| 单词 | starrigan |
| 释义 | starrigan Newfoundland.|ˈstærɪgən|
Also starigan.
[Perh. ad. Ir. stairricín stump, stick.]
A young, stunted, or decayed evergreen tree (chiefly fir), esp. cut for firewood; a stick, branch, or stump of this.
1895Jrnl. Amer. Folk-Lore VIII. 39 Starrigan, a young fir-tree, which is neither good for firewood nor large enough to be used for timber, hence applied with contempt to anything constructed of unsuitable materials. c1900in Regional Lang. Stud. Newfoundland (1978) VIII. 26 Starrigan, a green stick, especially a var of small dimensions. 1903Newfoundland Q. Dec. 5 He could get nothin' there but a few green var starrigans..or dun boughs. 1920Grenfell & Spalding Le Petit Nord 94 Light snow has fallen during the night, and every ‘starigan’, every patch of ‘tuckamore’ is ‘decked in sparkling raiment white’. 1964Newfoundland Herald 26 Jan., Starrigans, actually dry tree stumps which formed an important source of fuel in the depression days. 1977Decks Awash Sept. 64 De bull would get de tacklin An off 'e'd go for starrigans Wid frosty snow acracklin. 1981Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. lxviii. 43 Starrigan.., very sappy fir, this name usually applied only when cut for firewood. |
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