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▪ I. ragout, n.|rəˈguː|
Forms: α. 7 ragust, 7–8 ragoust. β. 7– ragout, 8–9 ragoût. γ. 7 ragoue, ragow, 7–8 ragou, 7–8 (9) ragoo.
[F. ragoût, † ragoust (1642 in Hatz.-Darm.), f. ragoûter to revive the taste of, f. re back + à to + goût.]
1. A dish usually consisting of meat cut in small pieces, stewed with vegetables and highly seasoned.
α1664Butler Hud. ii. i. 598 Season her, as French Cooks use Their Haut-gusts, Buollies, or Ragusts. 1673S. C. Art of Complaisance 59 Producing..the same effect which salt does in a ragoust. 1727Swift Modest Proposal Wks. 1755 II. ii. 61 It will equally serve in a fricassé, or a ragoust.
β1656–7Davenant Rutland Ho. Wks. (1673) 357 Your Pottages, Carbonnades, Grillades, Ragouts,..and Entremets. 1698J. Crull Muscovy 34 That Ragout which the Italians call Cavayar. a1764R. Lloyd Cobler of Cripplegate's Lett. Wks. 1774 II. 102 Borrows fine shapes, and titles new, Of fricasee and rich ragoût. 1842Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. ii. Nell Cook, For soups and stews and choice ragoûts Nell Cook was famous still. 1859Wraxall tr. R. Houdin xxi. 310 A rich soup, roast fowls, various ragoûts which I cannot describe.
γa1687Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.) Timon Wks. (1752) 116 As for French kickshaus, cellery, and champain, Ragous and fricasses, in troth we 'ave none. 1692Locke Educ. §37 Sauces and Ragoos, and Food disguis'd by all the Arts of Cookery. 1730Swift Panegyr. on Dean, She sent her priest in wooden shoes From haughty Gaul to make ragoos. 1747–96H. Glasse Cookery v. 38 Put the collops into the ragoo. [1885A. Dobson At the Sign of Lyre 123 He classed your Kickshaws and Ragoos With Popery and Wooden Shoes.]
b. transf. or fig.
1672Marvell Reh. Transp. i. 83 These being Conceits too trivial, though a Ragoust fit enough for Mr. Bayes his palate. 1717S. Centlivre Bold Stroke for Wife ii. 21 She has an odd Ragoût of Guardians, as you will find when you hear the Characters. 1739Cibber Apol. (1756) I. 34 A mere ragoust, toss'd up from the offals of other authors.
†2. A sauce or relish. Obs.
1741Compl. Fam.-Piece i. ii. 148 Pour on it a Ragoo, and Garnish with Orange and Lemon. 1750E. Smith Compl. Housew. 29 A ragoo for made dishes.
fig.1673[R. Leigh] Transp. Reh. 28 A Couplet in a Song gives a better Ragoust to a Controversial Discourse. 1698L. Milbourne Notes Dryden's Virgil 67 The Translator puts in a little Burlesque now and then, for a Ragout for his cheated Subscribers. 1734tr. Rollin's Rom. Hist. (1827) IV. iv. 240 Hunger was their only ragout.
▪ II. ragout, v.|rəˈguː|
Forms: 7 ragoust; 8– ragout; 8 ragoo, 8–9 ragou.
[f. prec. or ad. F. ragoûter.]
1. trans. To make a ragout of, to stew with highly flavoured seasoning.
1748Mrs. Harrison House-Keeper's Pocket-bk. ii. (ed. 4) 5 Breast of Veal ragou'd, with Mushrooms. a1756Mrs. Heywood New Present (1771) 163 To ragout a Leg of Mutton. 1833Westm. Rev. Jan. 33 To allow beef to be ragouted in small kitchens.
†2. transf. To give piquancy or variety to; to enrich or improve. Obs.
1749Fielding Tom Jones i. i, We shall..hereafter hash and ragoo it, with all the high French and Italian seasoning of affectation and vice. 1753Scots Mag. Sept. 458/2 Pin a stomacher bib on, Ragout it with cutlets of silver and ribbon.
†3. ? To have a relish of, to understand. Obs.
1673Hickeringill Gregory Father Greybeard 142 If there be, Within you so much Repartee, As to ragoust now what I mean.
Hence raˈgoued, raˈgoo'd ppl. a.
1755Smollett Quix. (1863) IV. 71, I would not have you touch these ragoo'd rabbits. 1810Splendid Follies I. 73 He handed his plate to the butler for some ragoued pigeon. |