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balsamic, a. and n.|bɔːlˈsæmɪk, bæl-|
[f. Gr. βάλσαµ-ον balsam + -ic.]
A. adj.
1. Of the nature of, or yielding, balsam.
1676Grew Anat. Flowers ii. ii. §10 A Gummy or Balsamick Juyce. a1711Ken Hymnotheo Wks. 1721 III. 228 Gilead, on whose od'rous Top, Balsamick Gums, like liquid Amber, drop. 1805Edin. Rev. VI. 411 Some balsamic pine.
2. Having the delicate aromatic fragrance of balsam; deliciously fragrant, balmy.
1714Steele Solomon's Song, Breathes thro' the Air a soft Balsamic Scent. 1873Longfellow Monk. Casal. Mag. xxiii, The sweet Balsamic exhalations of the pine.
3. Having the healing properties of balsam; soothing, restorative, health-giving.
1605Timme Quersit. i. xi. 48 The uniuersall balsamick medicine. 1717Lady Montagu Lett. 47 II. 39 Very balsamic for disordered heads. 1793T. Beddoes Let. Darwin 72 The supposition that the sweet breath of the cow is healing and balsamic. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 479 The balsamic virtues of the royal hand.
4. Of, pertaining to, or full of, the subtle healthful influence or ‘radical balsam’ conceived of by alchemists; cf. balsam n. 4.
1644Digby Nat. Bodies xxiii. §8. 212 With three sortes of riuers or brookes, to runne through him..the one of a gentle balsamike oyle. 1686Goad Celest. Bod. ii. ix. 284 The proper Preservative, some would call it the Balsamick Spirit, of the Fruit is dislodged by the Cold. 1733Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. i. §2. 113 To make the Iuices [of the Body] soft, sweet, and balsamick.
5. fig. Soothing, healing, gently restorative, balmy.
1667Decay Chr. Piety xvii. §15. 357 Nor are those wounds ever like to close, till our zeal grow more balsamick. 1752Johnson Rambl. No. 202 ⁋3 Sleep that sheds his balsamick anodynes only on the cottage. 1870Delitzsch in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. c. 3 Balsamic consolation.
6. Intended to hold balsam.
1818J. C. Hobhouse Hist. Illustr. 557 The little balsamic vase called ‘Lecythus,’ an unknown utensil of clay.
B. n. A soothing or healing medicine or application. Cf. balm n. 5, balsam n. 2.
1713Lond. & Country Brew. i. (1742) 68 Harvest-Men..stand most in Need of the greatest Balsamics. 1756Nugent Gr. Tour II. 423 This herb is reckoned such a sovereign balsamic, as to cure wounds almost with a touch. 1881Philadelphia Record No. 3443. 3 This balsamic had been brought before the Therapeutical Society.
▸ balsamic vinaigrette n. a vinaigrette dressing made with balsamic vinegar.
1982J. Rosso & S. Lukins Silver Palate Cookbk. 210/1 This colorful salad is perfectly complemented by a dark and sweetly spicy *Balsamic Vinaigrette. 1991Washington Post 27 Jan. (Mag. section) 24/2 Fish is rubbed with cracked pepper and dressed with balsamic vinaigrette. 2001Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 31 Mar. I even ate the watercress, which had been drizzled with a good balsamic vinaigrette.
▸ balsamic vinegar n. a dark, sweet Italian vinegar from the Modena region, matured in wooden casks; (now also) a mass-market product resembling this.
[1971W. Foot Food of Italy vi. 213 The traditional shape for the vinegar recipient and every other detail about the making, storing and serving of aceto balsamico is traditional too for the Modenese families which for generations have been perpetuating their own vinegar, stored in casks in the cellar.] 1982J. Rosso & S. Lukins Silver Palate Cookbk. 344/1 Add the *balsamic vinegar if the sauce seems to lack intensity. 1994Guardian 29 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) 57/4 What this brief menu description missed out on..was the balsamic vinegar and the mint in the dressing for the salad. 2000Canberra Sunday Times 11 June 58/1 The balsamic vinegar drizzled over afterwards, the eight cloves of garlic, and lots of fresh herbs at the end. |