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Paris|ˈpærɪs|
the name of the capital of France, used in various collocations: e.g. in names of materials or articles made in Paris, as Paris † crisp, Paris cup, Paris net; in names of measures or weights used at Paris, differing from the corresponding English ones, as Paris foot, Paris inch, Paris line, Paris pint. Also, in names of articles associated with or designed in Paris, esp. with an implication of being fashionable, exclusive, or expensive, as Paris cloth, Paris cut, Paris dress, Paris felt, Paris gown, Paris hat, Paris net, Paris shirt; Paris baby = Paris doll (Cent. Dict. 1890); † Paris ball, a tennis ball; Paris basin (Geol.), the area of Tertiary strata on which Paris is situated; Paris binding (see quot. 1964); † Paris black, ? name of some black stuff used for garments; Paris blue, (a) a bright shade of Prussian blue; (b) a bright blue colouring matter obtained from aniline; † Paris candle, a kind of large wax-candle; Paris cap (see quot.); Paris daisy, the plant Chrysanthemum frutescens from Teneriffe, cultivated also as Marguerite; Paris doll, a doll or lay-figure dressed in the latest fashion, used by dress-makers as a model; Paris embroidery (see quots.); Paris green, a vivid light green pigment composed of aceto-arsenite of copper, and used as an insecticide; Paris gypsum, gypsum from the Paris basin; † Paris head, a head-dress from Paris; Paris lake = carmine lake (Watts Dict. Chem. 1866–77); Paris plaster = plaster-of-Paris; hence † Paris-plasterer; Paris-red, † (a) a shade of red; (b) ferric oxide, finely divided, used as a polish for glass, gold and silver, etc.; Paris violet, a coal-tar colour, called also methyl-violet; Paris white, a fine kind of whiting used in polishing.
1471Ripley Comp. Alch. v. xxxi. in Ashm. (1652) 155 Ther Pauteners be stuffed wyth *Parrys balls. 1530Palsgr. 240/1 Lytell paresball, estevf. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, ii. iv. 131 To that end..I did present him with the Paris-Balls.
1832H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man. 233 Comprised within what is commonly termed the *Paris basin.
1918E. & M. Wallbank Dress Cutting & Making x. 65 For binding skirt seams, use ½{pp} lute or *Paris binding with one edge folded over rather less than half the width. 1964C. Penton ABC of Sewing 64/1 Paris binding, a braid ½{pp} wide used for covering raw edges cut on the straight, and slip-stitched to the fabric beneath.
a1568R. Semple Jonet Reid 4 Bayth *Pareiss blak and Inglis broun.
1864–72Watts Dict. Chem. II. 227 The pure ferric ferrocyanide..is sometimes called *Paris blue. 1900Daily News 4 June 2/6 Manufacturers of Paris blue, starch, and black lead. [1401–2Mem. Ripon (Surtees) III. 209, ij lib. *candel, de Parys.] 1480Wardr. Acc. Edw. IV (1830) 121, iij dosen and ix lb' of paris candell'. 1512Northumbld. Househ. Bk. (1827) 2 Of Parisch Candle viij dosson x lb. 1547Salesbury Welsh Dict., Kanwyll baris, a pares candel.
1966J. S. Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing 109/1 *Paris cap, a woman's head-dress of the mid-sixteenth century. It fitted the head closely with a jewelled band running over the top of the head and ending in a point on the cheeks.
1960C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 268/1 *Paris Cloth, Toile de Paris. Med. and 17th c. Originally a fine white linen; later a woollen cloth.
1401in Frost Notices rel. Hull (1827) App. 3 Pro x dus[enis] *paris crisp.
1479Paston Lett. III. 270, iiij *Parys cuppis with a cover.
1748Smollett Rod. Rand. II. xlv. 80 In the evening, [I] dressed myself in a plain suit of the true *Paris cut.
1884Miller Plant-n., Chrysanthemum frutescens, Marguerite, *Paris Daisy.
