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almondn.adj.

Brit. /ˈɑː(l)mənd/, /ˈalmənd/, /ˈɒlmənd/, U.S. /ˈɑ(l)mənd/, /ˈæ(l)mənd/
Forms: Middle English alamand, Middle English alemaund, Middle English alemaunde, Middle English alemauns (plural), Middle English allemaund, Middle English allmend, Middle English almande, Middle English almaun- (in compounds), Middle English almaund, Middle English almaunde, Middle English almound, Middle English almounde, Middle English almund, Middle English amounde, Middle English–1500s almonde, Middle English–1600s almand, Middle English–1600s almon, Middle English– almond, late Middle English almannys (plural, perhaps transmission error), 1500s alomond, 1500s aulmond, 1600s amande, 1600s amond, 1600s ollmon; Scottish pre-1700 allmond, pre-1700 almand, pre-1700 almant, pre-1700 almont, pre-1700 amond, pre-1700 1700s– almond.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French almond, amande.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman almond, almand, almande, alemand, alemande, almaunde, (in plural) alemons, Anglo-Norman and Middle French amande, Middle French amende, almende (12th cent. in Old French as alemande , 13th cent. as amande ; French amande ), ultimately < classical Latin amygdala amygdal n., probably via the post-classical Latin form amandula, also amandola (9th cent.; perhaps earlier in undated glossaries). Compare Italian mandorla (13th cent.), †mandola (14th cent.), and also (probably reflecting different variants in post-classical Latin) Old Occitan amenla, amendola (both 13th cent.; Occitan amela), Spanish almendra (13th cent.), Portuguese amêndoa (12th cent.). Compare also ( < French) post-classical Latin amanda (12th cent. in a British source), alemanda (from early 13th cent. in British sources).Form history. The forms with initial al- in French (and hence in English) perhaps ultimately reflect contamination from the final syllable of the Latin word. Pronunciation history. The pronunciation (Brit.) /ˈɑːmənd/, (U.S.) /ˈɑmənd/ probably results from the same historical process as described at psalm n. Pronunciations with /l/ are probably all ultimately spelling pronunciations. There is evidence for the persistence of pronunciations with loss of final /d/ as late as the 18th cent. Semantic history. With the distinction between bitter and sweet almonds compare Anglo-Norman amande amere , alemande amere (13th cent.), Middle French amande amere (14th cent.; French amande amère ), and Middle French amendre doulce (15th cent.; French amande douce ). Specific senses. With sense A. 3a compare Middle French amende (a1365 in this sense). In sense A. 4b probably after French amande (1680 in this sense). In sense A. 5 rendering Hebrew mĕšuqqāḏīm (plural), in uncertain sense, probably ‘shaped like almond blossoms’, passive participle of a denominal verb (only attested in this specific form) < šāqēḏ almond tree, almond. Compare post-classical Latin in nucis modum, Hellenistic Greek (Septuagint) ἐκτετυπωμένοι καρυίσκους ‘shaped like a nut’ (Exodus 25:34, Vulgate and Septuagint respectively). The interpretation of the Hebrew word as referring to almond blossoms, rather than almond nuts, is supported by the use of peraḥ ‘sprout, shoot, blossom, flower’ in the immediate context; see further C. L Meyers Tabernacle Menorah (1976) 22–6.
A. n.
1.
a. An oval, nut-like, oil-rich kernel with a light brown skin and a hard pitted shell, most varieties of which are edible, obtained from the tree Prunus amygdalus (see sense A. 2).Almonds are classified as either sweet or bitter depending on their amygdalin content. Sweet almonds are commonly blanched to remove the skin, and eaten whole or used (esp. ground or flaked) in baking; bitter almonds were formerly used medicinally and as a flavouring, but can yield a dangerous quantity of cyanide, and are now more usually processed to produce oil.Although often referred to as a nut, in strict botanical terms the almond kernel is a seed: see the note at nut n.1 1a.jordan almond: see the first element.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > almond
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > almond
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a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xxix. 89 Alse þe hundred of safron ant of puper ant of comin ant of alemaundes contenez in hoere numbre xiii ston ant an half.
c1330 (?c1300) Reinbrun (Auch.) in J. Zupitza Guy of Warwick (1891) 632 (MED) Fykes, reisyn, dates, Almaund.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Num. xvii. 8 The blossoms..weren fourmed in to alemaundis [a1382 E.V. almaundes; L. amygdalas].
1463 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 217 Item, vj.li. almundys, xviij.d.
1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xii. sig. G.ii Almons be hote and moyste, it doth comforte the brest.
1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xl. 275 Oile of bitter alomonds.
1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xliii. 11 Myrrhe, nuts, and almonds . View more context for this quotation
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. viii. 58 Pound an Almond, and the clear white Colour will be altered in to a dirty one.
1702 J. K. tr. F. Massialot Court & Country Cook 52 Take Almonds, and having scalded them in order to Blanching, pound them in a Mortar.
1751 H. Glasse Art of Cookery (ed. 4) 208 To bake an Almond Pudding. Blanch Half a Pound of Sweet Almonds, and four bitter ones in warm water.
1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. iii. 73 The principal part of the almond..[is] a substance analogous to coagulated albumen.
1890 Good Housek. 16 Aug. 172/2 After shredding the lemon peel very fine, and blanching and chopping the almonds, sprinkle these ingredients over the strawberry preserve.
1921 E. O'Neill Different 544 He takes a handful of almonds from his pocket and begins cracking and eating.
1946 N. Coward Party's going with Swing in B. Day N. Coward: Compl. Lyrics (1998) 240/3 Mrs John Macmallard Bit an almond in the salad Which completely removed the stopping from her one remaining tooth.
2009 M. Koch Marline Koch's Unbelievable Desserts with Splenda Sweetener 110 This torte uses ground almonds and very little flour to create a dense and moist chocolate cake.
b. The kernel or nut-like seed of any of various other fruits, esp. fruits of other plants of the genus Prunus.Indian, Java, wood almond: see the first element.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > kernel
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > almond > nut similar to
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1675 C. Cotton Planters Man. 117 The little Musk Apricot, another whose Almond or kernel is sweet.
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 85 Two or three Nuts or Berries, which contain in each a little luscious Almond.
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 226 The Cashew Tree... The almond or kernel is of a delicate taste.
1856 A. G. Collot Eng. & French Dict. (rev. ed.) 337/2 Taking the almond or kernel from the fruit.
1891 W. H. Bradley Olive Culture in Alpes Maritimes 361 There are some which feed on the olive itself; these are the thrush,..the black bird,..; others feed on the almond or kernel.
