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Burgundy|ˈbɜːgəndɪ|
[ad. med.L. Burgundia, F. Bourgogne. (Swift rimed it with Sunday.)]
1. The name of a kingdom, and afterwards a duchy of the Western Empire, subsequently giving its name to a province of France. Used attrib., as in Burgundy wine.
1697W. Pope Old Man's Wish, With Monte Fiascone or Burgundy wine.
2. a. Hence ellipt. Wine made in Burgundy. Generally understood to apply to the red wines of that province, unless otherwise stated.
1672Wycherley Love in Wood i. ii, I hate his impertinent Chat more than he does the honest Burgundy. 1728Swift Ladies at Sot's H. Wks. 1755 IV. i. 92 At the Rose on Sunday, I'll treat you with burgundy. 1797Holcroft Stolberg's Trav. (ed. 2) III. lxxxiv. 351 That kind of red burgundy which the French call petit Burgogne. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair ix, The cellars were filled with burgundy then.
b. attrib.
1672Wycherley Love in Wood v. ii, No Burgundy man or drunken scourer will reel my way.
c. A red wine resembling the Burgundy of France, made in other wine-growing districts, esp. Australian and Californian ‘Burgundy’.
1886Catal. Colonial & Ind. Exhibition, W. Australian Court 53 One dozen Burgundy, vintage 1882. Ibid., S. Australian Court 36/2 Number of gallons manufactured last vintage 18,000; of Burgundy type. 1888W. & A. Gilbey's Wine List 11 Australian Wines—..Burgundy Red. 1894C. F. Oldham California Wines 8 Of natural dry red wines, the Burgundy types are perhaps the best. 1907Daily Chron. 12 Oct. 9/4 You find ‘Burgundy’ imported into this country from Australia, California, Spain, Italy and Hungary.
d. A shade of red of the colour of Burgundy wine.
1881Househ. Words 9 July 215/2 New colours in gloves are steel and burgundy. 1891Daily News 30 Dec. 2/2 Every tone of red, from brilliant military scarlet to the deep claret and burgundy tones. 1942R. Chandler High Window (1943) i. 5 A big solid cool-looking house with burgundy brick walls.
†3. A sort of head-dress for women; = bourgoigne. Obs. (See bourgogne in Littré Supp.)
1700Farquhar Const. Couple ii. i. i, Running to..the French milliner, for a new Burgundy for my Lady's head.
4. Burgundy hay, B. trefoil [F. burgogne, foin de bourgogne]: applied by English writers to the plant Lucerne, Medicago sativa: but in French originally to Sainfoin, Onobrychis sativa. (The two were formerly confused: see sainfoin).
1616Surfl. & Markh. Countr. Farm 698 in Britten and Holl. s.v., Burgundy Hay..Because the Burgundians have been alwaies very carefull for the sowing and tilling of this herbe. 1834Baxter Phænog. Bot., Burgundy Trefoil.
5. Burgundy pitch. [The substance is still chiefly obtained from the neighbourhood of Neufchâtel, which was once Burgundian territory. So F. poix de Bourgogne.] The resinous juice of the Spruce-fir (Abies excelsa); sometimes called white pitch, though its colour is reddish brown or whitish yellow. See also quot. 1875. Also attrib.
1678Salmon Pharmacop. Londin. i. viii. 170 Burgundy Pitch..is the Rosin of the Pitch-Tree. Ibid. 225, Burgundy pitch plaster applied between the shoulders. 1769W. Buchan Dom. Med. xxix. (1845) 227 Burgundy pitch may be spread thin upon a piece of soft leather. 1875Ure Dict. Arts I. 550 Burgundy pitch, when genuine, is made by melting frankincense..in water and straining it through a coarse cloth. The substance usually sold as Burgundy pitch is, however, common resin incorporated with water and coloured with palm-oil.
6. Burgundy mixture, a preparation of soda and copper sulphate used for spraying potato-tops to destroy fungi.
1894Board of Agric. & Fisheries, Leaflet No. 23 By the use of Bordeaux or Burgundy mixture, the spores of the fungus are prevented from germinating. 1951Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) II. 849/2 Burgundy mixture is made like Bordeaux mixture but washing soda is used instead of lime. |