单词 | frumenty |
释义 | frumentyfurmetyn. 1. A dish made of hulled wheat boiled in milk, and seasoned with cinnamon, sugar, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > porridges > [noun] > brose frumenty?c1390 frumenta1513 drammock1563 brose1657 crowdie1668 pease brose1811 browis1831 whey-brose1894 siot1936 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 180 Flesch fluriste of fermysone with frumentee noble. c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 383 Fatt venesoun with frumenty. 1483 Cath. Angl. 144/2 Frumyte, frumenticium. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. Eev Frumentie made of sodden wheate. 1732 Acc. Workhouses 11 Dinner..Frumetty and Beer at 3 o'clock. 1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 68 The Squire made his supper of frumenty, a dish made of wheat cakes boiled in milk with rich spices. 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss II. iv. i. 153 Mothers..who made their butter and their fromenty well. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > wheat > types of flaxen wheat?1523 whole wheat1527 tiphe1578 Lammas-wheat1594 frumenty1600 Lammas1677 creeping wheat1819 mummy wheat1842 dinkel1866 marquis1906 durum1908 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > wheat > types of wheat grain or plant spelta1000 farc1420 ador?1440 flaxen wheat?1523 Peak-wheat?1523 red wheat?1523 white wheat?1523 duck-bill wheat1553 zea1562 alica1565 buck1577 amelcorn1578 horse-flower1578 tiphe1578 pollard1580 rivet1580 Saracen's corn1585 French wheat1593 Lammas-wheat1594 starch corn1597 St. Peter's corn1597 frumenty1600 secourgeon1600 polwheat1601 duck-wheat1611 kidneys of wheat1611 ograve wheat1616 soft wheat1640 cone-wheat1677 Lammas1677 Poland wheat1686 Saracen corn1687 pole rivet1707 Smyrna wheat1735 hard wheat1757 hen corn1765 velvet wheat1771 white straw1771 nonpareil1805 thick-set wheat1808 cone1826 farro1828 Polish wheat1832 velvet-ear wheat1837 sarrasin1840 mummy wheat1842 snowdrop1844 Red Fife1857 flint-wheat1859 dinkel1866 thick-set1875 spring1884 macaroni wheat1901 einkorn1904 marquis1906 durum1908 emmer1908 hedgehog wheat1909 speltoid1939 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. xvii. 687 Furmentie is that which the Latines call Alica or Chondrus, and it is a kinde of wheate, whereof..is made a kinde of grosse meale, resembling oatmeale. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xviii. xxiii. 582 After the Frumentie or Spike corn be taken off, there be pulse sowed three times, one after another. 3. Wheat mashed for brewing. rare (? nonce-use). ΚΠ 1882 tr. Thausing's Beer iv. 197 The wheat is crushed and mixed with water. This frumenty is allowed to ferment. Compounds C1. frumenty- or furmety-corn, frumenty-kettle, frumenty-pot, frumenty-seller. ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. xvii. 19 The woman..strowed firmentye corne theron. c1560 J. Lacy Wyl Bucke his Test. (Copland) sig. A.iiv I bequeth my grece, to the fermete potte. 1624 P. Massinger Bond-man i. iii. sig. B4 Licking his lips, Like a Spaniell o're a Fermenty pot. 1668 R. L'Estrange tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Visions (1708) 127 Simpering like a Frumety-Kettle. 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. i. 23 The furmity-seller decided to close for the night. C2. frumenty sweat n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [phrase] > in a dilemma frumenty sweat1847 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I. (at cited word) A person in a dilemma is said to be in a frumenty sweat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1390 |
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