and thick or broad > [adjective] stoba1500 stubbeda1529 stubbleda1529 strunt1577 stumpy1600 chubby1611 stumpish1618 chubbed1674 squat1684 chubbish1685 chub1688 squabbed1694 cloddy1712 clavellated1713 pluggy1720 squab1723 puddy1747 tubbish1786 stunt1788 bunting1808–25 dumpy1808 clumpy1820 dubby1825 stubby1831 chunky1833 snubbed1835 tubby1835 pudgy1862 squatty1881 squidgy1891 1584 G. Peele Araygnem. Paris i. i. sig. Aijv I haue brought a twagger for the nonce, A bunting lambe. 1613 G. Markham Eng. Husbandman: 1st Pt. i. v. 22 Barly for your seede..elect that which is whitest, fullest, and roundest, being as the ploughman calles it, a full bunting Corne. 1808–25 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Buntin, short and thick; as a buntin brat, a plump child, Roxb. 3. ? Resembling a rabbit's bunt: short and cocked. Π 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 259/2 The stork..hath but a short bunting Tail. 4. ? Untidy, tawdry. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [adjective] untidya1375 unred1528 sluttish?1529 untrimmed?1529 untrick1570 untrim1570 shevelled1613 hirsute1621 incompta1628 messy1627 unneat1648 tawdry1672 slattern1680 bunting1759 untrig1821 sloggering1825 slummocking1825 scrambling1826 poucey1829 anyhow1831 mullocky1839 ragtail1846 mussy1859 slubbery1880 unshipshape1883 mussed1888 slummocky1898 ruggy1929 idle1956 1759 Compl. Let.-writer (ed. 6) 224 A large Pattern embroider'd Gown..which..was unfashionable and bunting. 1839 C. Clark John Noakes & Mary Styles 13 When yow saa Mary drest, Nought she had on look'd buntin'. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmasˈbunting ˈbunting n.2 ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > batting > types of hit skyscraper1842 single1851 grass trimmer1867 safe hit1867 roller1871 sacrifice1880 triple1880 two-bagger1880 sacrifice hit1881 pop-up1882 pop fly1884 fungo1887 bunt1889 safety1895 bunting1896 drive1896 hit and run1899 pinch hit1905 Texas leaguer1905 squeeze1908 hopper1914 scratch hit1917 squib1929 line-drive1931 nubber1937 lay-in1951 squeeze bunt1952 comebacker1954 moon shot1961 gapper1970 sacrifice fly1970 sacrifice bunt1974 1896 Spalding's Base Ball Guide 77 The ‘bunting’ of the ball, so as to cause it to drop to the ground almost dead. 1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch xiii. 298 Once,..McGraw planned a bunting game against Overall. < n.1a1350n.21681n.31742adj.1584 as lemmas |
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