1910 Associated Grower Aug. 28/1 The nut peach is not the only sweet almond of the fruit globe... One of the plum family has an edible nut.
2001 R. Boland Culture & Customs of El Salvador v. 88 The almond of the [cashew tree] fruit is used for emulsions.
c. A sweet consisting of an almond kernel coated with sugar. Frequently (now usually) more fully sugared almond. Cf. dragée n.Cf. also the earlier sugar-almond n. at sugar n. Compounds 3a.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun] > nut confections
pinionade1329
butter of almonds?c1425
almond butter1502
almond comfit1569
sugar-almond1594
musk almond1675
praline1714
almond snow1723
almond1783
nougat1827
almond rock1841
burnt almond1850
pistachio candy1853
nougatine1868
noyau1899
gianduja1902
Montélimar1908
turron1918
1783 Morning Herald 24 June Hail composed of spice nuts and sugared almonds; snow of whip sillabubs; and rain of Eau de Lavandre and Rose-water.
1829 J. S. Buckingham Trav. Assyria, Media, & Persia vi. 111 In the confectioners' shops are sweet cakes of different sorts,..almonds and other comfits arranged in glass jars, and sweet drinks.
1867 Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours 1 207/2 The stranger took a red-hot coal out of the middle of the fire with as much ease as he would have picked an almond out of a comfit-box.
1919 C. E. Laughlin Martyred Towns France vi. 115 The dragées or sugared almonds for which Verdun was even then celebrated.
2005 Guardian 6 Aug. (Weekend Suppl.) 16/3 Grandad always had a selection of top-quality chocolates and sugared almonds available for the adults.
2. The small deciduous tree Prunus amygdalus (also called P. dulcis) (family Rosaceae), which bears almonds and has light pink blossom, originally from Asia and now widely cultivated in warm temperate climates.The almond has long been in cultivation, and there are many cultivated varieties, some bearing sweet kernels and others bitter ones. Trees bearing sweet or bitter almonds were previously considered to belong to two distinct varieties of the species Prunus amygdalus: var. dulcis and var. amara.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > almond > almond-tree
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xii. xxv. 633 He [sc. the locust]..is ifattid wiþ floures of almaundes.
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. l. 769 (MED) Graffyng in trees seer, As melo, almaunde & thorn.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 94 The Almond is graffed not neare the toppe of the stocke, but about the middest.
1600 W. Vaughan Golden-groue iii. lvii. sig. K7v If the Almond growe alone, it prooueth altogether vnfruitfull.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 57 Mark well the flowring Almonds in the Wood. View more context for this quotation
1735 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. at Amygdalus The common Almond..is cultivated more for the beauty of its flowers, than for its fruit.
1779 J. Abercrombie Brit. Fruit-gardener 3 Considered as a fruit tree, the Almond, in all its varieties, deserves a place in almost every garden.
1842 J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 287 The laburnums,..the dwarf almond on the verge of the walks, and the tree-peony.
1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 78 The almond and the palm flourish together.
1915 California's Mag. July 477/2 The almond is a long-lived tree, and when its crop ripens it is not perishable.
2003 R. Taylor How to read Church 202 This symbolism may have come about because the almond was the first tree to flower after the Palestine winter.
3. An organ or structure thought to resemble an almond in shape.
a. A palatine tonsil. Esp. in almond of the ear, almond of the throat. Cf. amygdal n. 2, amygdala n. 1, kernel n.1 4. Now historical and rare.
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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > glands of throat > tonsils
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [noun] > sphericity or globularity > spheroidicity > spheroid > object
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a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 301 Letynge blood in þe tunge is good for þe squinacie, & for enpostyms, þat ben as it were almaundis, & for brancis.
1565 J. Hall Anat. 3rd Treat. i. 55 (heading) in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. Of the throte and the contentes thereof, as the wynde pype, and the epiglot, the uvula, and almondes of the throte.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxxxi. 120 Ulcers of the aulmondes or kernels of the throte.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 646 Goates milk..gargarized in the mouth, is very effectual against the paines and swellings of the Almondes.
1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. iv. 119 The Almonds of her Jaws began to swell.
1709 Philos. Trans. 1708–09 (Royal Soc.) 26 318 A pain on the left side about the Almonds of the Ear.
1792 J. Curry Pop. Observ. Apparent Death from Drowning 47 Then taking the Canula, or curved silver tube..in his right hand, let him direct the flat point of it along this finger, towards the left almond of the ear, and between that and the side of the tongue.
1836 Friend 9 58/1 In the interval between the curtain and the posterior arch, on each side, are placed the tonsils, vulgarly called the ‘almonds of the ear’.
1886 W. Beach Amer. Pract. Condensed 340 When the tonsils, commonly called the almonds of the ear, or the mucus membrane lining the throat, become inflamed, it is termed quinsy.
1902 Assoc. Rev. (Amer. Assoc. to promote Teaching of Speech to Deaf) 4 173 37 lost their hearing through meningitis, 22 through convulsions, 14 typhoid fever, 9 falls, 4 mumps, 4 affection of the glands, 2 bronchitis, 2 scarlet fever, 2 croup, 2 fright, 1 affection of the almonds of the ear [etc.].
1961 H. A. Skinner Origin Med. Terms (ed. 2) 24/2 The palatine tonsil at one time was called ‘the almond of the throat’.
1997 M. Barnette Ladyfingers & Nun's Tummies vi. 168 In his great dictionary of 1755 Samuel Johnson notes that in English tonsils used to be called almonds of the throat.
†b. The operculum of a whelk. Obsolete. rare.
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a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 160 His [sc. the whelk's] pyntill & gutt almond & mantille, awey þer fro ye pitt.
†c. A part of the leg of a rabbit, esp. as an ingredient in bait for fishing. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) > parts of or fur
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1627 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman (rev. ed.) xxii. sig. Hh2 To make Past to last long you may vse..those parts of a Connies legges which are called the Almonds.
1631 G. Markham Country Contentments (ed. 4) i. xiii. 89 Those parts of the Conies leg which is called the Almond of the Cony.
1696 R. Howlett School Recreat. (new ed.) 167 Beat in a Mortar the Leg of a young Coney (Vulgarly called the Almond) or of a Whelp or Catling, and a quantity of Virgins Wax and Sheeps suet.
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a. An ornament, stone, etc., more or less resembling an almond (sense A. 1a) in shape. Now rare.
