2. A peevish, ill-natured person. [North of Eng.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
attercop — spider, O.E. attorcoppe, lit. poison head, from ator poison, venom, from P.Gmc. *aitra poisonous ulcer (Cf. O.N. eitr, O.H.G. eitar poison; Ger. eiter pus, O.H.G. eiz abscess, boil; O.E. atorcræft … Etymology dictionary
attercop — North Country (Newcastle) Words a spider s web … English dialects glossary
attercop — sb. == spider. O. and N. 600. Lit. ‘poison cup.’ AS. attor coppa … Oldest English Words
attercop — at·ter·cop … English syllables
attercop — ˈad.ərˌkäp dialect England variant of ettercap … Useful english dictionary
cobweb — early 14c., coppewebbe; the first element is O.E. coppe, in atorcoppe spider, lit. poison head (see ATTERCOP (Cf. attercop)). Spelling with b is from 16c., perhaps from COB (Cf. cob). Cob as a stand alone for a spider was an old word nearly dead… … Etymology dictionary
natterjack — (n.) 1769, rare kind of British toad with a yellow stripe on its back; second element probably proper name JACK (Cf. jack) (q.v.); for first element, Weekley suggests connection with attor poison (Cf. ATTERCOP (Cf. attercop)) … Etymology dictionary
poison — {{11}}poison (n.) c.1200, a deadly potion or substance, also figuratively, from O.Fr. puison (12c.) a drink, later a potion, poisonous drink (14c.), from L. potionem (nom. potio) a drink, also poisonous drink, from potare to drink (see POTION (Cf … Etymology dictionary
Ettercap — context Infobox D D creature name=Ettercap alignment=Usually neutral evil type=Aberration subtype= source= first= mythical= based= wizards image URL=http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35 gallery/MM35 PG106.jpg OGL stats… … Wikipedia
Attercopus fimbriungus — Taxobox name = Attercopus fimbriunguis fossil range = Devonian regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Chelicerata classis = Arachnida ordo = Aranea subordo = Mesothelae genus = Attercopus species = A. fimbriungus binomial = Attercopus… … Wikipedia
