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Jamaica|dʒəˈmeɪkə|
a. The name of a large West Indian island. Used attrib. in the names of things native to or imported from that island, as Jamaica bark, Jamaica bilberry, Jamaica birch, Jamaica buckthorn, Jamaica cherry, Jamaica ebony, Jamaica fan-palm, Jamaica shorts. Also Jamaica ginger, white ginger (see ginger n. 1); Jamaica pepper, a name of allspice; Jamaica wood = braziletto.
1801T. Dancer Med. Assistant 363 *Jamaica bark... These [species] are indigenous species of the Jesuits or Peruvian bark. 1811W. J. Titford Sk. Hortus Bot. Amer. 60 *Jamaica bilberry, or Whortle Berry. 1942A. L. Simon Conc. Encycl. Gastron. V. 40/2 Jamaica Bilberry. The edible berry of a Jamaica mountain shrub. Ibid., *Jamaica Cherry. A West Indian Fig, globose and no bigger than a cherry. 1946Jamaica cherry [see ceriman].
1756P. Browne Jamaica 299 *Jamaica Ebony (Brya Ebenus). This shrubby tree is common in all the lower hills.
1818Public Ledger LVIII. 4/5, 20 Bags and 10 Casks *Jamaica Ginger. 1870Jamaica ginger [see ginger n. 1]. 1920T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Spring & Summer 367/3 Ginger, Jamaica, powdered.
1777G. Forster Voy. round World I. 586 On both sides the ground was covered with a thin perennial *Jamaica-grass.
1660Hickeringill Jamaica (1661) 12 A kind of Pepper, that tastes like Cloves, and very Aromatick (known by the name of *Iamaica-Pepper).
1959Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring/Summer 333/3 *Jamaica shorts. One pocket. 1972Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 23 June 2/6 (Advt.), 500 only Ladies Jamaica Shorts.
1656Cromwell's Bk. Rates, Woods, Brazeletto or *Jamaica wood. 1789Act 27 Geo. III, c. 13 Sched. s.v. Wood, Brazilletto or Jamaica Wood for Dyers use.
b. ellipt. for Jamaica coffee, rum, etc.
1775Adair Amer. Ind. 339 A large dose of old Jamaica and qualified mercury. 1848Dickens Dombey xvii, I'd bet a gill of old Jamaica..that I know. 1899T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Spring & Summer 171/3 Coffees... Finest Santos and Jamaica with chicory. 1910S. R. Crockett Dew of their Youth ii. xviii. 142 My grandfather got his ale, of the sort just then beginning to be made—called ‘Jamaica’, because a quantity of the cheap sugar refuse from the hogsheads was used in its production. 1938S. V. Benét Thirteen o'Clock 206 He bought his Jamaica personal and in the jug. 1964Women's Wear Daily 30 Nov. 36 From short-shorts to slacks—with Jamaicas, Nassaus, Bermudas, knee pants in between. 1969Sears Catal. Spring/Summer 41D Package of 3 Jamaicas [sc. shorts]. (Above-the-knee length.) |