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1616 Sir T. Roe in S. Purchas Pilgrims (1625) I. 551 He threw about to those that stood below, two Chardgers of new Rubies, and among vs two Chardgers of hollow Almonds of Gold and Siluer.
1785 T. Holcroft tr. Comtesse de Genlis Tales Castle II. 221 Two other basins were brought full of gold and silver almonds, which were thrown and snatched with the same avidity.
1825 Q. Jrnl. Sci. & Arts Jan. 234 It [sc. a vein of amygdaloid] is of a dark colour, and very full of almonds of calcspar.
1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. ii. 22 Six balls, or rather almonds, of purple marble.
1911 Spatula June 540/1 The resin [sc. benzoin] usually appears in the market in cubic blocks of a brown color, containing opaque yellowish-white tears or almonds.
1920 R. S. Morrell & A. de Waele Rubber, Resins, Paints & Varnishes iii. 80 The lustre [of resin] is vitreous, but it may be waxy as in the so-called almonds of benzoin.
†b. spec. Each of the pendant pieces of crystal used to ornament the branches of a candelabrum, chandelier, etc. Obsolete.
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1764 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. I Almonds, among lapidaries, signify pieces of rock-crystal, used in adorning branch-candlesticks.
1873 Beeton's Dict. Commerce 13/2 Almonds of crystal are used in ornamenting gaseliers, chandeliers, &c. &c., and take the name from the fruit to which they bear a resemblance. [Also in later dictionaries.]
c. More generally: anything having an outline resembling that of an almond; the shape of this outline.In Christian iconography sometimes spec.: = vesica n. 3b. Cf. mandorla n.
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1842 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 5 114/1 This glory [sc. the vesica piscis] has been also called the sacred oval, and the mystic almond.
1902 Poet-lore Oct. 20 She offered to those ardent lips the soft nude almond of her face.
1914 F. Bond Dedications & Patron Saints Eng. Churches xix. 256 It may well be that this oval or mystic almond, as it is also called, may be intended to symbolise the Glory of God.
1999 R. Pinto Chosen (2001) 470 [He] saw a Sapient with his pleated waxy noseless face, the black almonds of his eyes alive with malice.
5. A decorative element of the candelabrum which God, through Moses, commanded the Israelites to construct (according to Exodus 25:33 ff: see quot. 1530).The exact form of the decoration described in the Bible is unclear: the Wycliffite Bible, following the text of the Vulgate, describes the cups of the candelabrum as having the form of a nut, but later translations and exegesis often describe these as resembling almond blossoms (see, for example, the Revised Version (1881): ‘Three cups made like almond-blossoms [etc.].’). See further the note in the main etymology.
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1530 Bible (Tyndale) Exod. xxv. f. xliiv And there shalbe .iij. cuppes like vnto almondes with knoppes and floures vppon euery one of the .vi. braunches that procede out of the candelstycke.]
1640 T. Fuller Joseph's Coat vii. 174 As Moses therefore in making the Tabernacle, made it in all things alike, to the Patterne hee saw in the Mount, not a Knop or a Bole, or an Almond in the Candlestick, under or over.
a1762 W. McEwen Grace & Truth (1763) iii. iii. 232 The ornaments of almonds, knops, and flowers..decorated all the branches [of the candlestick].
1860 J. H. Ingraham Throne of David x. 332 Each one adorned..with apple-shaped knops, and almonds of wrought gold.
1928 M. P. Hall Encycl. Outline Masonic Philos. 135/1 The Candlestick was ornamented with seventy-two almonds, knops, and flowers.
2007 L. Hiles Revelation of Jesus Christ 81 As we look closely at this candlestick.., we discover that it was made up of some very interesting elements. There was a knop.., a bud, and an almond.
†6. = almond tumbler n. at Compounds 3. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > tumbler
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1735 J. Moore Columbarium 39 This Pigeon affords a very great Variety of Colours in its Plumage... Amongst all, there is a Mixture of three Colours, vulgarly call'd an Almond, perhaps from the Quantity of Almond colour'd Feathers that are found in the Hackle: Others call it an Ermine.
1854 Poultry Chron. 1 359/2 Marks in the Almond Tumbler... Should it be an almond, it will most likely have a great deal of black about it.
1867 W. B. Tegetmeier Pigeons ii. 113 The feathers of the Almond should be covered with a metallic lustre or gloss.
7. The light brown or yellowish brown colour of an almond kernel. Also: the delicate pink colour of almond blossom.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > pale red or pink
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1872 Daily Republican (Decatur, Illinois) 17 Apr. 1/3 Underskirt of dress almond color, flounced with wood color (you know almond is a little darker than wood).
1879 Daily News 13 June 2/2 Cream colour, relieved with cardinal, and almond adorned with the same fashionable hue.
1923 Daily Mail 19 Feb. 5 (advt.) Coloured Shantung... In a full range of new colourings, including..Rose, Burnt Orange, Almond, [etc.].
1990 A. Munro Friend of my Youth 245 The kitchen was done in almond—Anita made a mistake, calling it cream—with teal-green and butter-yellow trim.
2010 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) (Nexis) 31 Oct. 32 GMR produces six colors of Boontonware: white, almond, pastel green, blue, confetti green and confetti blue.
8. slang. Usually in plural. A sock; short for almond rock n. at Compounds 3.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking > types of > short stocking or sock
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almond1932
1932 ‘P. P.’ Rhyming Slang 13 Almond rocks... Socks. The abbreviation may be used ‘Almonds’.
1971 J. Jones Rhyming Cockney Slang (1978) 9 Me almonds need darning.
1993 Hobart Mercury (Nexis) 19 Aug. There would have been nothing better than to..pull off the daisies and almonds.
B. adj. (attributive).
1. Shaped like an almond.
a. Of an eye.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc. > having
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broad-eyed?1611
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red-eyed1800
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1786 Asiatick Misc. 2 481 The following is a list of what I request. The shape of a cypress..two eye-brows, arched as the new moon: almond eyes, as many as you shall see: [etc.].
1824 P. P. Thoms Chinese Courtship in Verse 18 He could only perceive, that as she cast her almond eyes on him, She resembled the flower Foo-yung.
1868 Churchman's Shilling Mag. July 493 An oval, olive face, and long, almond, Oriental eyes spake of Southern blood.
1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xxii. 94 He [sc. a Chinese man] laughed..and his almond eyes almost closed as he did so.
1993 Spy (N.Y.) Dec. 46/1 Her almond eyes and hornet-stung lips are tightening the trousers of every male patron.
2002 ‘P. O'Shaughnessy’ Unfit to Practice (2003) 214 A lovely young girl..with..big almond long-lashed eyes.
b. Of a face.
