fairy buttern.

Brit.

/ˌfɛːrɪ ˈbʌtə/, U.S.

/ˈˌfɛri ˈbədər/

Forms:

α. 1700s fairies butter, 1700s faries butter, 1800s fairies' butter.

β. 1700s– fairy butter.

γ. 1700s–1800s fairy's butter.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fairy n., butter n.¹

Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive plural of fairy n. + butter n.¹ In β. forms < fairy n. + butter n.¹ In γ. forms < the genitive of fairy n. + butter n.¹With sense 1(b) compare Welsh menyn tylwyth teg , ymenyn y tylwyth teg , lit. ‘butter of the fair kinsfolk’ (recorded earliest in an English context in quot. 1777).

1. A jelly- or butter-like substance of natural origin: (a) any of several yellow or white jelly-like fungi; esp. yellow brain fungus, Tremella mesenterica; †(b) a yellowish form of petroleum (obsolete rare); (c) the jelly-like cyanobacterium nostoc, Nostoc commune.

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the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > tremella fungi

fairy butter1700

witches' butter1718

Tremella1760

witch butter1847

witches' meat1849

1700 C. Leigh Nat. Hist. Lancs. 154 That Substance vulgarly call'd Faries Butter.

1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. 119 The common People of Northumberland call a certain fungous Excrescence, that is sometimes found about the Roots of old Trees, Fairy Butter.

1800 J. Evans Tour N. Wales xv. 400 A species of fungus, growing on the lower parts of the trunks of trees, when reduced to a soft consistency by rains, is called Fairy's Butter.

1833 J. Gorton Topogr. Dict. I. 37/1 The rock-oil or fairies'-butter, and various fossils in the limestone of secondary formation.

1884 R. Folkard Plant Lore, Legends & Lyrics 70 Fairy Butter (Tremella arborea and albida) is a yellowish gelatinous substance, found upon rot wood or fallen timber.

1903 Garden 3 Oct. 246/2 Star Jelly or Fairy Butter. This plant often makes it appearance suddenly after rain on paths, &c.

1953 K. M. Briggs Personnel of Fairyland Gloss. 202 The Ellyllon , the Welsh elves. Tiny people, living on fairy butter (a kind of yellow fungus) and fairy food. Their Queen is Queen Mab.

2011 R. D. Rogers Fungal Pharmacy 415 Tremella mesenterica... Fairy butter.

2. Cookery. Butter mixed with sugar and other ingredients, typically eggs, flower-water, and almonds, served as a spread or to accompany a dessert. Now chiefly historical.

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the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > butter > [noun] > types of butter

May-butter?a1425

clarified butter1562

pot-butter1616

manteca1622

grass butter1648

green butter1654

drawn butter1661

cacao butter1662

ghee1665

rowen1673

ruskin1679

orange butter1696

whey-buttera1722

rowen butter1725

fairy butter1747

grease1788

Cambridge butter1830

stubble-butter1856

black jack1858

maître d'hôtel butter1861

Normandy butter1868

creamery butter1881

pound butter1888

renovated butter1888

samn1888

process butter1898

pool butter1940

garlic butter1942

yak butter1962

Normandy1973

cannabutter1994

1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery xvi. 142 To make Fairy Butter. Take the Yolks of two hard Eggs, and..Orange-flower Water, and..Sugar..; beat this all together till it is a fine Past, then mix it up with..fresh Butter.

1827 Domest. Econ. & Cookery for Rich & Poor 639 Fairy Butter... It may be served..for breakfast, over ham and bread, or finely decorated with savoury jelly.

1879 E. Stephenson Last of her Line xix. 285 Faith, blanching almonds for the fairy butter.

1909 Gaz. & Courier (Greenfield, Mass.) 23 Jan. 3/3 Fairy Butter. Beat together..butter and..sugar until they are very white..add..cream and flavor with vanilla.

