单词 | indian weed |
释义 | Indian weedn. 1. Chiefly U.S. a. Frequently with the. Tobacco. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] petun1568 tobacco1588 Indian herbc1600 weed1600 Indian weed1602 man-bane1614 smokec1616 fogusc1625 Indian drug1630 sot-weed1698 noxious weed1773 baccy1792 backer1823 bacca1824 tobaccy1835 nicotia1868 nicotina1876 snout1885 Magaliesberg1895 tickler1904 burn1964 1602 J. Clarke Trumpet of Apollo sig. A4v We see that Indian weede Tabacco, hath now found out both learned & honorable patrons. 1642 Projectors Down-fall 4 The Indian weed so precious in the taste, and profitable for to waste in stead of Gunpowder with the earthen pipes, through which it is consumed. a1704 T. Brown Inscript. Tobacco-box in Wks. (1720) I. 73 Since Jove..Gives us the Indian Weed to funk. 1795 Hist. Ireland 15 Into this purse, when there was need, She put long twists of indian weed. 1844 Knickerbocker Oct. 394 The ‘Experiences of a Tobacco-Smoker’ will suggest to the lover of the Indian weed..some important truths. 1867 W. H. Dixon New Amer. I. vi. 65 The red men have taught the whole world how to smoke the Indian weed. 1911 Washington Post 27 Aug. 2/7 They would dally no longer with stubborn lovers who would not forswear the Indian weed in all its forms. 1974 Idaho State Jrnl. 31 Dec. b6 I have had to fight forest fires ignited by cigarette butts. These experiences have not endeared me to the Indian Weed. 2001 R. J. Brown Evening Crowd at Kirmser's ii. 14 One day while smoking Indian weed, I accidentally set the field on fire. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > unidentified or variously identified plants > [noun] smearwortc725 evenlesteneOE hovec1000 hindheala1300 vareworta1300 falcc1310 holwort1350 spigurnela1400 rush?a1425 buck's tonguec1450 lich-walec1450 lich-wortc1450 vine-bind1483 finter-fanter?a1500 heartwood1525 wake-wort1530 Our Lady's gloves1538 bacchar1551 hog's snout1559 centron1570 lady's glove1575 sharewort1578 kite's-foot1580 Magdalene1589 astrophel1591 eileber1597 exan1597 blue butterflower1599 bybbey1600 oenothera1601 rhodora1601 shamefaced1605 mouse-foot1607 Byzantine1621 popinjay1629 priest's bonnet1685 Indian weed1687 foal-bit1706 shepherd's bodkin1706 bottle-head1714 walking leaf1718 French apple1736 bugleweed1771 night-weed1810 beggar-weed1878 1687 J. Clayton Let. in Philos. Trans. 1739–40 (Royal Soc.) (1742) 41 145 [In Virginia] they..have..various very good Wound-herbs, as an Herb commonly called Indian-weed, which perhaps may be referred to the Valerians, and be said to be Platani foliis. 2. Chiefly Angling. Indian grass (Indian grass n. 1), or a material resembling it. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fishing-line > [noun] > silk line > silkworm gut for lines Indian grass1696 Indian weed1736 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. ii. 257 At most Fishing-Tackle Shops you may have Indian Weed, which is best to make your lower Link of for either Trout, Bream or Carp. a1763 C. Smart Jubilate Agno (fragment B) in Poet. Wks. (1980) I. 52 For harps and viols are best strung with Indian weed. 1801 Recreations in Agric. Jan. 395 I..am now confirmed in my belief..that the article sold at the fishing-tackle shops, under the name of Indian weed, or Indian grass, is not a vegetable, but an animal substance. 1818 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 14 600 In purchasing silk-worm gut, care should be taken not to get a thicker substance that resembles it, called Indian Weed. 1839 T. C. Hofland Brit. Angler's Man. i. 6 Indian weed is a good material for bottom-tackle, but inferior to the silkworm gut. 1992 C. B. McCully Fly-fishing 40 In the later 17th and 18th centuries..a mysterious substance called Indian Grass or Indian Weed began to be used nearest the fly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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