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1878 O. Wilde Ravenna 8 The almond-face which Giotto drew so well.
1986 Toronto Star (Nexis) 21 Mar. d8 So taken are we with that almond face and glorious mane of curls, we forgive her occasional lapses out of context.
2006 D. Keck In Eye of Heaven (2007) xxv. 371 As though the shadows were alive upon those almond faces and hollow eyes.
2. Of the colour of almond blossom, or (more usually) of an almond kernel (see sense A. 7).
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1879 Brief 30 May 546/1 There are gray stripes on an emerald-green ground, and almond stripes on a sapphire ground, prune stripes on old gold, &c.
1941 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 31 Jan. 6/1 She wore brown gabardine shoes trimmed in almond leather.
1984 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 17 Mar. In a dark room with little natural light, a white or almond cupboard will completely change the room and make it look quite large.
2003 N. Clark Hills at Home iv. 231 She had glimpsed..the intense mauve and shiny almond stripes of Olive's last best dress.

Compounds

C1.
a. General attributive.
almond blossom n.
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1612 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise ii. vii. 133 The signe Aries in his right hand, leaning vpon a spade, in his left hand Almond blossomes.
1817 Literary Panorama Nov. 302 There beneath the palm-tree's shade, Where almond blossoms scent the glade.
1965 S. C. Emberton Shrub Gardening ix. 52 The gardens..bubble over with sugar-pink almond blossom and irrepressible yellow forsythias.
2002 Independent 27 May 9/3 Sending sprays of almond blossom to Stockholm before anything was in flower.
almond colour n.
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1810 T. Williamson E. India Vade-mecum I. 305 The Ooreeah bearers never wear shoes, and that they prefer cloaths of an almond color.
2010 P. Moloney Gunna Dan i. 5 His were the kindest eyes I ever saw and the almond colour of the irises was deep and strong.
almond flower n.
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a1596 G. Peele Loue King Dauid & Fair Bethsabe (1599) sig. Bii Bright Bethsabe shall wash in Dauids bower, In water mix'd with purest Almond flower.
1887 J. Rhoades Dux Redux i. 39 [She] would strive..To blanch the shrivelled kernel of old age Back to the pink-white of the almond-flower.
1996 Bakersfield Californian (Nexis) 24 Feb. Bees, grounded by winds and temperatures under 55 degrees, have been unable to pollinate almond flowers.
almond fruit n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > almond
amygdalc940
almonda1325
almond fruit1440
jordan almondc1440
valance1469
almond kernel1601
bitter almonda1640
badam1798
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > almond
amygdalc940
almonda1325
almond fruit1440
almond kernel1601
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 10 Almaunde frute [1499 Pynson almon], amigdalum.
1886 Palestine Explor. Fund Jan. 25 Luther could not possibly have meant that Boaz went and lay down behind a single almond-fruit.
2011 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 8 Jan. 10 Visitors are given long sticks to whack the branches of the trees and the almond fruit falls out.
almond shape n.
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1734 London Evening-Post 14 Nov. (advt.) Lost from a Lady's Ear last Thursday..a Brilliant Drop..of a long Almond Shape.
1859 J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire ix. 147 The nose is strongly eagle-like; the eyes set even, but of an almond-shape.
1996 Autoweek (Nexis) 18 Mar. 12 Ovals and almond-shapes dominate the design of this sporty, open-top four-seater.
almond shell n.
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1658 tr. G. della Porta Nat. Magick ii. iii. 31 A kind of Shel-fish..smooth and brittle shelled, like an Almond shell.
1757 C. N. Jenty Course Anatomico-physiol. Lect. III. iii. 44 The Amygdalæ are two glandular bodies... Their appearance is not unlike that of the external surface of an Almond Shell.
1861 H. Gray in T. Holmes Syst. Surg. II. 299 In the larynx was found part of an almond-shell, its rough and broken edge entangled in the rima glottidis.
1951 Nevada State Jrnl. 18 Nov. 4/5 On the roof he carried a large sack of almond shells for fuel.
2012 D. Shum Garden i. 6 The almond shell surrendered its prize, which was eagerly consumed.
almond wood n.
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1821 Investigator Apr. 314 The rod of Aaron..was made of almond wood.
2001 C. Field Mangoes & Quince (2002) viii. 105 Everyone in these particular Indonesian islands gets around in canoes carved of almond wood.
b. Instrumental, parasynthetic, and similative.
almond-coloured adj.
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1735 J. Moore Columbarium 39 The Quantity of Almond colour'd Feathers that are found in the Hackle.
1888 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 25 Nov. 13/4 Pale, almond-colored or apricot brocade.
1949 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 3 July 2/8 An almond-colored two-piece suit.
2011 H. Tunnicliffe Colour of Tea 147 Her almond-coloured cheeks turning a soft pink.
almond-flavoured adj.
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1845 Mechanics' Mag. 13 Dec. 415/1 An almond-flavoured blancmange.
1930 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 8 Dec. 34/3 An unusual almond-flavored cherry sauce topping.
2009 L. Grimes Cook's Bk. of Everything 550/1 Frangipane is a rich, almond-flavoured paste used in patisserie making.
almond-leaved adj.
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1690 J. Ray Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Brit. 216 Almond-leaved Willow that casts its Bark.
1810 Encycl. Londinensis II. 256/2 Asclepias nivea, or white or almond-leaved swallow-wort.
1996 Independent (Nexis) 27 Apr. (Weekend section) 12 The almond-leaved willow, Salix triandra,..makes a good screen.
almond-scented adj.
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1793 Raymond i. 9 Taste the warm breath of th' almond-scented south.
1881 O. Wilde By Arno in Poems 162 The almond-scented vale.
1990 Field Jan. 79/1 The abundant sprays of white, almond-scented blossom appear any time between April and mid-July.
almond-shaded adj.
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1777 T. Warton Poems 59 From Carmel's almond-shaded steep We feel the cheering fragrance creep.
1827 J. F. Pennie Tale Mod. Genius III. cix. 182 The sad hymn the Syrian maidens sang to their soft- touched lutes, for the death of Adonis, on the almond-shaded banks of the blood-tinged river.
