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foumart
English
Etymology
From Middle English fulmard, from Old English f?l (“foul”) + mearþ (“marten”), in reference to its offensive smell.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fu?m?(?)t/, /?fu?m??(?)t/
Alternative forms
- fullmart
Noun
foumart (plural foumarts)
- (chiefly Scotland) A European polecat; a member of the Mustelidae family.
Further reading
- foumart at OneLook Dictionary Search
- foumart in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- farm out, farmout
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polecat
English
Etymology
From Middle French pole (“hen”) + cat. Origin unknown, possible explanations include its fondness for poultry, or the Old English word fol, "foul", because of its smell. The same species was also known as folmart, "foul martin".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p??lkæt/
Noun
polecat (plural polecats)
- A weasel-like animal of the genus Mustela.
- notably, the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 61
- By the little garden pergola open to the winds some fluttered peacocks were blotted nervelessly amid the dripping trees, their heads sunk back beneath their wings: while in the pergola itself, like a fallen storm-cloud, lolled a negress, her levelled, polecat eyes semi-veiled by the nebulous alchemy of the rainbow.
- Synonyms: fitch, foumart
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 61
- notably, the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- (US, dialects, including Appalachia) A skunk.
- (television) A tubular device used to support lights on a set.
- 1991, Gerald Millerson, The Technique of Lighting for Television and Film (page 323)
- This is adjustable telescopic tubing, wedged securely between floor and ceiling (vertical pole) or wall-to-wall (horizontal pole), within corridors, arches, window openings, doorways, etc. It may be held in position by a strong internal spring or end-screws. Designs include polecat, varipole, barricuda, jack tube, Acrow.
- 2013, Alan Bermingham, Location Lighting for Television (page 196)
- This uses a battery-operated HMI/MSR 200 W rigged on a magic arm fastened to a vertical 'pole-cat'. Check that the car roof is suitable for this application and remember to include a clean card (beer mat) between the top of the pole-cat and the car roof!
- 1991, Gerald Millerson, The Technique of Lighting for Television and Film (page 323)
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- polecat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- colpate, pot lace
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