cannachn.

Brit.

/ˈkanəx/,

/ˈkanək/, U.S.

/ˈkænək/, Scottish English

/ˈkanəx/

Forms:

α. 1800s cannach, 1900s– canach.

β. 1800s cana, 1800s– canna Brit. /ˈkanə/, U.S. /ˈkænə/, Scottish English /ˈkanə/.

Etymology: < Scottish Gaelic canach (Early Irish canach plant down, cotton grass), of uncertain origin.Perhaps related to Gaulish caneco-, of uncertain sense, perhaps ‘light yellow’ or ‘down’, but the nature of the relationship is unclear.

Scottish.

Any of several European cotton grasses of the genus Eriophorum; the downy white seed head of such a plant.

ΚΠ

1802 Scots Mag. June 460/2 Like the canach, (down of the moss, conspicuous for its whiteness).

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 65 Still is the canna's hoary beard.

1820 Lit. Chron. & Weekly Rev. 25 Nov. 767/1 O, what is fairer than the cana, Waving in the breeze, When summer laughs in flow'ry pride, And verdure clothes the trees?

1850 J. W. Loudon Entertaining Naturalist (new ed.) ii. iii. 227 The inside [of the nest] stuffed most carefully with fine down, and tufts of cotton-grass, or cannach.

1907 D. MacEchern in Celtic Monthly 15 126/1 Oh! to tread the bright gold of the Crossapol shore, Or to cull the white cannach of Arinangore.

1987 J. Urquhart Eigg 118/2 From an armful of the moorland cannach, she [sc. St. Bride] took the soft white tufts and made a bed for the motherless three.

2012 D. McDonald Palindrome iii. 25 Mister MacKinnon was a wizened wee mannie with a shock of white hair like the cannach on the moor.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cannach
释义	cannachn. Brit. /ˈkanəx/, /ˈkanək/, U.S. /ˈkænək/, Scottish English /ˈkanəx/ Forms: α. 1800s cannach, 1900s– canach. β. 1800s cana, 1800s– canna Brit. /ˈkanə/, U.S. /ˈkænə/, Scottish English /ˈkanə/. Etymology: < Scottish Gaelic canach (Early Irish canach plant down, cotton grass), of uncertain origin.Perhaps related to Gaulish caneco-, of uncertain sense, perhaps ‘light yellow’ or ‘down’, but the nature of the relationship is unclear. Scottish. Any of several European cotton grasses of the genus Eriophorum; the downy white seed head of such a plant. ΚΠ 1802 Scots Mag. June 460/2 Like the canach, (down of the moss, conspicuous for its whiteness). 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 65 Still is the canna's hoary beard. 1820 Lit. Chron. & Weekly Rev. 25 Nov. 767/1 O, what is fairer than the cana, Waving in the breeze, When summer laughs in flow'ry pride, And verdure clothes the trees? 1850 J. W. Loudon Entertaining Naturalist (new ed.) ii. iii. 227 The inside [of the nest] stuffed most carefully with fine down, and tufts of cotton-grass, or cannach. 1907 D. MacEchern in Celtic Monthly 15 126/1 Oh! to tread the bright gold of the Crossapol shore, Or to cull the white cannach of Arinangore. 1987 J. Urquhart Eigg 118/2 From an armful of the moorland cannach, she [sc. St. Bride] took the soft white tufts and made a bed for the motherless three. 2012 D. McDonald Palindrome iii. 25 Mister MacKinnon was a wizened wee mannie with a shock of white hair like the cannach on the moor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1802
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