1991 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 17 Feb. 9 From the almond-shaded, quarry-tiled foyer, visitors step up into a living room without walls.
almond-shaped adj.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > spheroidal > oval, ovoid, or ellipsoidal
oval1585
egg-like1599
ovalish1684
oviform1684
subovate1752
egg-shaped1767
almond-shapeda1771
subovated1773
ovicular1774
ovate1775
ovoid1776
egg-oblong1796
subovoid1819
ovaliform1826
ovoidal1828
ellipsoidal1831
amygdaloid1835
ooidal1836
oliviform1857
ovoid-shaped1860
ellipsoid1861
ovaloid1890
a1771 J. Bate New Transl. Pentateuch & Hist. Bks. Old Test. (1773) (Exod. xxv. 33) Three almond shaped bowls. [Note] Like the shell of an almond.
1802 J. Dubourdieu Statist. Surv. County of Down x. 161 There is another, a very low growing tree, of this species, with long and slender shoots of a reddish colour, with almond-shaped leaves.
1896 H. G. Smith Gems & Precious Stones 17 The ‘Sancy’ or ‘Great Sancy’ diamond is an almond-shaped gem, faceted on both sides.
1997 W. Dalrymple From Holy Mountain (1998) iii. 190 The Madonna was shown with thin, almond-shaped eyes as if she was a Persian princess.
C2.
a. Designating items of food or drink with the sense ‘made of, flavoured with, or containing almonds’, as almond custard, almond pudding, etc.
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1597 T. Dawson 2nd Pt. Good Hus-wiues Iewell i. 63 (heading) To make an Almond Custard.
1664 H. Wolley Cook's Guide 26 To make the best Almond pudding. Take half a pound of sweet almonds blanched and beaten with rose-water.
1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. B3 An Almond Caudle... Almond Cheese... Almond Cream.
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ii. 106 An Almond Pudding to bake. Blanch half a Pound of Sweet Almonds [etc.].
1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper xiv. 287 To make an Almond Posset.
1851 ‘M. Careful’ Househ. Hints to Young Housewives 66 Buckingham pudding. ¼lb. grated bread, ¼lb. grated apple,..a little nutmeg and lemon peel, a spoonful of almond brandy, sweetened.
1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel II. 95 The golden tinge of the almond pound-cake.
1926 P. Smith Beadle (1929) 181 Jantje brought with him..a horrible sticky mess of almond tommelaitjes.
1972 K. Lo Chinese Food 66 Almond Tea is made into Almond Junket by adding agar-agar or gelatine.
2003 Philadelphia July 137/1 Her strawberry Japonaise cake, with its layers of strawberries and whipped cream between airy almond meringue, was ethereal.
b.
almond biscuit n.
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1654 M. B. Ladies Cabinet Enlarged & Opened 31 (heading) To make Almond Biskit.
1793 tr. Menon French Family Cook Contents p. xxiv To make Almond Biscuits.
1839 H. Martineau Deerbrook III. vi. 34 Sophia will make you some of her vicarage-cake, and a batch of almond biscuits.
1935 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 13 Jan. ii. 12/4 The tiny almond biscuits called Croquignolles de Navarra.
2003 G. Burn North of Eng. Home Service (2004) i. 11 Glass of limoncello with the sharp-as-hell almond biscuit things that shredded his gums.
almond cake n.
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1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger i. i. 25 Giue me then some crummes of bread, or of my powder of Almond cakes.
1777 C. Mason Lady's Assistant (ed. 3) 374 Almond Cake. Two ounces of bitter, one pound of sweet almonds.
1860 G. W. Thornbury Turkish Life & Char. I. 111 That dull-eyed vendor of almond-cake.
1908 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Aug. 137 Do try that almond cake.
2011 T. Lawson Year in Village of Eternity 338 Before beribboned boxes of panettone arrived in Campodimele, it was almond cake that was traditionally eaten here at Christmas.
almond cookie n. originally and chiefly North American
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1881 E. W. Babcock Househ. Hints vii. 61 Almond Cookies.—Two pounds of butter, three pounds of sugar, one pound of almonds.
1939 N.Y. Times Mag. 19 Feb. (Mag. section) 16/4 For dessert Chinatown prefers rice cakes, almond cookies, and preserved fruit.
2009 Body + Soul Dec. 50/1 Moon-shaped almond cookies covered in vanilla-scented sugar.
almond croissant n.
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1930 G. B. Stern Mosaic iii. 268 The special little almond croissants.
1988 Orange Coast Mag. Mar. 52/2 A ‘picnic in bed’ for two with French champagne,..assorted breakfast pastries, chocolate and almond croissants.
2009 P. F. Hamilton Temporal Void 224 Exactly the kind of breakfast Oscar loved: industrial-strength coffee..and almond croissants.
almond liqueur n.
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1854 Lancet 27 May 582/2 Almond liqueurs.
1954 N.Y. Times 26 July 20/4 At the end, Signora Nerina serves you an almond liqueur ‘to digest’.
2000 M. Evans et al. World Food: Italy 101 Amaretto, almost syrupy almond liqueur with a hint of bitterness underneath the sweetness.
almond tart n.
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1654 J. Cooper Art of Cookery 118 How to make an Almond-Tart.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Almond-Tart, is made by taking half a Pound of Almonds blanch'd, and very finely beat with Orange-flower Water.
1873 L. E. Guernsey Lady Betty's Governess vii. 191 I had myself the honor of making some almond tarts after dear mother's own receipt.
1932 Winnipeg Free Press 26 Jan. 17/6 (advt.) An individual almond tart that melts away on a bite or two.
2006 Vanity Fair Oct. 343/2 A main course of duck with olives, a salad, and an almond tart.
C3.
almond black n. and adj. (a) n. a black pigment made from charred almond shells (cf. peach black n. at peach n.1 and adj. Compounds 2) (now rare); (b) adj. of a deep lustrous black colour.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > blackening agent > [noun] > pigment
blackOE
lamp-black1598
charcoal-black1622
ivory-black1634
blue-black1665
bone black1665
Indian ink1665
India ink1700
smoke-black1712
China-ink1782
Frankfort black1823
almond black1835
Spanish black1839
gas black1841
abaiser1849
peach black1852
vine-black1860
carbon black1872
drop-black1879
aspergillin1891
1835 G. Field Chromatogr. xxi. 180 Similar blacks are prepared of vine twigs and tendrils,..also from peach-stones, &c. whence Almond black.
1869 T. W. Salter Field's Chromatogr. (new ed.) xxi. 407 Peach Black, or Almond Black, made by burning the stones of fruits, the shell of the cocoa-nut, &c., is a violet-black, once much used by Parisian artists.
