| 单词 | cheek-varnish |
| 释义 | > as lemmascheek-varnish cheek-varnish n. now historical a cosmetic used to colour the cheeks; rouge. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion > paints or colours > reddening reda1398 cloth of Levant1497 red leather1545 safflower1583 cheek-varnish1598 vermilion1600 rubric1650 rud1651 Spanish wool1678 French reda1680 saffranon1731 French rouge?1745 rouge1746 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Purpurino..a liuely redde colour women vse for painting, called cheeke-varnish. 1653 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis (rev. ed.) xv. 266 The baudy trimming of which cheeke-varnish proves but a loathsome nastinesse. 1811 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kempfer Hist. Japan in J. Pinkerton Gen. Coll. Voy. & Trav. VII. 711 The best [shells] are brought from the Riuku islands, and are the chief ingredient of their white cheek varnish. 2002 R. Flannagan John Milton 105 Milton associates formal poetic epithets, or at least the Greek ones, with cheek-varnish. < as lemmas |
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