1959J. Braine Vodi xiv. 195 The rather cold-eyed girl with the *Paris dress and the real pearls. 1973H. McCloy Change of Heart ii. 17 The black dress was Paris and so at least four years old... Yet old as it was that Paris dress made every other dress in the room look shapeless.
1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework 378/1 *Paris Embroidery.—This is a simple variety of Satin Stitch worked upon Piqué with fine white cord for washing articles, and upon coloured rep silk, or fine cloth with filoselles for other materials. 1957M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 243/2 Paris embroidery, white cord embroidery on piqué. 1969R. T. Wilcox Dict. Costume (1970) 259/2 Paris embroidery, a fine white cord embroidery appliquéd in satin stitch on piqué. Used in washable linens and garment accessories.
1853J. B. Felt Customs New Eng. 119 They were at first called sombreros,..slouches, and California hats,..but latterly, by some, *Paris felts.
1742Phil. Trans. XLII. 188 The *Paris Foot..contains 12·785 English Inches.
1839F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Residence Georgian Plantation (1863) 346 A *Paris gown and bonnet might have been in equal danger of shocking his prejudices. 1896E. Turner Little Larrikin xiii. 141 The commanding presence in the Paris gown. 1913A. Bennett Regent ii. viii. 219 Elegant women wearing Paris or almost-Paris gowns. 1965Roach & Eicher Dress, Adornment, & Social Order 396 Writer sees Hollywood fashions beginning to take some of the prestige away from Paris gowns in the 1930's.
1868Amer. Agriculturist XXVII. 321 The following is going the rounds of the press ‘Sure death to Potato Bugs: Take 1 lb. *Paris green, 2 lbs. pulverized lime. Mix together, and sprinkle the vines.’ We consider this unsafe, as..Paris green is a compound of arsenic and copper, and a deadly poison. 1882Howells in Longm. Mag. I. 44 Saffron, with Paris⁓green shutters. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 530/2 The best fruit farmers spray fruit trees regularly in the early spring..with quassia and soft soap and paraffin emulsions, and a very few with Paris green only. 1966Lockhart & Wiseman Introd. Crop Husbandry vii. 231 Baits such as Paris green.
1885Lyell's Elem. Geol. (ed. 4) Index, Fossil footprints in *Paris gypsum.
1845G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. 5th Ser. 172 The plush for the larger number of silk hats is woven in Lancashire; but for ‘*Paris hats’, as they are called, it is woven in France. 1906E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands vii. 87 A man in a long frock coat, a high, glittering, Paris hat. 1951C. Porter Kiss me Kate 108 Mr. Harris, plutocrat, Wants to give my cheek a pat, If the Harris pat Means a Paris hat—Bé-bé. 1957M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 165/2 Paris hat, high silk hat worn by men.
c1596in Gentl. Mag. (1819) LXXXIX. i. 23 Next after them came the Lady Strange..in her *paris head.
1791Boswell Johnson 28 Apr. an. 1778, A *Paris-made wig.
1759Newport (Rhode Island) Mercury 26 June 4/3 To be sold by Jacob Richardson,..plain Gauze, *Parisnets, gimp and floss Garland. 1766C. Anstey New Bath Guide iii. 23 Stomachers and Parisnets. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework 378/1 Paris net, a description of Net employed in Millinery.
1795Gentl. Mag. LXV. ii. 925 Ten quarts (or *Paris pints).
1855Ecclesiologist XVI. 336 Mortar, *Paris-plaster, sulphur, and even lead.
c1515Cocke Lorell's B. 10 *Parys plasterers, daubers, and lyme borners.
1600in Hakluyt's Voy. (1811) III. 289 [The Captaine] bestowed vpon him a cloake of *Paris red.
1937N. Coward Present Indicative i. 28, I can smell the eau-de-Cologne, see..the stripes on his *Paris shirt.
1588Reg. Privy Council Scot. IV. 322 Ane quarter of an unce *Pareis wecht.
1434in E.E. Wills (1882) 101, 1 towell of *parys werk. |