1893 Chicago Tribune 6 Mar. 9/5 Mme. Sieh..had an overdress of almond black silk.
1905 L. Mott Jules of Great Heart 147 The girl was tall and graceful, with almond black eyes, like those of a deer.
2007 L. Sholes & J. Moore Hades Project 292 Kai's almond black eyes flashed. ‘What are you talking about?’
almond comfit n. a sugared almond (see sense A. 1c).
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun] > nut confections
pinionade1329
butter of almonds?c1425
almond butter1502
almond comfit1569
sugar-almond1594
musk almond1675
praline1714
almond snow1723
almond1783
nougat1827
almond rock1841
burnt almond1850
pistachio candy1853
nougatine1868
noyau1899
gianduja1902
Montélimar1908
turron1918
1569 Chamberlain's Accts. in J. Webb Town Finances Elizabethan Ipswich (1996) 92 For almon comfettes viijd.
1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 5 Condited Almonds, vulgarly called Almond Comfits.
1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford xv. 299 If a little child came in to ask for an ounce of almond-comfits..she always added one more.
1936 R. G. Plowhead Lucretia Ann on Sagebrush Plains v. 104 Should it be..the crystal-clear rock candy or the almond comfit?
1998 J. Feather Emerald Swan xii. 196 See what I have for you... Sugar plums and almond comfits.
almond essence n. an almond flavouring extracted from the kernels of bitter almonds, or (occasionally) obtained from related species or produced synthetically; also more fully bitter almond essence.
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1851 ‘M. Careful’ Househ. Hints to Young Housewives 119 Flavor with bay leaves or almond essence.
1883 ‘M. Harland’ Cottage Kitchen 177 Season with nutmeg, lemon, vanilla, or bitter-almond essence.
1915 Spatula May 406/2 Almond Essence. Oil of bitter almonds, synthetic.
1978 Guardian 4 Feb. 12/7 Skimmed milk powder, gelatine and bitter almond essence.
1998 C. G. Sinclair Internat. Dict. Food & Cooking (2001) 14/2 Almond essence, an alcoholic extract of fermented bitter almonds, used to give an almond flavour to cakes, etc. Some almond essences are made from apricot kernels.
2002 B. Clapton et al. Food Technol. 88/2 Synthetic flavours are used in many products such as..almond essence.
almond extract n. = almond essence n.; also more fully bitter almond extract.
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the world > food and drink > food > additive > other flavourings > [noun]
saffronc1200
rorraa1500
fetida1588
balachong1699
gammon essence1706
ratafia1727
silphium1753
peppermint1811
Honduras sarsaparilla1818
oil of wintergreen1827
wintergreen oil1827
peppermint oil1850
apple oil1852
almond extract1865
duxelles1877
celery salt1897
gianduja1902
onion salt1925
garlic saltc1938
banoffi1994
1865 Art of Confectionery xv. 133 When it is nearly cool, add..a few drops of almond extract.
1895 E. W. Rosser Housekeeper's & Mother's Man. 362 Two ounces of sweet almonds, three drops of bitter almond extract, one-half pint of cream.
1921 Tariff Information Surv. on Articles Tariff Act 1913 (U.S. Tariff Comm. A-14) (rev. ed.) 54 Almond extract is prepared by dissolving the essential oil of bitter almonds in strong alcohol, and in order to comply with the official standards it must contain at least 1 per cent by volume of this oil.
1980 N.Y. Times 20 July (Mag. section) 36/2 ½ teaspoon almond extract or bitter-almond extract.
2004 R. Reichl Gourmet Cookbk. 761/1 We've put a spin on the traditional combination of fruit and almond essence by flavoring the sour cherry filling with almond extract, then topping it with an almond-paste pastry lattice.
almond-eyed adj. having almond-shaped eyes (cf. sense B. 1a).
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc. > having
goggle-eyedc1384
well-eyed1483
pink-eyed1519
hollow-eyeda1529
small-eyed1555
great-eyed1558
bird-eyed1564
out-eyed1570
large-eyed1575
full-eyed1581
bright-eyed1590
wall-eyed1590
beetle-eyed1594
fire-eyed?1594
young-eyed1600
open-eyed1601
soft-eyed1606
narrow-eyed1607
broad-eyed?1611
saucer-eyed1612
ox-eyed1621
pig-eyed1655
glare-eyed1683
pit-eyed1696
dove-eyed1717
laughing-eyed1784
almond1786
wide-eyed1789
moon-eyed1790
big-eyed1792
gooseberry-eyed1796
red-eyed1800
unsealed1800
screw-eyed1810
starry-eyed1818
pinkie-eyed1824
pop-eyed1830
bead-eyed1835
fishy-eyed1836
almond-eyed1849
boopic1854
sharp-set1865
bug-eyed1872
beady-eyed1873
bias-eyed1877
blank-eyed1881
gape-eyed1889
glass-eyed1889
stone-eyed1890
pie-eyed1900
slitty-eyed1908
steely-eyed1964
megalopic1985
1849 Weekly Herald (N.Y.) 3 Nov. 348/5 The almond-eyed women of China.
1870 ‘M. Twain’ Wks. (1900) XIX. 145 An ‘unsuspecting, almond-eyed son of Confucius’.
1910 ‘R. Dehan’ Dop Doctor 283 The impassive, almond-eyed, yellow mask of the Asiatic.
1997 N.Y. Times 7 Sept. 31/1 If box-office receipts are any indication, the almond-eyed alien is becoming the smiley face of the 90's.
almond green n. and adj. (a) n. any of various shades of green, esp. the greyish-green colour of the underside of the leaves of the almond tree; (b) adj. of this shade of green.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > greyish green
sage colour1596
sage-green1810
almond green1870
sage1881
Lovat1895
Marina green1935
tea-green1956
1870 Milliner & Dressmaker Mar. 75/1 The water of the Nile green, and almond green, are amongst the prettiest shades.
1904 Fabrics, Fancy Goods & Notions Mar. 6/2 A handsome lace drapery veil is made of an almond green net and edged in a black Chantilly.
1973 Billboard 17 Feb. 54/1 Grumiaux..has chosen as his heraldic figure a violin against an almond green background.
2011 Western Gaz. (Nexis) 10 Feb. 55 Finished in almond green with a white roof and green leather interior.
almond kernel n. †(a) a palatine tonsil; cf. sense A. 3a; (obsolete. rare); (b) = sense A. 1a.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > almond
amygdalc940
almonda1325
almond fruit1440
jordan almondc1440
valance1469
almond kernel1601
bitter almonda1640
badam1798
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > almond
amygdalc940
almonda1325
almond fruit1440
almond kernel1601
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiii. Proem 146 Tonsils or Almond-kernels on either side of the throat.
