Welshmann.

Brit.

/ˈwɛlʃmən/, U.S.

/ˈwɛlʃmən/

Inflections: Plural Welshmen.

Forms: see Welsh adj. and n. and man n.¹; N.E.D. (1926) also records a form of the first element 1500s Walls-.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Welsh adj., man n.¹

Etymology: < Welsh adj. + man n.¹In Old English and early Middle English the first element is usually treated as a normal adjective inflected for case and number.

a. A British (British adj. 1a) man. Cf. Welsh adj. 1a. Now historical.In quot. eOE at α. apparently :spec. Cornish or south-west British; compare discussion at Welsh adj. 1a.

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the world > people > ethnicities > Celtic people > [noun] > ancient Britons > person

WelshmaneOE

Britonc1275

Britain1482

Brutea1513

Brett1535

Welsh Britain1573

Welsh Briton1577

α.

eOE Laws of Ine (Corpus Cambr. 173) xxxii. 102 Gif Wilisc mon [L. homo Waliscus] hæbbe hide londes, his wer bið cxx scillinga.

OE Laws: Norðleoda Laga (Corpus Cambr.) vii. 460 Gif Wilisman geþeo, þæt he hæbbe hiwisc landes.., þonne bið his wergild cxx scillinga.

β. 1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 44 A Synode was holden in Englande agaynst the Brytaynes or welche [1551 welshe] men, for not conformynge their churches to the Romysh obseruacyons.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 113 The Britwales, or Welchmen..were secluded from the English Saxons by a Ditch or Trench which King Offa cast.1659 T. Palmer Little View of Old World 107 In the time of the Saxons, the Inhabitants of this Land were called Angles or Anglishmen, and now English-men, and the Brittains Welch-men.1869 E. A. Freeman Old Eng. Hist. for Children 152 Up to this time the city of Exeter..had been inhabited by Englishmen and Welshmen, who had equal rights.1882 J. Rhŷs Celtic Brit. 145 The northern portion..is spoken of in the Saxon Chronicle as that of the Strathclyde Welshmen.1997 H. Härke in J. Hines Anglo-Saxons from Migration Period to Eighth Cent. 149 Englishmen as well as Welshmen could become penally enslaved (Ine 24 and 54.2).γ. c1425 (?a1400) Arthur (Longleat 55) l. 519 (MED) Walsch Men beþ Bretouns of kynde..Englysch men beþ Saxoynes.a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 93 He commandede..alle þe Britones..To ben y-clepud Wallisshemen.a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 96 Saxsones clepud hom..Walshemen.a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) ii. iii. sig. n.v^v Whiche kynge expulsed..All brutes and walshemen clere out of his londe.1565 T. Stapleton Fortresse of Faith f. 132^v Inhabited by the olde Britons, the walsh men.

b. A person who is Welsh by descent, birth, or residency; (typically) a man born in Wales or to Welsh parents. Cf. Welsh adj. 2a.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Welsh nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Wales

WelshmanOE

WelshlOE

West Britona1387

Britain1516

Briton1583

Walesman1591

flannela1616

Taffy1699

leek1725

Cambrian1780

Welsher1857

Welshy1875

South Walian1894

Taff1929

α.

OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.i) anno 1053 Eac wylsce menn geslogan mycelne dæl englisces folces ðæra weardmanna wið Wæstbyrig.

lOE Laws: Dunsæte (Corpus Cambr.) vi. 376 Nah naðer to farenne ne Wilisc man on Ænglisc land ne Ænglisc on Wylisc ðe ma, butan gesettan landmen.

β. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1060 Þat Cambrie wes ihaten. þat is þat wilde lond þat Welsce [c1300 Otho Walse] men luuieð.c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1062 For þan duke Gualun Wælsce [c1300 Otho Walse] men me heom hateð.c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 5140 Here we englisse men mowe yse some, Mid woche riȝte we beþ to þis lond ycome, Ac þe wrecche welissemen [v. rr. walismen, walische men] beþ of þe olde more.c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 9275 Þer was of welssemen [c1400 BL Add. walesch men] þe verþe ost þer to.1513 Life Henry V (1911) 9 Manie Welshmen, and..the greater parte of all Wales, were confederate w^th these rebbells.1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 764 The Welshmen that vnderstand not english, haue their common praier in their Welshe tongue.1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 407 You cannot guesse, wherefore the Welshman comes. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe i. sig. B4 The Northerne man loues white-meates,..the Welshman Leekes and Cheese.1664 S. Pepys Diary 22 Feb. (1971) V. 58 The Duke of Monmouth's mother's brother..being a Welchman.1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 173 The Welchmen came in by Droves.1799 E. Dubois Piece Family Biogr. II. 146 The old Welchman in pure philippy, took his horse out of the road.1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 250/2 The men..are about three-fifths Irishmen, a fifth Welchmen,..and the remainder Englishmen.1866 Galaxy 1 Nov. 450 The German, in his provincialization of the language, resembles the Welshman as reported by Mr. Tooke.1925 R. Graves Welchman's Hose 29 Two Welshmen, pit-boys from the Rhondda.1966 H. Davies New London Spy (1967) 13 March. Begins with St. David's day. Patriotic Welshmen wear daffodils in lapels.2007 Snooker Scene Aug. 19/1 In the semi-finals, he built a 2–0 lead over Lee Walker before the Welshman made a 137 total clearance in the third.γ. c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1963) l. 1060 Þat Combroþ was ihote. Þat his þat wilde lond þat Walse [c1275 Calig. Welsce] men louieþ.c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 9433 (MED) Þe erl of chestre..þo he sey..þat is walssemen [v.r. walysch men] eode adoun, he smot vorþ iwis.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 35 In Seint Edward his tyme Walsche men [?a1475 anon tr. Walche men] schulde not passe þat diche wiþ wepoun vppon a grete payne.?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 35 (MED) Edgar..went to Kerlion, þe Walsch men he band With homage & feaute in right & in lawe.c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. vii. l. 309 (MED) Then was þer a walishman was wonderliche sory; He highte ‘ȝyuan ȝeld-aȝeyn’.a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 129 (MED) Thei faute togidir, þe Englischmen and þe Walchmen.a1500 Warkworth's Chron. (1839) 6 Ther was the Erle of Penbroke [sic] takene..and two M^l. Walschmenne slayne.1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Diiii^v These Dommerars are leud and most subtill people, the most part of these are Walch men.

†c. A foreigner, spec. a Frenchman. Cf. Welsh adj. 3. Obsolete. rare.

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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > one who is separated or isolated > stranger or outsider > from another country

outlandishOE

WelshmanlOE

outlandish manc1300

foreign?a1400

strangerc1460

foreigner1483

outborna1557

tramontane1593

transmarine1596

outlander1598

outlandisher1599

exotic1651

Outalian1668

furriner1849

Dutchman1857

Uitlander1892

Johnny Foreigner1899

non-patrial1971

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Domitian A.viii) anno 1050 Þa wæran ða..[text erased; prob. read wælisce men] æror mid ðan cinge [L. Tunc quidam de Normannis qui cum rege erant uenerunt ad regem].

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1048 Þa hæfdon þa welisce menn gewroht ænne castel on Herefordscire... Ða wæron þa wælisce menn ætforan mid þam cynge.

2. U.S. regional. Any of various fishes, esp. (in later use) the largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides (family Centrarchidae).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Percidae (perches) > [noun] > member of

Welshman1709

percoid1846

perchling1852

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Percidae (perches) > [noun] > perca fluviatilis (common perch)

bassc1000

perch1381

basec1425

river perch1574

bast1676

Welshman1709

barse1753

grunt1851

redfin1946

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Centrarchidae (sun-fish) > [noun] > member of genus Micropterus (black bass)

trout1604

black perch1685

Welshman1709

Oswego bass1758

river bass1820

Oswego1857

ringeye1877

slough bass1877

small-mouthed bass1877

smallmouth1880

smallmouth bass1880

smallmouth black bass1880

small-mouthed black bass1881

trout-perch1883

bronze-backer1888

smallie1952

1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 159 The brown Pearch, which some call Welch-men, are the largest sort of Pearches that we have.

1788 T. Bankes et al. New & Authentic Syst. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. vii. 524/1 The sea abounds with a variety of excellent fish, as groopers, rock fish, old wives, cavallies, welch-men, mud-fish, wilks, cockles, lobsters, &c.

1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 55 On the Tar River of North Carolina, it [sc. the black bass] is called ‘Chubb’, and on the Neuse, ‘Welshman’.

1896 D. S. Jordan & B. W. Evermann Check-list Fishes & Fish-like Vertebr. N. & Middle Amer. 338 Holocentrus ascensionis. Matejuelo; Squirrel-fish; Welshman.

1908 A. M. Waddell Some Memories vii. 189 The same fish which in middle North Carolina is called chub, in the Cape Fear region fresh water trout, and in Onslow and other eastern counties ‘Welshmen’.

1922 F. E. Pond Fishcraft 62 Popular local names for the large-mouth bass are Oswego Bass, Moss Bass, Welshman, Green Perch.

