cavendishn.

/ˈkavəndɪʃ/

Etymology: see quot. 1844 at sense 1.

1. Tobacco softened and pressed into solid cakes.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] > tobacco in a roll, cake, or stick

cane-tobacco1600

pudding tobacco1601

roll1602

tobacco roll1602

canea1612

pudding-packa1618

prick1666

pigtail1681

nova1688

prick tobacco1688

plug1729

plug tobacco1788

twist1791

carrot1808

cavendish1839

nail-rod1848

hard1865

twist tobacco1894

1839 (in a file of prices of Messrs. Grant, Chambers, & Co., London, of this date. It is not in their circular of 1824).

1843 Hints to Freshmen Univ. Oxford 8 He has smoked Cavendish tobacco under the steadfast impression that it was the mildest Turkey.

1844 Anstie in Rep. Comm. (Ho. of Commons) Tobacco Trade Q. 33 ‘Cavendish’ is a species of tobacco reckoned by the Excise under the general denomination of Roll.. I suppose the name is taken from the name of the maker in America. I know of no other reason for the name.

1886 F. Harrison Choice Bks. 70 Men..read it..daily; just as they smoke cavendish.

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 June 6/1 The cakes are..submitted to hydraulic pressure, and in the end a substance is obtained of great solidity, and which cuts like black marble. This is the cavendish which army men, artists, and others affect.

2. Assumed name of the author (H. Jones) of a treatise on Whist (1862); often used allusively.

ΚΠ

1878 H. H. Gibbs in B. Price Pract. Pol. Econ. Like a man having his Cavendish at his fingers' ends, who sits down to play a rubber without seeing his cards.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	cavendish
释义	cavendishn. /ˈkavəndɪʃ/ Etymology: see quot. 1844 at sense 1. 1. Tobacco softened and pressed into solid cakes. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] > tobacco in a roll, cake, or stick cane-tobacco1600 pudding tobacco1601 roll1602 tobacco roll1602 canea1612 pudding-packa1618 prick1666 pigtail1681 nova1688 prick tobacco1688 plug1729 plug tobacco1788 twist1791 carrot1808 cavendish1839 nail-rod1848 hard1865 twist tobacco1894 1839 (in a file of prices of Messrs. Grant, Chambers, & Co., London, of this date. It is not in their circular of 1824). 1843 Hints to Freshmen Univ. Oxford 8 He has smoked Cavendish tobacco under the steadfast impression that it was the mildest Turkey. 1844 Anstie in Rep. Comm. (Ho. of Commons) Tobacco Trade Q. 33 ‘Cavendish’ is a species of tobacco reckoned by the Excise under the general denomination of Roll.. I suppose the name is taken from the name of the maker in America. I know of no other reason for the name. 1886 F. Harrison Choice Bks. 70 Men..read it..daily; just as they smoke cavendish. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 June 6/1 The cakes are..submitted to hydraulic pressure, and in the end a substance is obtained of great solidity, and which cuts like black marble. This is the cavendish which army men, artists, and others affect. 2. Assumed name of the author (H. Jones) of a treatise on Whist (1862); often used allusively. ΚΠ 1878 H. H. Gibbs in B. Price Pract. Pol. Econ. Like a man having his Cavendish at his fingers' ends, who sits down to play a rubber without seeing his cards. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1839
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