1657 C. Hoole tr. Aesop Fabulae, Anglo-Latinae ii. cxiv. 300 He found a bag, full of Almonds and dates;..and ate the almond-kernels, and the meat of the dates.
1817 J. L. Nicholas Narr. Voy. N.Z. II. 247 A new species of dragon-tree, the central shoot of which partook at once both of the flavour of cabbage and of an almond kernel.
1901 A. Sonnichsen Ten Months Captive among Filipinos 91 There were heaps of green mangoes... They are about the size of a man's fist, shaped nearly like an almond kernel.
2003 Observer 13 Apr. (Food Monthly Suppl.) 7/1 An almond kernel housed within a date and enrobed in dodgy Middle Eastern chocolate.
almond moth n. a small grey-brown pyralid moth, Ephestia cautella, which is a cosmopolitan pest of stored food products, esp. dried fruit, nuts, and seeds.
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1844 J. Kitto Pict. Hist. Palestine II. viii. p. ccccxxi The Almond-Moth and the Fig-tree Moth are also mentioned by Hasselquist.
1939 C. L. Metcalf & W. P. Flint Destructive & Useful Insects (ed. 2) xxi. 804 The closely related almond or fig moth, Ephestia cautella (Walker)..is a serious pest of harvested figs but breeds in nearly all kinds of stored vegetable products.
2002 Tulsa World (Nexis) 11 Feb. It traps grain moths, flour moths, Indian meal moths, raisin moths, almond moths, tobacco moths and seed moths; but not clothing moths.
almond oil n. [compare Anglo-Norman oile de alemandes (c1300), Middle French oille d'amendres (15th cent.)] (a) a pale yellow oil expressed from the kernel of either the sweet almond or the bitter almond, consisting chiefly of glycerides of oleic acid and used in cosmetics and (esp. formerly) medicinal preparations; also called sweet almond oil; (b) (also bitter almond oil) an essential oil obtained by maceration and steam distillation of the kernels of the bitter almond or other Prunus species (including apricot, peach, and plum), consisting chiefly of benzaldehyde with trace amounts of hydrogen cyanide, and processed for use as a flavouring and (formerly) in medicinal preparations.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > oils and oily preparations
oil of rosesa1398
oil (of) hypericon1471
oil of philosophers1547
almond oil1560
oil of tile1634
brick oil1656
rosat1674
philosophical oil1750
oleosaccharum1757
oil of wintergreen1827
wintergreen oil1843
pinhoen oil1846
gaultheria oil1848
carap oilc1865
pulza oil1866
niaouli1993
1560 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli 2nd Pt. Secretes Alexis of Piemont 74 A pound and a half of swete Almonde oile.
1684 Aristoteles Master-piece xxvii. 170 Take two ounces of sweet Almond Oyl, and an Ounce of Cinnamon-water.
1794 E. Darwin Zoonomia I. 349 I have also given half a pint of good olive or almond oil as an emetic during the painful sit.
1830 Times 14 Aug. 4/4 Atkinson's Almond Soap, made from the purest almond oil, in squares for washing.
1858 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. XII. 20 The amygdaliferous parts of Pomeæ, Amygdaleæ, and shrubby Spireæ, when macerated in cold water and distilled, yield after a while, bitter almond oil and hydrocyanic acid.
1983 Washington Post (Nexis) 9 Nov. e3 Owing to its higher benzaldehyde content, bitter almond oil is prefered [sic] as a flavoring agent in almond paste, other almond-flavored foods and cosmetics.
1996 D. W. Brown Aromatherapy (Teach Yourself Ser.) v. 36 Bitter almond oil which is highly toxic should never be used in aromatherapy.
2002 S. Stacey & J. Fairley 21st Cent. Beauty Bible 158/2 Massage your toes with almond oil and use a buffer to buff your nails rosy.
almond paste n. any of various kinds of paste made from ground almonds; (in later use frequently spec.) marzipan.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun] > paste confections
pastya1398
paste royal?c1425
marchpane1556
marzipan1583
paste1591
paste of Genoa1615
almond paste1622
jemello1688
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 274 There remaineth a Paste..called the Almond Paste, which by a limbecke receiuing fire, causeth the Quickesiluer to subleme [sic].
a1651 E. Grey True Gentlewomans Delight (1653) 121 Take the curd of a quart of Milk, turned with three Eggs, and half a pound of Almond paste, and a penny loaf grated.
1734 tr. Love in all its Shapes 33 [He] wash'd his Hands..with almond-paste, and put a little red upon his cheek and lips.
1832 M. R. Mitford Our Village V. 26 He sports a dressing-box..full of almond paste and violet soap.
1923 J. Hergesheimer Bright Shawl 127 Ornamental confections of almond paste.
1969 Harrod's Summer Food News 8/1 Battenberg Roll. Pink and white genoese squares covered with almond paste.
2000 C. Hanger World Food: Morocco 45 Argan oil..is spread on bread or pancakes or mixed with almond paste and honey to make amalu.
almond-peach n. †(a) a variety of peach (obsolete); (b) a hybrid between the almond and peach which is used as a rootstock.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > trees or plants bearing stone fruit > peach-tree > types of
melocoton1611
almond-peach1629
Modena1674
1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole iii. xv. 582 The Almond Peach, so called, because the kernell of the stone is sweete, like the Almond.
1835 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (new ed.) 919 Almond-peach, described by Duhamel: having raised a similar variety from dusting the stigma of the almond with the pollen of the peach.
2004 Theoret. & Appl. Genetics 109 828 In France, interspecific hybrids..between the Myrobalan plum clone P.2175 and the almond-peach..were produced.
almond rock n. (a) a kind of hard confectionery made from boiled sugar and containing almond pieces; (b) slang (originally Military) [rhyming slang] (usually in plural) a sock.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun] > nut confections
pinionade1329
butter of almonds?c1425
almond butter1502
almond comfit1569
sugar-almond1594
musk almond1675
praline1714
almond snow1723
almond1783
nougat1827
almond rock1841
burnt almond1850
pistachio candy1853
nougatine1868
noyau1899
gianduja1902
Montélimar1908
turron1918
1841 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 203/1 A farthing is put into the creature's tiny fingers as soon as he is able to clutch it; this [is] exchanged for almond rock, brandy-balls, or lollypops.
1917 G. F. Coxwell Through Russia in War-time xvi. 206 An elderly woman..brought us some plates of sweetmeats, such as sherbet and almond rock.
