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KIRN BABY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of KIRN BABY is harvest doll. www.merriam-webster.com
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kirn-baby, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun kirn-baby is in the late 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for kirn-baby is from 1777, in the writing ... www.oed.com
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The Kern baby | Creepy collection - Birmingham City Council
He loved taking pictures of unusual festivals and customs – like this one of a 'Kern Baby' from a festival called 'The Harvest Home' in Northumberland in 1901. www.birmingham.gov.uk
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kirn-baby
ˈkirn-ˌbaby Also kern-. [f. kirn n.2 + baby n. 2, ‘doll, puppet’.] A rude semblance of a human figure made out of the last handful of corn cut on the harvest-field, and dressed as a female, which formerly played a part in the ceremonial of the kirn or harvest-home, and was afterwards often hung up o... Oxford English Dictionary
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Kirn-baby. World English Historical Dictionary - WEHD.com
Kirn-baby. Also kern-. [f. KIRN sb.2 + BABY sb. 2, 'doll, puppet'] A rude semblance of a human figure made out of the last handful of corn cut on the harvest ... wehd.com
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(22) Harvest Home--The Kern Baby - Sacred Texts
The Kern baby is an image dressed up with corn and carried before the reapers to the harvest home. This derivation is rather fanciful, and the most obvious ... sacred-texts.com
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kirn
▪ I. kirn, n.1 Sc. and north. dial. (kɜːn, Sc. kɪrn) Also 4–6 kirne, 5–6 kyrn(e; north. Eng. 7 kerne, 7–9 kern, kurn. [Northern form of churn n.: cf. ON. kirna, in same sense.] 1. A churn.1338–9 Acc. Rolls Durham (Surtees) 311 In j kirne emp. pro eadem [dayeria], 5d. 1483 Cath. Angl. 204/1 (MS. A.) ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Kirn Baby Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity Insights | Momcozy
The most comprehensive details about baby name Kirn include its origins, meaning, historical popularity, and variations in the Momcozy Name Generator. momcozy.com
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All Rhymes for kirn baby - Merriam-Webster
Words and phrases that rhyme with kirn baby: maybe, taibei, crybaby, achebe, araby, grandbaby, mud-baby, moucharaby. www.merriam-webster.com
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Kirn (disambiguation) - Wikipedia
Other uses. edit · Kirn (surname) · KIRN, a radio station in Los Angeles; Kirn dolly or kirn baby, Scots for a corn dolly. See also. edit · Kirner Land, a ... en.wikipedia.org
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Letters - Murray Scriptorium
baby 1; corn 1; kirn 1; kirn-baby 1; maid 1; mell 2. Copyright © 2024 Murray Scriptorium · Privacy policy · Contact | Twitter · Website by Huber Digital. www.murrayscriptorium.org
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cliack
cliack Sc. (ˈklaɪək) Also clyack. [Possibly a. Gaelic cliathach (kliəax) battle, because of the contest or struggle to have the ‘last cut’.] The last armful of corn cut at harvest on any farm, the kirn-cut: called in the south of Scotland the ‘maiden’, and in Northumberland the ‘kirn-baby’: cf. kirn... Oxford English Dictionary
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corn-baby
corn-baby a literary perversion of kirn-baby = harvest-home doll (baby 2); originated by an erroneous conjecture of Brand, and retained by some writers on folklore, but never in popular use.1777 Brand Pop. Antiq. (1810) 341 The Northern word [Kern-baby] is plainly a corruption of Corn Baby, or Image... Oxford English Dictionary
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corn dolly
ˈcorn dolly, n. Also corn-dolly. [A popular corruption of kirn-dolly (s.v. kirn-baby n.), the first element taken as corn n.1; see corn-baby n.] = kirn-baby n., a symbolic or decorative figure celebrating the harvest home.1952 Sunday Times 21 Sept. 2 [Worcs.] His ‘corn dollies’ have attracted intere... Oxford English Dictionary
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knack
▪ I. knack, n.1 (næk) Forms: 4–6 knak, 6–7 knacke, 7– knack. [ME. knak: in senses 1 and 2 = Du. knak, G. (orig. LG.) knack, knacke (also gnacke), knacks, Norw. knak; also Gael. cnac (? from Sc.). Of echoic origin: cf. the associated knack v.] † 1. A sharp sounding blow, stroke, or rap. Cf. knap n.2 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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