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单词 despume
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despumev.

/dɪˈspjuːm/
Forms: Also Middle English dispume.
Etymology: < Latin dēspūmāre (see despumate adj.), or < French despumer (16th cent.).
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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