1917 W. Muir Observ. of Orderly xiv. 228 The new army dubs them [sc. socks] ‘almond rocks’.
1990 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 22 Sept. The van was the only ‘shop’ where Outback children could buy sweets, excitedly choosing almond rock or Minties or Harry's special Jubilee Mixture.
2007 Irish Times 30 July (SportsMonday section) 7/1 England will have to bat their..almond rocks off to save the second Test.
almond slice n. (a) a slice of any of various cakes or tarts made with almonds or almond paste, later esp. one similar to a Bakewell tart (see Bakewell n. 3); (b) a type of hard biscuit made with almonds, spec. one resembling a biscotto.
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1889 J. Whitehead Steward's Handbk. i. 48/2 Cocoanut Pie, Green Gage Pie, Almond Slices.
1907 P. Richards Bk. of Breads, Cakes, Pastries, Ices & Sweetmeats 46/2 Almond Slices. A variety of other slices can be made by spreading a layer of almond paste between two layers of puff paste.
1937 Manch. Guardian 22 June 10/4 Almond Slices... These cakes are most satisfactory when cooked in the lower part of the oven.
1997 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 18 June 4 g To keep almond slices (biscotti) hard, they should be stored in a paper bag.
2010 R. Dean Golden Prince 98 ‘What about Princess Mary?’ she asked, helping herself to an almond slice from the heavily loaded cake stand.
almond snow n. now rare a dessert dish consisting of whipped egg white combined with a sweetened almond mixture (see snow n.1 5a).
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun] > nut confections
pinionade1329
butter of almonds?c1425
almond butter1502
almond comfit1569
sugar-almond1594
musk almond1675
praline1714
almond snow1723
almond1783
nougat1827
almond rock1841
burnt almond1850
pistachio candy1853
nougatine1868
noyau1899
gianduja1902
Montélimar1908
turron1918
1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. B6 Almond Snow.
1908 Amer. Theosophist Apr. 30 Almond snow. 1 quart milk; ¾ cup blanched almonds; 1 cup sugar; 4 tablespoons cornstarch; whites of 2 eggs; lemon or vanilla flavoring.
1977 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 11 Mar. c6/4 Here's the menu: Stuffed artichoke bottoms with crab and shrimp;..chicken coquille; almond snow with custard.
almond tree n. = sense A. 2.In quot. a1387 in figurative context, with allusion to the pale colour of almond blossom.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > almond > almond-tree
almandera1382
almond treea1387
almonda1398
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 303 Iacob took grene ȝerdes of populers of almand trees and of platans [MS plauntes].
1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. Ev Vpon whose siluer heads the Almond-tree hath blossomde.
1877 S. Cox Expository Ess. xvii. 287 The almond-tree, whose branches were adusk and bare a few days since, is now flushed with rosy blooms.
2002 A. Clarke Polished Hoe (2003) i. 51 They could hear the leaves in the almond trees shake.
almond tumbler n. now historical a variety of tumbler pigeon having almond-coloured feathers in the hackle.Cf. earlier sense A. 6.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > tumbler
tumbler1678
tumbler pigeon1688
almond1735
almond tumbler1765
tippler1847
kite1867
roller1867
1765 (title) A treatise on domestic pigeons..to which is added, a most ample description of that celebrated and beautiful pigeon called the Almond Tumbler.
1883 Standard 11 Jan. 3/6 The almond tumbler, a round plump bird.
1911 E. R. B. Chapman Color Breeding i. i. 47 Bold and prominent, as in the Baldhead, the Mottle, the Jacobin, or Splashed, as in the Almond Tumbler and Tippler.
2003 T. Birkhead Brand New Bird vi. 111 The almond tumbler was their favorite, and despite his cynical comments Darwin was seduced.
almond willow n. either of two willow trees with leaves which resemble those of the almond, the shrubby Eurasian willow Salix triandra, used in basketry (more fully almond-leaved willow), and S. amygdaloides, of central and western North America.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > other types of willow
red willow1547
water willow1583
goat's willow1597
rose willow1597
sweet willow1597
French willow1601
siler1607
palm-withy1609
sallowie1610
swallowtail willow1626
willow bay1650
black willow1670
crack-willow1670
grey willow1697
water sallow1761
almond willowa1763
swallow-tailed willow1764
swamp willow1765
golden osier1772
golden willow1772
purple willow1773
sand-willow1786
goat willow1787
purple osier1797
whipcord1812
Arctic willow1818
sage-willow1846
pussy willow1851
Kilmarnock willow1854
sweet-bay willow1857
pussy1858
palm willow1869
Spaniard1871
ground-willow1875
Spanish willow1875
snap-willow1880
diamond willow1884
sandbar willow1884
pussy palm1886
creeping willow1894
bat-willow1907
cricket bat willow1907
silver willow1914
a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) II. 139 Trees more and more fady, till they end in the almond-willow, or silver osier.
1894 F. W. Oliver et al. tr. A. Kerner von Marilaun Nat. Hist. Plants I. 719 The scale bark..to be seen especially well in the stems of planes, almond willows, and many species of Australian eucalyptus.
1909 Nature Bk. (Cassell & Co.) III. 390/2 The leaves of the Almond-leaved willow are..about four times as long as they are broad.
2003 Irish Times (Nexis) 8 Mar. (Weekend section) 58 His willows..include the purple osier and almond willow to supply the slender, supple twigs for finer baskets.
almondwort n. now rare (J. Lindley's name for) a plant of the group Drupaceae (equivalent to the modern genus Prunus), which included the apple, pear, quince, etc.
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1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 557 (heading) Drupaceæ.—Almondworts.
1875 Boston Daily Advertiser 14 Aug. 1/8 All belonging to the natural order of..almond worts.
1902 H. Macmillan Ministry Nature v. 110 Also the almondworts—such as the peach, the cherry, the plum, the almond.

Derivatives

ˈalmond-like adj.
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1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum lxxx. 1511 The fruite is very variable in forme, some being ovall, or Peare fashion, or Almond like, or round.
1852 G. C. Mundy Antipodes (1857) 14 Some of the acacias possess a delicious almond-like perfume.
1992 Times 15 Aug. (Weekend section) 7/3 [Of wine] Pleasant, spicy, grapey fruit with an almond-like finish.
2003 T. J. Elpel Primitive Living, Self-Sufficiency, & Survival Skills (2004) 122 The nut inside the pit has an almond-like aroma. This is no coincidence, since the almond is closely related.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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