单词 | flagon |
释义 | flagonn.1 1. a. A large bottle for holding wine or other liquors; in early use sometimes spec. a metal bottle with a screw top, such as was carried by pilgrims (cf. flacon n., and quots. 1578, 1647, 1653). archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > bottle pottle bottle1393 quart bottle1454 flagon1470 demijohn1769 bidon1867 noggin bottle1894 Euro bottle1962 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > flask, flagon, or bottle > [noun] costret1313 flacketc1320 costrelc1380 ampullaa1398 flagon1470 costard1503 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur vii. xiv. 234 And there shalt thou bere with the of my wyn in two flagans of siluer they ar of two galons. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cliii The frenshe Kyng gaue vnto hym .ii. Flaggonnys of Golde. 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Bijv Take a flatte flaccon or botell of glas. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. xxxii. 592 Gourdes..be oftentimes used (espe-cially of the Pilgrimes) in steede of flagons or bottelles. 1619 M. Drayton Odes in Poems (new ed.) 290 Bring forth your Flaggons (fill'd with sparkling Wine). 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 226 With thy netted knapsack, bisket, wine, And bursten~bellied flaggons. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. v. 26 What difference is there between a bottle and a flaggon? great difference, for the bottle is stopped..with a stoppel, but the flaggon with a vice. a1794 W. Jones Hymn to Indra in Wks. (1799) VI. 340 While from their diamond flagons The feasting Gods exhaustless nectar sip. 1847 G. P. R. James John Marston Hall ix Having..divided the last drop in the flagon equally between himself and me. b. Applied by some wine merchants in the late 19th cent. to a glass bottle of flattened globular shape with a neck, of various sizes but holding substantially more than an ordinary wine bottle.ⓘ ΚΠ 1872 Standard 16 Dec. The sale of Hungarian wines will be certainly stimulated by the new method of supply explained in a pamphlet entitled ‘The Wine Flagon System’, by Max Greger and Co., the introducers of these wines into this country, who do away with the bottles entirely, substituting ornamental flagons, which contain three ordinary bottles of Carlowitz. 2. a. A large vessel containing a supply of drink for use at table; now esp. one with a handle and spout, and usually a lid. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > flagon wine-pot14.. stop1489 flagon1512 livery pot?1578 flagonet1598 porter-pot1764 pitch-tankard1890 carafe1950 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 7 §7 Basons, Flaggons, Bottles..or any other such Wares of Tin or Pewter. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 115 Did they coyn..Bouls and Flaggons, Int' Officers of Horse and Dragoons. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 59 He set the flagon on the table, and sate down. 1883 Manch. Examiner 30 Oct. 8/4 They were supplied with beer in the usual stately German flagons with pewter covers. b. spec. A vessel of this description, used to hold the wine at the Eucharist. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > vessel (general) > cruet > [noun] cruetc1290 flagon1485 urceole1824 burette1856 1485 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Mary at Hill, London in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 114 A leeske of laton with a flakon. 1662 Bk. Common Prayer Communion And here to lay his hand on every vessel (be it Chalice or Flagon). 1686 London Gaz. No. 2164/4 Stole..out of the Parish Church of Ashborne..a Silver gilt Flagon. 1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms Flagon, the vessel 1. on the credence for the wine at mass; 2. on the altar, if the chalice be too small. 3. As much as a flagon will hold; also, a flagon and its contents; hence, as a measure of capacity (see quot. 1858). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > [noun] > a drink or draught > contents or amount contained in flagon flagon1603 the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > flagon as unit flagon1603 the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > flagon flagon1603 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 175 He powred once a whole flagon of Rhenish of my head. 1703 London Gaz. No. 3906/2 They sent his Grace 36 Flagons of Wine. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 49. ⁋10 He had..drank many a flaggon. 1830 G. P. R. James Darnley III. xi. 264 Sending over many a flaggon of wine and hypocras. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Flagon..a measure of two quarts. Compounds flagon-bracelet n. = flagon-chain. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > arm or leg ornament > [noun] > bracelet or armlet > to which smelling-bottle attached flagon-chain1564 flagon-bracelet1606 1606 J. Marston Parasitaster iv. i I was a simple countrie Ladie, wore golde buttons, trunck-sleeues, and flaggon bracelets. flagon-chain ? a chain-bracelet to which a smelling-bottle (French flacon) could be attached. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > arm or leg ornament > [noun] > bracelet or armlet > to which smelling-bottle attached flagon-chain1564 flagon-bracelet1606 1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Fever Pestilence f. 6v Here is also a Flagone chaine of the hundred angels that you did geue me, in your laste greate Feuer. 1598 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1860) II. 97 One flagon cheane viijli..twoe flagon cheane braselette iiijli. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022). flagonn.2 Anglo-Irish. = flag n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > irises gladdona700 gladiolusc1000 flaga1387 fleur-de-lisc1390 regworta1400 yellow flag1526 lug1538 yellow lily1555 spurge-wort1562 swordling1562 garden flag1578 ireos1578 iris1578 stinking iris1578 water flag1578 yellow iris1578 fane1597 Florentine flower-de-luce1597 stinking gladdon1597 stinking sedge1597 velvet flower-de-luce1597 orris1609 sisyrinchium1629 luce1642 Florence iris1664 cuttle-haft1688 blue flag1732 snake's-head iris1739 flag-flower1753 roast-beef plant1800 shalder1825 flag-leaf1827 sweet sedge1839 poison flag1840 flagger1842 wedding-flower1869 mourning iris1874 flagon1878 Rocky Mountain iris1880 Florentine iris1882 Japanese iris1883 flag-lily1884 sword-flag1884 blue iris1886 thunderbolt1898 scorpion iris1900 1878–86 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Flaggan, Iris Pseudacorus L.—Ireland (Belfast). 1882 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 18 43/1 Local names of plants, Co. Fermanagh.—Iris, ‘Flagons’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11470n.21878 |
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