单词 | angel water |
释义 | angel watern. Now historical. An aqueous extract of various flowers, esp. rose, myrtle, and orange-flowers, used as a perfume or cosmetic. Also: †angelica water (angelica water n. at angelica n. Compounds 2) (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > specifically ewrosec1350 stacte1382 oil of rosesa1398 rose watera1398 sandalc1400 musk?a1425 damask water?1520 malabathrum1543 orris1545 civet1553 ambracan1555 rose cake1559 lavender-water1563 oil of spikenard1565 zibet1594 orange-flower water1595 orris powder?1600 spike-oil1611 angel water1634 cypress-powder1634 angelica1653 jasmine1670 jessamy1671 rosat1674 frangipane1676 marechale1676 orangery1676 tuberose1682 jasmine-water1750 otto1759 rose geranium1773 millefleurs1775 new-mown hay1789 attar1798 eau-de-Cologne1802 Cologne1814 dedes1817 eau de Portugal1825 verbena1837 rondeletia1838 bay-rum1840 Florida water1840 citronelle1841 patchouli1843 citronella1849 gardenia1851 sandalwood oil1851 Ess Bouquet1855 marmala water1857 mignonette1858 spikenard oil1861 sandalwood1865 serpolet1866 ylang-ylang1876 flower-water1886 lily1890 lilac1895 stephanotis1895 tea rose1897 chypre1898 Peau d'Espagne1898 violette de Parme1904 poppy1905 Parma violet1907 wallflower1907 1634 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. (rev. ed.) ii. vi. 87 We behold women who haue no other trade but to thinke on new fashions for apparrel,..to looke in their glasse aboue a hundred tymes in a day,..to haue Angel-water [Fr. l'eau d'Ange]. 1655 Natura Exenterata 454 A little Gum-dragon, Benjamin, and Storax beaten together, make up Pastils with the bottom of the Angel water to burn in Chambers. 1687 C. Sedley Bellamira i. i I met the prettiest creature in new Spring-garden!..angel-water was the worst scent about her. 1719 Accompl. Fem. Instr. Angel-water, an excellent perfume: also a curious wash to beautify the skin. ?1773 Mrs. Pennington Royal Cook 73 Mix it..with a little sack and angel-water, seven eggs, half a pound of currants, add spice and salt. 1877 R. S. Cristiani Perfumery & Kindred Arts 121 (heading) Angel water... Digest together for two days, when distil off one gallon. 2001 Independent (Nexis) 10 Feb. 13 It says something for myrtle's reputation that the face wash made by distilling its leaves, bark and flowers was called eau d'anges, or angel water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1634 |
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