Exetern.
/ˈɛksɪtə/ 1. Used attributively in Exeter-elm (see quot.). Also used as the name of a bait for salmon.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > elms > [noun]
wycheOE
elmc1000
ulm-treec1000
witch hazela1400
all-heart1567
ulme1567
white elm1580
wych elm1582
witchen1594
weeping elm1606
trench-elm1676
smooth-leaved elm1731
witch elm1731
water elm1733
slippery elm1748
Scotch elm1769
wahoo1770
American elm1771
red elm1805
witches' elm1808
moose elm1810
cork-elm1813
rock elm1817
swamp elm1817
planer tree1819
Jersey elm1838
winged elm1858
sand elm1878
Exeter-elm1882
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > other baits
killer1681
dough ball1879
Exeter-elm1882
tuna bait1901
bread flake1956
tare1971
pop-up1987
1882 Garden 11 Nov. 419/3 The Exeter Elm..is simply a fastigiate variety.
1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 54 Phantoms, Exeters..and various other Baits for Salmon.
2. Exeter Hall n. a building in the Strand, London, erected in 1830–31, used chiefly for religious and philanthropic assemblies till 1907; often used allusively to denote a type of evangelicalism.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > fundamentalism > [noun]
Exeter Hall1835
fundamentalism1842
Bible belt1926
1835 T. Moore Fudge Family in Eng. i. 78 'Tis rumour'd our Manager means to bespeak The Church tumblers from Exeter Hall for next week.
1849 T. Carlyle Nigger Question in Latter-day Pamphlets (1858) 3 Exeter Hall, my philanthropic friends, has had its way in this matter.
1849 T. Carlyle Nigger Question in Latter-day Pamphlets (1858) 3 A state of matters..which has earned us not only the praise of Exeter Hall,..but lasting favour (it is hoped) from the Heavenly Powers themselves.
1849 T. Carlyle Nigger Question in Latter-day Pamphlets (1858) 5 Exeter-Hall Philanthropy.
1849 T. Carlyle Nigger Question in Latter-day Pamphlets (1858) 15 We must be patient, and let the Exeter-Hallery and other tragic Tomfoolery rave itself out.
1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 I. 356 Our Christian character in Europe, our Christian zeal in Exeter Hall, will not atone for usurpation and annexation in Hindostan.
1888 Contemp. Rev. Apr. 531 Thither [sc. Africa] Manchester turns her longing eyes, thither the heart of Exeter Hall is yearning.
1907 Daily Chron. 4 Mar. 6/6 The vanishing of Exeter Hall from the world of Evangelicalism.
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