2005 S. M. NicMhacha Queen of Night 222 The fairy butter can be put on top of cookies, shortbread, or sweet oatcakes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fairy butter
释义	fairy buttern. Brit. /ˌfɛːrɪ ˈbʌtə/, U.S. /ˈˌfɛri ˈbədər/ Forms: α. 1700s fairies butter, 1700s faries butter, 1800s fairies' butter. β. 1700s– fairy butter. γ. 1700s–1800s fairy's butter. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fairy n., butter n.¹ Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive plural of fairy n. + butter n.¹ In β. forms < fairy n. + butter n.¹ In γ. forms < the genitive of fairy n. + butter n.¹With sense 1(b) compare Welsh menyn tylwyth teg , ymenyn y tylwyth teg , lit. ‘butter of the fair kinsfolk’ (recorded earliest in an English context in quot. 1777). 1. A jelly- or butter-like substance of natural origin: (a) any of several yellow or white jelly-like fungi; esp. yellow brain fungus, Tremella mesenterica; †(b) a yellowish form of petroleum (obsolete rare); (c) the jelly-like cyanobacterium nostoc, Nostoc commune. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > tremella fungi fairy butter1700 witches' butter1718 Tremella1760 witch butter1847 witches' meat1849 1700 C. Leigh Nat. Hist. Lancs. 154 That Substance vulgarly call'd Faries Butter. 1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. 119 The common People of Northumberland call a certain fungous Excrescence, that is sometimes found about the Roots of old Trees, Fairy Butter. 1800 J. Evans Tour N. Wales xv. 400 A species of fungus, growing on the lower parts of the trunks of trees, when reduced to a soft consistency by rains, is called Fairy's Butter. 1833 J. Gorton Topogr. Dict. I. 37/1 The rock-oil or fairies'-butter, and various fossils in the limestone of secondary formation. 1884 R. Folkard Plant Lore, Legends & Lyrics 70 Fairy Butter (Tremella arborea and albida) is a yellowish gelatinous substance, found upon rot wood or fallen timber. 1903 Garden 3 Oct. 246/2 Star Jelly or Fairy Butter. This plant often makes it appearance suddenly after rain on paths, &c. 1953 K. M. Briggs Personnel of Fairyland Gloss. 202 The Ellyllon , the Welsh elves. Tiny people, living on fairy butter (a kind of yellow fungus) and fairy food. Their Queen is Queen Mab. 2011 R. D. Rogers Fungal Pharmacy 415 Tremella mesenterica... Fairy butter. 2. Cookery. Butter mixed with sugar and other ingredients, typically eggs, flower-water, and almonds, served as a spread or to accompany a dessert. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > butter > [noun] > types of butter May-butter?a1425 clarified butter1562 pot-butter1616 manteca1622 grass butter1648 green butter1654 drawn butter1661 cacao butter1662 ghee1665 rowen1673 ruskin1679 orange butter1696 whey-buttera1722 rowen butter1725 fairy butter1747 grease1788 Cambridge butter1830 stubble-butter1856 black jack1858 maître d'hôtel butter1861 Normandy butter1868 creamery butter1881 pound butter1888 renovated butter1888 samn1888 process butter1898 pool butter1940 garlic butter1942 yak butter1962 Normandy1973 cannabutter1994 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery xvi. 142 To make Fairy Butter. Take the Yolks of two hard Eggs, and..Orange-flower Water, and..Sugar..; beat this all together till it is a fine Past, then mix it up with..fresh Butter. 1827 Domest. Econ. & Cookery for Rich & Poor 639 Fairy Butter... It may be served..for breakfast, over ham and bread, or finely decorated with savoury jelly. 1879 E. Stephenson Last of her Line xix. 285 Faith, blanching almonds for the fairy butter. 1909 Gaz. & Courier (Greenfield, Mass.) 23 Jan. 3/3 Fairy Butter. Beat together..butter and..sugar until they are very white..add..cream and flavor with vanilla. 2005 S. M. NicMhacha Queen of Night 222 The fairy butter can be put on top of cookies, shortbread, or sweet oatcakes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1700
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