单词 | despume |
释义 | † despumev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To skim; to clear of froth or scum. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > removal of scum > remove scum from [verb (transitive)] despumec1400 scumc1400 skimc1430 fleetc1440 flote1573 despumate1651 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 90 Of hony despumed [v.r. dispumed] oz. iiij. c1553 in S. Hartlib Legacy (1655) 232 Take your Alewort..and into it put of good Honey despumed..a pound and a half. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Despume, to take vp the scum of a thing. 1655 in S. Hartlib Reformed Common-wealth Bees 36 Let the tryall be made with about a gallon of Honey, despume it. 1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) II. 146 Salting the Water, and despuming as fast as it appears. 2. intransitive. Of a liquid: To cast up a scum or froth. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > [verb (intransitive)] > become clear clarify1599 despume1609 despumate1733 1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) Despume, fome, or cast vp a scomme. Derivatives despumed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > honey > [adjective] > skimmed or clarified despumed1601 despumated1661 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxii. xxiv. 136 Made..of despumed and clarified honey. despuˈmatious adj. characterized by despumation; foamy, frothy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] > full of or covered with foam or froth foamyOE foaminga1400 spumingc1400 frothy?1531 spurging1566 fretting1567 fuming1598 white-mouthed1598 frory1600 yeastya1616 frothed1616 frothing1628 lathering1630 mantling1633 sudding1633 spumeous1635 spewy1743 spooming1818 despumatious1819 yeastinga1821 creaming1825 spumous1854 frothsome1880 lathery1880 bubblesome1946 1819 H. Busk Vestriad ii. 85 The brawny Tritons..In dispumatious ranks, his progress wait. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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