cushag

English

Etymology

From Manx cushag vooar (“big stalk”), from cushag (“stalk”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʊˌʃəɡ/, /ˈkʊˌʃæɡ/, /ˈkʊˌʒəɡ/

Noun

cushag (plural cushags)

(chiefly Isle of Man) The ragwort, the national flower of the Isle of Man, which has a large stalk.
- 1894, Hall Caine, The Manxman, page 98:
  He saw Kate coming down the glen road, driving two heifers with a cushag for switch and flashing its gold at them in the horizontal gleams of sunset.
- 1908, in the British Bee Journal and Bee-keepers' Adviser, volume 36, page 214:
  I pointed out a field near my apiary full of cushags, and, though a sunny day in midsummer, not a bee was to be found among the cushags, nor had I ever previously seen them working on that flower.
- 1954, Dorothy Kaucher, Armchair in the sky: ocean flights with air pioneers, page 108:
  Little green men with their eyes all afire,
  Poking stray sunbeams in pools to catch them,
  Binding the wind with a cushag stem wire,
  Throwing the mist on the clouds to patch them.

Quotations

1913, Hall Caine, The woman thou gavest me: being the story of Mary O'Neill:
"Mary, my love, you will certainly agree that your islanders who do not eat cushags, poor dears, are the funniest people alive as guests."

Manx

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʊʒəɡ/, /kʊʒaɡ/

Noun

cushag

stalk

单词	cushag
释义	cushag English Etymology From Manx cushag vooar (“big stalk”), from cushag (“stalk”). Pronunciation IPA^(key): /ˈkʊˌʃəɡ/, /ˈkʊˌʃæɡ/, /ˈkʊˌʒəɡ/ Noun cushag (plural cushags) (chiefly Isle of Man) The ragwort, the national flower of the Isle of Man, which has a large stalk. 1894, Hall Caine, The Manxman, page 98: He saw Kate coming down the glen road, driving two heifers with a cushag for switch and flashing its gold at them in the horizontal gleams of sunset. 1908, in the British Bee Journal and Bee-keepers' Adviser, volume 36, page 214: I pointed out a field near my apiary full of cushags, and, though a sunny day in midsummer, not a bee was to be found among the cushags, nor had I ever previously seen them working on that flower. 1954, Dorothy Kaucher, Armchair in the sky: ocean flights with air pioneers, page 108: Little green men with their eyes all afire, Poking stray sunbeams in pools to catch them, Binding the wind with a cushag stem wire, Throwing the mist on the clouds to patch them. Quotations 1913, Hall Caine, The woman thou gavest me: being the story of Mary O'Neill: "Mary, my love, you will certainly agree that your islanders who do not eat cushags, poor dears, are the funniest people alive as guests." Manx Pronunciation IPA^(key): /kʊʒəɡ/, /kʊʒaɡ/ Noun cushag stalk
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