单词 | anthine |
释义 | † anthinen.adj. Obsolete. A. n. Honey, wine, etc., that is flavoured with flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > decoction > [noun] > of flowers anthine1601 marigold water1639 tampoy1656 peony water1678 clary-wine1727 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xiv. 316 First, the Spring honie, made of flowers onely; like as the combe also: and thereupon the Greekes call it Anthinon [Fr. les Grecs appellent ce Miel, Anthinon; L. quod ideo vocatur anthinum], which is as much to say as the Floure-honie. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 908 The first of these is gathered from flowers only, and those very tender and newly budded (thence called Anthinum [L. Anthinum], or Flower-honey). 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 910 If the Erycæan or Anthine [sc. honey] appear reddish, it is accounted unwholesome. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Anthine, among antient naturalists, is an appellation given to certain species of wine and oil. B. adj. Derived from or flavoured with flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > resembling or derived from flowers anthine1656 flower-like1833 flower-shaped1836 anthoid1852 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Anthine, That is ful of, or made of flowers, or of the hony-comb. 1666 W. Austin Ἐπιλοίμια Ἔπη: Anat. Pestilence iii. 81 If stinging bee for use of us does drive Delicious anthine traffick in its hive. ?1768–9 Encycl. Brit. (1771) I. 326/2 Anthine wine, among the ancients, a kind of wine medicated with the flowers of plants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.adj.1601 |
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