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† Barceˈlona
[Name of a town in Spain, with manufacture of silk.]
1. A handkerchief or neckerchief of soft twilled silk. Obs.
1761in E. Singleton Social New York (1902) 236 Black Barcelona handkerchiefs. 1795Wolcott (P. Pindar) Dinah Wks. 1812 IV. 187 Now on this handkerchief, so starch and white, Was pinn'd a Barcelona, black and tight. c1816Mrs. Sherwood Stories Ch. Catech. xiv. 117 She pulled out a Barcelona handkerchief. 1833The Amulet 224 With..a silk Barcelona round his neck, like any gentleman.
2. Used attrib. in Barcelona nut or as short for this.
1851Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 89/1 The ‘Barcelonas’ are from 4½d. to 6d. a quart to the street-sellers. 1880Encycl. Brit. XI. 549/1 Hazel-nuts, under the name of Barcelona or Spanish nuts, are largely exported from France and Portugal, and especially Tarragona. 1899[see petrous a. 1]. 1951Good Housek. Home Encycl. 346/2 Barcelona Nut..usually kiln-dried to make it keep well. Ibid. 505/1 Cultivated varieties include the Filbert, Cob and Barcelona. |