| 释义 |
pipperidge|ˈpɪpərɪdʒ|
Also 6 pypryge, pipridge, 8–9 piperidge, (9 dial. piprage, piprick). Cf. pepperidge.
[Derivation obscure.
Cf. AF. piperounge a hip, in W. de Bibbesworth (Prof. Skeat).]
1. A local name of the Barberry, fruit or shrub; the latter usually pipperidge-bush.
1538Turner Libellus, Oxiacantha,..ab officinis & uulgo berberis dicitur, aliquibus Pypryge uocatur. 1562― Herbal ii. 146 The berbery tre, otherwyse called a pipridge tre. 1674Ray S. & E.C. Words 74 Pipperidges, Barberries, Ess. Suff. 1731Miller Gard. Dict., Barbery, or pipperidge-bush,..grows naturally in the hedges in many parts of England. 1886Britten & Holland Eng. Plant-n. 382 Piperidge, Pipperidges, Piprage, Pepperidge, Piperidge Tree, or Piperidge Bush.
2. = pepperidge 2.
1828Webster s.v. Piperidge, The piperidge of New England is the Nyssavillosa, a large tree with very tough wood. 1872Mrs. Stowe Oldtown Fireside Stories 127 Old Black Hoss was about as close as a nut and as contrairy as a pipperage-tree. |