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Reading, n.2|ˈrɛdɪŋ|
[The name of the county town of Berkshire.]
1. Reading beds, a set of beds of sand, clay, and gravel of fluviatile origin underneath the London clay in the London and Hampshire basins.
1817Trans. Geol. Soc. IV. 283 In many parts of this great valley or trough of chalk [sc. the Thames valley] we recognized our Reading beds in their proper place, as the inferior strata of the plastic clay formation. 1854Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. X. 164 The leaves preserved in the Reading beds. 1882A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. 844 The Woolwich and Reading Beds, or ‘Plastic Clay’ of the older geologists, consist of lenticular sheets of plastic clay, loam, sand, and pebble-beds. 1923[see Landenian a.]. 1969Bennison & Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles xv. 336 The Reading Beds facies is the most extensive of the three in the London Basin.
2. a. Reading onion, a variety of onion developed by the firm of Sutton & Son (formerly of Reading). Also absol.
1845E. Acton Mod. Cookery (ed. 4) xxii. 508 The Reading onion is the proper kind for pickling. 1885W. Robinson tr. Vilmorin-Andrieux's Veg. Garden 366 White Spanish, or Reading, Onion... Bulb quite flat, 3 to 4 inches in diameter. 1963Sutton's Seed Catal. 66/1 Sutton's Improved Reading. A maincrop onion.
b. Reading sauce, a sharp sauce flavoured with onions, spices, and herbs.
1861Mrs. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. 240 Reading sauce, .. walnut pickle .. shalots .. Indian soy .. bruised ginger [etc.]... Seasonable.—This sauce may be made at any time. 1862‘L. Carroll’ in College Rhymes III. 114 There are epithets That suit with any word—As well as Harvey's Reading Sauce With fish, or flesh, or bird. 1878M. Jewry Warne's Model Cookery 46/1 A large spoonful of sauce, either Worcester or Reading. 1907Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 33/2 Sauces (Other Makers')... Reading.
3. Designating the gypsy caravan of traditional design, supposedly first built in Reading (see quots.). Chiefly in Reading wagon.
1940F. G. Huth in Jrnl. Gypsy Lore Soc. XIX. 117 The Reading Waggon, or old type of Gypsy vardō, with large wheels running outside the body of the van. 1951Archit. Rev. CIX. 317 There are five distinct types of gypsy wagon in use on the roads today... Reading wagon. Originally built by the Dunton family at Reading, this is probably the oldest type of van and is generally accepted as the ‘gypsy shape’. 1972Ward-Jackson & Harvey Eng. Gypsy Caravan ii. 43 The Reading type of van had certainly been evolved by the 1860's. 1975Country Life 2 Oct. 840/1 We thought we might buy an old gypsy wagon... I found the ruin of a ‘Reading’ or showman's wagon. 1976Horse & Hound 3 Dec. 68/4 (Advt.), Gypsy Caravan of Reading style for sale. |