单词 | hawthorn |
释义 | hawthornn. 1. A thorny shrub or small tree, Cratægus Oxyacantha, N.O. Rosaceæ, extensively used for forming hedges; the White-thorn. It bears white, and, in some varieties, red or pink blossom (called ‘may’); its fruit, the haw, is a small round dark red berry. (Also extended to other species of Cratægus.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > hawthorn and allies hawthorna700 hawthorn-treec1290 whitethorna1300 haw-treec1325 albespyne?a1425 thorn-tree1483 mespilus1548 may-branch1560 quickthorn1571 hedge-bush1576 busket1579 May-bush1579 Neapolitan medlar1597 azarole1658 pyracanth1664 white bush1676 Glastonbury thorna1697 quick1727 evergreen thorn1731 blackthorn1737 whitethorn1788 oriental medlar1797 haw1821 May-haw1840 Maythorn1844 May1848 pear thorn1848 pink thorn1852 aronia thorn1882 scarlet thorn1882 black haw1897 a800 Erfurt Gloss. 19 Alba spina, hagudorn. c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. vii. 16 Hueðer somnigas..of hagaðornum fic-beamas. c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 4532 Þiderward sir Gij him drouȝ, And loked vnder an hawe-þorn bouȝ. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xvi. 173 A man..As hore as an hawethorne. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 744 Þe hasel & þe haȝ-þorne. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxxiii. 681 A bussh..of white hawthorne full of floures. 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 33 And every Shepherd tells his tale Under the Hawthorn in the dale. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 2 Nor any tree bigger than a small Hathorne. 1728 J. Thomson Spring 6 The Hawthorn whitens. 1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 476 The Haw-Thorn is justly considered one of the best hedge-plants. 2. Angling. Short for hawthorn-fly n. at Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1884 Senior in Fisheries Exhib. Lit. II. 399 The Grannom, Yellow-dun, Hawthorn, and Sedge. Compounds C1. attributive, as hawthorn bough, hawthorn bud, hawthorn bush, hawthorn hedge, etc. ΚΠ c1330Hawe-þorn bouȝ [see sense 1]. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 650 Were it of wodebynde or hawethorn [Lansdowne heiþorne] leues. 1423 Kingis Quair xxxi And so with treis set Was all the place, and hawthorn hegis knet. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. i. 4 This greene plot shall be our stage, this hauthorne brake our tyring house. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 13 The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whisp'ring lovers made. 1890 D. Gerard Lady Baby viii. 187 The hedges were strung with pearls of hawthorn-buds. C2. Designating a porcelain object made of hawthorn china (hawthorn china n. at Compounds 3), as hawthorn jar, hawthorn pot, hawthorn vase, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [adjective] > specific designs black-figured1825 red-figured1840 willow-patterned1857 hawthorn1866 armorial1871 red figure1881 goat and bee1899 tobacco-leaf1969 1866 D. G. Rossetti Let. 3 Aug. (1965) II. 601 I went yesterday to see Mr. Huth's hawthorn pot at Kensington, and really after that I could not become the possessor of the one you brought me, good as it is. 1905 Daily Chron. 18 May 4/6 The enormous sum paid yesterday at Christie's for a ‘hawthorn’ jar. 1906 S. W. Bushell Chinese Art II. viii. 35 A typical ‘hawthorn ginger jar’..decorated with rising and falling sprays of prunus blossom. 1969 M. G. Eberhart Message from Hong Kong xix. 169 A Hawthorn vase..its beautiful glaze, its incredible blue, the pure, amazing white of its blossoms. C3. Categories » hawthorn china n. a kind of Chinese porcelain, in which the decoration represents flowering branches of the Japanese plum-tree in white on a dark blue ground. hawthorn-fly n. a small black fly appearing on hawthorn-bushes when the leaves first come out; an artificial imitation of this fly used by anglers. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > real or imitation flies stone-flya1450 ant-fly1653 hawthorn-fly1653 mayfly1653 oak fly1653 wall-fly1653 pismire-fly1670 cow-lady1676 mayfly1676 owl fly1676 brown1681 cow-turd-fly1684 trout-fly1746 orl fly1747 hazel fly?1758 iron-blue fly?1758 red spinner?1758 Welshman's button?1758 buzz1760 Yellow Sally1766 ash-fly1787 black caterpillar1787 cow-dung fly1787 sharn-fly1787 spinner1787 woodcock-fly1787 huzzard1799 knop-fly1799 mackerel1799 watchet1799 iron blue1826 knob fly1829 mackerel fly1829 March brown1837 cinnamon fly1867 quill gnat1867 sedge-fly1867 cob-fly1870 woodcock wing1888 sedge1889 olive1895 quill1899 nymph1910 green weenie1977 Montana1987 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iv. 116 You may also make the hawthorn-flie, which is all black and not big, but very small, the smaller the better. View more context for this quotation 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iv. 118 The smal black fly, or hawthorn fly is to be had on any Hawthorn bush, after the leaves be come forth. View more context for this quotation 1892 A. T. Fisher Rod & River 177 The Hawthorn-fly..at times proves so good a killer that I have placed it on the list. Categories » hawthorn-grosbeak n. the hawfinch (perhaps U.S.). hawthorn pattern n. a pattern in which the hawthorn is represented in flower; the pattern used in hawthorn china. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > painting > specific designs shoulder linec1175 willow pattern1829 blue willow1831 kylin1857 oeil-de-perdrix1865 Broseley dragon1878 prunus1878 hawthorn pattern1896 bocage1902 shishi1970 1896 Daily News 5 May 7/3 The characteristic of the Sakura silks is the design of Japanese plum blossom with a fine and delicate tracery of stems, very similar to the ‘hawthorn’ pattern familiar upon china. Derivatives ˈhawthorned adj. furnished or planted with hawthorns. ΚΠ 1885 W. P. Breed Aboard & Abroad 23 A narrow path, with high hawthorned inclosures on each hand. ˈhawthorny adj. characterized by hawthorns, redolent of the scent of hawthorn blossom. ΚΠ 1831 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. in Rec. Girlhood (1878) III. 42 Read one of Miss Mitford's hawthorny sketches out of ‘Our Village’..they always carry one in fresh air and green fields. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a700 |
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