Compounds

Welshman's button n. Angling either of two insects, the garden chafer, Phyllopertha horticola (family Scarabaeidae), and (in later use) a brown caddis fly, Sericostoma personatum (family Sericostomatidae); (also) an artificial fly imitating either of these. [The transfer of the name to the caddis fly, perhaps by misidentification of the model for the artificial fly, is attributed to F. M. Halford (compare quot. 1886).]

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > real or imitation flies

stone-flya1450

ant-fly1653

hawthorn-fly1653

mayfly1653

oak fly1653

wall-fly1653

pismire-fly1670

cow-lady1676

mayfly1676

owl fly1676

brown1681

cow-turd-fly1684

trout-fly1746

orl fly1747

hazel fly?1758

iron-blue fly?1758

red spinner?1758

Welshman's button?1758

buzz1760

Yellow Sally1766

ash-fly1787

black caterpillar1787

cow-dung fly1787

sharn-fly1787

spinner1787

woodcock-fly1787

huzzard1799

knop-fly1799

mackerel1799

watchet1799

iron blue1826

knob fly1829

mackerel fly1829

March brown1837

cinnamon fly1867

quill gnat1867

sedge-fly1867

cob-fly1870

woodcock wing1888

sedge1889

olive1895

quill1899

nymph1910

green weenie1977

Montana1987

?1758 R. Bowlker Art of Angling Improved 72 The Welshman's Button. Or Hazle Fly, comes in at the latter end of July.

1846 G. P. R. Pulman Vade-mecum Fly-fishing for Trout (ed. 2) 90 Welshman's Button. Peacock's herl, wound thickly. Black. Red feather from a partridge's tail.

1886 F. M. Halford Floating Flies 104 Welshman's Button... This fly is usually on the water during the same period as the May-Fly, but hatches earlier in the day, when the imitation is found most killing.

1932 A. C. Williams Trout Flies 211 The natural Welshman's button is a beetle found throughout Wales... Welshmen invariably refer to it as the ‘Welshman's butty’, and this, I think, is the original and more correct name.

1992 C. B. McCully Lang. Fly-fishing (2000) 210 Other running-water species include the Welshman's Button (Sericostoma personatum).

Welshman's hug n. rare (probably) scabies; cf. Welsh fiddle n. at Welsh adj. and n. Compounds 1d.

