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▪ I. ‖ sambuca1|sæmˈbjuːkə|
Also in anglicized forms: 4, 6 sambuke, 5 -buce, 6 -buque, 9 sambuc.
[L. sambūca, ad. Gr. σαµβύκη, prob. of Eastern origin, cogn. with Aramaic sabb⊇kā which it renders in the Book of Daniel. See sackbut.]
1. Anc. Mus. ‘A triangular stringed-instrument of a very sharp shrill tone’ (Lewis & Short).
1382Wyclif Dan. iii. 5 Harpe, sambuke, sautrie, symfonie. 1545Asham Toxoph. i. (Arb.) 39 This I am sure, yat lutes, harpes, all maner of pypes, barbitons, sambukes,..be condemned of Aristotle. 1845Encycl. Metrop. IX. 451 The sambuc was, it is believed, similar to the psaltery. 1902W. L. Newman Politics of Aristotle III. 550 The sambuca was high-pitched and piercing in tone.
2. Roman Antiq. A military engine for storming walls.
1489Caxton Faytes of A. ii. xxxv. 154 Sambuce is an engyn whiche is made in manere of a harpe able to perce a walle. 1594R. Ashley tr. Loys le Roy 117 The rest followed them by the Sambuque.
▪ II. ‖ sambuca2|samˈbuka|
Also sambucca, and with capital initial.
[It., ad. L. sambūc-us elder tree: see sambucene.]
An Italian liqueur resembling anisette.
1971P. Purser Holy Father's Navy xv. 121 They stared at me, coffee cups and brandies and sambuccas half-raised to lips. 1975Times 11 Jan. 11/5 Sambuca, from Italy..contains liquorice. 1977New Yorker 20 June 26/1 It got so cold that..when they tried to pour anisette or Sambuca into their coffee in the early mornings to warm up, they sometimes found it frozen in the bottle. |