water swallown.¹

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtə ˌswɒləʊ/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdər ˌswɑloʊ/,

/ˈwɑdər ˌswɑloʊ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., swallow n.¹

Etymology: < water n. + swallow n.¹ Compare Dutch waterzwaluw sand martin (1573), kind of tern (1881), German Wasserschwalbe sand martin (1555 as wasserschwalme ), kind of tern (19th cent.). In sense 3 (denoting a kind of tern) after scientific Latin Hydrochelidon, former genus name (F. Boie 1822, in Isis von Oken 563).

Now rare.

†1. A small bird often found near water and having a bobbing motion, whose arrival was taken as an indication of spring, variously identified as a wader or a wagtail (genus Motacilla). Obsolete.In quot. 1544, Turner aims to explain two classical Greek bird names which remain obscure (being variously associated with dippers, waders, and wagtails), and the identity of the bird he describes in the subsequent passage is unclear; A. H. Evans in Turner on Birds (1903) supposed it to be the common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleuca. Some of the later references are perhaps to the yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Motacillidae > genus Motacilla > motacilla alba (pied wagtail)

washerc1325

washstarta1400

wevesterte14..

water swallow1544

dishwasher1575

water-wagtail1593

dishwater1674

seed bird1675

pied wagtail1744

willy wagtail1780

washerwoman1817

wash-dish1825

moll-washer1847

deviling1853

devil's bird1853

tinner1866

peggy1885

1544 W. Turner Avium Præcipuarum sig. C7^v Κιγκλος, ἢ σεισοπυγίς, Anglice a water swallow.

1552 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Cinclos..the byrde called a water swallow, not muche bigger than a larke.

1658 T. Willsford Natures Secrets 140 The first bird that brings us tidings of the approaching Spring, is the Wagtail, or Water-Swallow, whom some call the Barly-Bird.

1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 108 Cinclus..the long-bill'd wagtail, and Half Snipe, aliis Water-Swallow.

1707 H. Coley Starry Messenger Spring The Harbinger of this pleasant Season is the Wagtail or Water Swallow.

1774 C. Smith Anc. & Pres. State County & City of Waterford xviii. 339 Motacilla, Johnst. the Water-Swallow or Water wag-tail.

2. The sand martin, Riparia riparia.

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1633 J. Schröder Messis Medico-spagyrica 629/1 [Hirundo] Riparia, Wasser-schwalb, Bank-Swallow, or Water-Swallow.

1834 Mag. Nat. Hist. 7 146 I met a small flight of water swallows (Hirúndo ripària)..flying south over Bowden Muir.

1929 E. R. Paton & O. G. Pike Birds of Ayrshire 88 The Sand-Martin. Riparia riparia riparia (Linnæus). Local name: Water-Swallow.

3. A marsh tern of the genus Chlidonias.

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1831 R. Jameson Wilson & Bonaparte's Amer. Ornithol. (rev. ed.) III. 358 Genus XI. Water swallow. Hydrochelidon.

1916 Condor 18 56 Hydrochelidon, Water Swallows, they certainly are, flocks of them skimming low over the surface of the lake.

1928 F. A. Bailey Birds New Mexico 295 This strikingly marked water swallow—Hydrochelidon by one of its old names—spends a great deal of its time flying over prairie and plains, not too far from its marshy nesting ground.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	water swallow
释义	water swallown.¹ Brit. /ˈwɔːtə ˌswɒləʊ/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌswɑloʊ/, /ˈwɑdər ˌswɑloʊ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., swallow n.¹ Etymology: < water n. + swallow n.¹ Compare Dutch waterzwaluw sand martin (1573), kind of tern (1881), German Wasserschwalbe sand martin (1555 as wasserschwalme ), kind of tern (19th cent.). In sense 3 (denoting a kind of tern) after scientific Latin Hydrochelidon, former genus name (F. Boie 1822, in Isis von Oken 563). Now rare. †1. A small bird often found near water and having a bobbing motion, whose arrival was taken as an indication of spring, variously identified as a wader or a wagtail (genus Motacilla). Obsolete.In quot. 1544, Turner aims to explain two classical Greek bird names which remain obscure (being variously associated with dippers, waders, and wagtails), and the identity of the bird he describes in the subsequent passage is unclear; A. H. Evans in Turner on Birds (1903) supposed it to be the common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleuca. Some of the later references are perhaps to the yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Motacillidae > genus Motacilla > motacilla alba (pied wagtail) washerc1325 washstarta1400 wevesterte14.. water swallow1544 dishwasher1575 water-wagtail1593 dishwater1674 seed bird1675 pied wagtail1744 willy wagtail1780 washerwoman1817 wash-dish1825 moll-washer1847 deviling1853 devil's bird1853 tinner1866 peggy1885 1544 W. Turner Avium Præcipuarum sig. C7^v Κιγκλος, ἢ σεισοπυγίς, Anglice a water swallow. 1552 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Cinclos..the byrde called a water swallow, not muche bigger than a larke. 1658 T. Willsford Natures Secrets 140 The first bird that brings us tidings of the approaching Spring, is the Wagtail, or Water-Swallow, whom some call the Barly-Bird. 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 108 Cinclus..the long-bill'd wagtail, and Half Snipe, aliis Water-Swallow. 1707 H. Coley Starry Messenger Spring The Harbinger of this pleasant Season is the Wagtail or Water Swallow. 1774 C. Smith Anc. & Pres. State County & City of Waterford xviii. 339 Motacilla, Johnst. the Water-Swallow or Water wag-tail. 2. The sand martin, Riparia riparia. ΚΠ 1633 J. Schröder Messis Medico-spagyrica 629/1 [Hirundo] Riparia, Wasser-schwalb, Bank-Swallow, or Water-Swallow. 1834 Mag. Nat. Hist. 7 146 I met a small flight of water swallows (Hirúndo ripària)..flying south over Bowden Muir. 1929 E. R. Paton & O. G. Pike Birds of Ayrshire 88 The Sand-Martin. Riparia riparia riparia (Linnæus). Local name: Water-Swallow. 3. A marsh tern of the genus Chlidonias. ΚΠ 1831 R. Jameson Wilson & Bonaparte's Amer. Ornithol. (rev. ed.) III. 358 Genus XI. Water swallow. Hydrochelidon. 1916 Condor 18 56 Hydrochelidon, Water Swallows, they certainly are, flocks of them skimming low over the surface of the lake. 1928 F. A. Bailey Birds New Mexico 295 This strikingly marked water swallow—Hydrochelidon by one of its old names—spends a great deal of its time flying over prairie and plains, not too far from its marshy nesting ground. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas water swallow † water swallow n. Obsolete ? a water-wagtail. ΚΠ 1552 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Cinclos..the byrde called a water swallow, not muche bigger than a larke. Eras. saith..that it is a certaine byrd, so weake and feeble, that she can not make hir owne nest, and so laieth hir egges in other byrdes nestes. 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 108 Cinclus..the long~bill'd wagtail, and Half Snipe, aliis Water-Swallow. extracted from swallown.¹ < n.¹1544 as lemmas
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