ΚΠ

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Hug, the itch; called also the Welshman's hug.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	welshman
释义	Welshmann. Brit. /ˈwɛlʃmən/, U.S. /ˈwɛlʃmən/ Inflections: Plural Welshmen. Forms: see Welsh adj. and n. and man n.¹; N.E.D. (1926) also records a form of the first element 1500s Walls-. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Welsh adj., man n.¹ Etymology: < Welsh adj. + man n.¹In Old English and early Middle English the first element is usually treated as a normal adjective inflected for case and number. 1. a. A British (British adj. 1a) man. Cf. Welsh adj. 1a. Now historical.In quot. eOE at α. apparently :spec. Cornish or south-west British; compare discussion at Welsh adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Celtic people > [noun] > ancient Britons > person WelshmaneOE Britonc1275 Britain1482 Brutea1513 Brett1535 Welsh Britain1573 Welsh Briton1577 α. eOE Laws of Ine (Corpus Cambr. 173) xxxii. 102 Gif Wilisc mon [L. homo Waliscus] hæbbe hide londes, his wer bið cxx scillinga. OE Laws: Norðleoda Laga (Corpus Cambr.) vii. 460 Gif Wilisman geþeo, þæt he hæbbe hiwisc landes.., þonne bið his wergild cxx scillinga. β. 1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 44 A Synode was holden in Englande agaynst the Brytaynes or welche [1551 welshe] men, for not conformynge their churches to the Romysh obseruacyons.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 113 The Britwales, or Welchmen..were secluded from the English Saxons by a Ditch or Trench which King Offa cast.1659 T. Palmer Little View of Old World 107 In the time of the Saxons, the Inhabitants of this Land were called Angles or Anglishmen, and now English-men, and the Brittains Welch-men.1869 E. A. Freeman Old Eng. Hist. for Children 152 Up to this time the city of Exeter..had been inhabited by Englishmen and Welshmen, who had equal rights.1882 J. Rhŷs Celtic Brit. 145 The northern portion..is spoken of in the Saxon Chronicle as that of the Strathclyde Welshmen.1997 H. Härke in J. Hines Anglo-Saxons from Migration Period to Eighth Cent. 149 Englishmen as well as Welshmen could become penally enslaved (Ine 24 and 54.2).γ. c1425 (?a1400) Arthur (Longleat 55) l. 519 (MED) Walsch Men beþ Bretouns of kynde..Englysch men beþ Saxoynes.a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 93 He commandede..alle þe Britones..To ben y-clepud Wallisshemen.a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 96 Saxsones clepud hom..Walshemen.a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) ii. iii. sig. n.v^v Whiche kynge expulsed..All brutes and walshemen clere out of his londe.1565 T. Stapleton Fortresse of Faith f. 132^v Inhabited by the olde Britons, the walsh men. b. A person who is Welsh by descent, birth, or residency; (typically) a man born in Wales or to Welsh parents. Cf. Welsh adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Welsh nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Wales WelshmanOE WelshlOE West Britona1387 Britain1516 Briton1583 Walesman1591 flannela1616 Taffy1699 leek1725 Cambrian1780 Welsher1857 Welshy1875 South Walian1894 Taff1929 α. OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.i) anno 1053 Eac wylsce menn geslogan mycelne dæl englisces folces ðæra weardmanna wið Wæstbyrig. lOE Laws: Dunsæte (Corpus Cambr.) vi. 376 Nah naðer to farenne ne Wilisc man on Ænglisc land ne Ænglisc on Wylisc ðe ma, butan gesettan landmen. β. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1060 Þat Cambrie wes ihaten. þat is þat wilde lond þat Welsce [c1300 Otho Walse] men luuieð.c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1062 For þan duke Gualun Wælsce [c1300 Otho Walse] men me heom hateð.c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 5140 Here we englisse men mowe yse some, Mid woche riȝte we beþ to þis lond ycome, Ac þe wrecche welissemen [v. rr. walismen, walische men] beþ of þe olde more.c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 9275 Þer was of welssemen [c1400 BL Add. walesch men] þe verþe ost þer to.1513 Life Henry V (1911) 9 Manie Welshmen, and..the greater parte of all Wales, were confederate w^th these rebbells.1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 764 The Welshmen that vnderstand not english, haue their common praier in their Welshe tongue.1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 407 You cannot guesse, wherefore the Welshman comes. View more context for this quotation1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe i. sig. B4 The Northerne man loues white-meates,..the Welshman Leekes and Cheese.1664 S. Pepys Diary 22 Feb. (1971) V. 58 The Duke of Monmouth's mother's brother..being a Welchman.1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 173 The Welchmen came in by Droves.1799 E. Dubois Piece Family Biogr. II. 146 The old Welchman in pure philippy, took his horse out of the road.1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 250/2 The men..are about three-fifths Irishmen, a fifth Welchmen,..and the remainder Englishmen.1866 Galaxy 1 Nov. 450 The German, in his provincialization of the language, resembles the Welshman as reported by Mr. Tooke.1925 R. Graves Welchman's Hose 29 Two Welshmen, pit-boys from the Rhondda.1966 H. Davies New London Spy (1967) 13 March. Begins with St. David's day. Patriotic Welshmen wear daffodils in lapels.2007 Snooker Scene Aug. 19/1 In the semi-finals, he built a 2–0 lead over Lee Walker before the Welshman made a 137 total clearance in the third.γ. c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1963) l. 1060 Þat Combroþ was ihote. Þat his þat wilde lond þat Walse [c1275 Calig. Welsce] men louieþ.c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 9433 (MED) Þe erl of chestre..þo he sey..þat is walssemen [v.r. walysch men] eode adoun, he smot vorþ iwis.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 35 In Seint Edward his tyme Walsche men [?a1475 anon tr. Walche men] schulde not passe þat diche wiþ wepoun vppon a grete payne.?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 35 (MED) Edgar..went to Kerlion, þe Walsch men he band With homage & feaute in right & in lawe.c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. vii. l. 309 (MED) Then was þer a walishman was wonderliche sory; He highte ‘ȝyuan ȝeld-aȝeyn’.a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 129 (MED) Thei faute togidir, þe Englischmen and þe Walchmen.a1500 Warkworth's Chron. (1839) 6 Ther was the Erle of Penbroke [sic] takene..and two M^l. Walschmenne slayne.1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Diiii^v These Dommerars are leud and most subtill people, the most part of these are Walch men. †c. A foreigner, spec. a Frenchman. Cf. Welsh adj. 3. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > one who is separated or isolated > stranger or outsider > from another country outlandishOE WelshmanlOE outlandish manc1300 foreign?a1400 strangerc1460 foreigner1483 outborna1557 tramontane1593 transmarine1596 outlander1598 outlandisher1599 exotic1651 Outalian1668 furriner1849 Dutchman1857 Uitlander1892 Johnny Foreigner1899 non-patrial1971 lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Domitian A.viii) anno 1050 Þa wæran ða..[text erased; prob. read wælisce men] æror mid ðan cinge [L. Tunc quidam de Normannis qui cum rege erant uenerunt ad regem]. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1048 Þa hæfdon þa welisce menn gewroht ænne castel on Herefordscire... Ða wæron þa wælisce menn ætforan mid þam cynge. 2. U.S. regional. Any of various fishes, esp. (in later use) the largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides (family Centrarchidae). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Percidae (perches) > [noun] > member of Welshman1709 percoid1846 perchling1852 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Percidae (perches) > [noun] > perca fluviatilis (common perch) bassc1000 perch1381 basec1425 river perch1574 bast1676 Welshman1709 barse1753 grunt1851 redfin1946 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Centrarchidae (sun-fish) > [noun] > member of genus Micropterus (black bass) trout1604 black perch1685 Welshman1709 Oswego bass1758 river bass1820 Oswego1857 ringeye1877 slough bass1877 small-mouthed bass1877 smallmouth1880 smallmouth bass1880 smallmouth black bass1880 small-mouthed black bass1881 trout-perch1883 bronze-backer1888 smallie1952 1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 159 The brown Pearch, which some call Welch-men, are the largest sort of Pearches that we have. 1788 T. Bankes et al. New & Authentic Syst. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. vii. 524/1 The sea abounds with a variety of excellent fish, as groopers, rock fish, old wives, cavallies, welch-men, mud-fish, wilks, cockles, lobsters, &c. 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 55 On the Tar River of North Carolina, it [sc. the black bass] is called ‘Chubb’, and on the Neuse, ‘Welshman’. 1896 D. S. Jordan & B. W. Evermann Check-list Fishes & Fish-like Vertebr. N. & Middle Amer. 338 Holocentrus ascensionis. Matejuelo; Squirrel-fish; Welshman. 1908 A. M. Waddell Some Memories vii. 189 The same fish which in middle North Carolina is called chub, in the Cape Fear region fresh water trout, and in Onslow and other eastern counties ‘Welshmen’. 1922 F. E. Pond Fishcraft 62 Popular local names for the large-mouth bass are Oswego Bass, Moss Bass, Welshman, Green Perch. Compounds Welshman's button n. Angling either of two insects, the garden chafer, Phyllopertha horticola (family Scarabaeidae), and (in later use) a brown caddis fly, Sericostoma personatum (family Sericostomatidae); (also) an artificial fly imitating either of these. [The transfer of the name to the caddis fly, perhaps by misidentification of the model for the artificial fly, is attributed to F. M. Halford (compare quot. 1886).] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > real or imitation flies stone-flya1450 ant-fly1653 hawthorn-fly1653 mayfly1653 oak fly1653 wall-fly1653 pismire-fly1670 cow-lady1676 mayfly1676 owl fly1676 brown1681 cow-turd-fly1684 trout-fly1746 orl fly1747 hazel fly?1758 iron-blue fly?1758 red spinner?1758 Welshman's button?1758 buzz1760 Yellow Sally1766 ash-fly1787 black caterpillar1787 cow-dung fly1787 sharn-fly1787 spinner1787 woodcock-fly1787 huzzard1799 knop-fly1799 mackerel1799 watchet1799 iron blue1826 knob fly1829 mackerel fly1829 March brown1837 cinnamon fly1867 quill gnat1867 sedge-fly1867 cob-fly1870 woodcock wing1888 sedge1889 olive1895 quill1899 nymph1910 green weenie1977 Montana1987 ?1758 R. Bowlker Art of Angling Improved 72 The Welshman's Button. Or Hazle Fly, comes in at the latter end of July. 1846 G. P. R. Pulman Vade-mecum Fly-fishing for Trout (ed. 2) 90 Welshman's Button. Peacock's herl, wound thickly. Black. Red feather from a partridge's tail. 1886 F. M. Halford Floating Flies 104 Welshman's Button... This fly is usually on the water during the same period as the May-Fly, but hatches earlier in the day, when the imitation is found most killing. 1932 A. C. Williams Trout Flies 211 The natural Welshman's button is a beetle found throughout Wales... Welshmen invariably refer to it as the ‘Welshman's butty’, and this, I think, is the original and more correct name. 1992 C. B. McCully Lang. Fly-fishing (2000) 210 Other running-water species include the Welshman's Button (Sericostoma personatum). Welshman's hug n. rare (probably) scabies; cf. Welsh fiddle n. at Welsh adj. and n. Compounds 1d. ΚΠ 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Hug, the itch; called also the Welshman's hug. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.eOE
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