jerseyn.1
/ˈdʒəːzi/, U.S. /ˈdʒərzi/ Used attributive and elliptically, esp. in reference to the knitting of stockings and other worsted articles, which was long a staple industry of Jersey.
1. attributive. Of Jersey; of Jersey worsted. Hence also used of fine machine-knitted fabric generally.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [adjective] > made from specific types of wool
worsted1392
jersey1583
Angola1790
Tibet1857
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > knitted > knitted in specific way
plain1655
stockinet1824
handknit1840
stocking cloth1880
lock knit1926
jersey1938
fisherman's knit1960
Aran1962
flat-knit1963
string1964
1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Eiiiv Nether-stocks..not of cloth..for that is thought to base, but of Iarnsey worsted.
1603 By-law Fraternity Eastland Co. of Soc. Eng. Russia Merchant-adventurers 10 Nov. in J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle (1789) II. 231 [Not] to weare..worsted or Jersey stockings.
1693 London Gaz. No. 2914/4 One fine Knit Jersey Night Gown..3 pair of Knit Jersey Breeches.
1704 London Gaz. No. 4030/4 Light-coloured Jersey Stockings.
1881 Queen 8 Jan. (advt.) Boy's jersey suit.
1938 D. Baker Young Man with Horn i. iv. 38 His brother Henry..was selling jersey knits.
1959 Observer 22 Mar. 18/4 Some lovely short evening dresses were in silk jersey and had to be bought therefore, a little surprisingly, in the jersey wear department.
1966 Economist 9 Apr. 175/1 Acrylics (woolly, fluffy fibres used in knitwear mostly) and polyesters (mostly used in wool mixes, now bulked in jersey-knits) are bound to follow the same course as nylon.
1969 N. Freeling Tsing-Boum vi. 36 A nearly new jersey cocktail dress with the boutique label of a couturier.
1972 Sci. Amer. Dec. 4/2 The fabric is a plain knitted jersey... It was knitted..of a spun, staple yarn.
2. † b. Wool which has been combed and is ready for spinning. Obsolete.
a. Jersey knitted work; Jersey worsted; worsted generally.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > made from specific types of wool > worsted
worsted1293
jersey1587
1587 Acc. Death Mary Q. Scots (Bodl. e Mus. 178, lf. 21 b) Her hose wer wosted..wrought with syluer about the Clockes, and whit Iarzie vnder them.
1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. vii. i. 170 The women's diverslie coloured nether stocks of silke jerdseie.
1882 S. W. Beck Draper's Dict. 175 Jarsey is still the local name for worsted in Lancashire.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > wool > carded
tumming1615
jersey1657
rovelling1805
1657 Golden Fleece The present practice..which daily carrieth away of the finest sorts of wools ready combed into jarsies for worke.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 286/1 Jersey, is the finest Wool taken out of other sorts of Wool by Combing it with a Jersey-Comb.
1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Kettering A ch. sc. of 20 girls employed in spinning jerseys.
1781 G. Dundas Specif. Patent 1288 (title) New Method of Spinning of Jersey.
3.
a. A woollen knitted close-fitting tunic, with short or long sleeves; applied esp. to that worn as a sole covering of the body in athletic exercises and sports; also, to a similar woollen garment worn either as an outer tunic by seamen, children, etc., or as an under-shirt or under-vest; also, to a close-fitting knitted tunic or jacket worn by women.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jumper or jersey
jersey1837
sweater1882
jumper1908
pullover1913
maillot1948
pully1967
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > vest or undershirt > other
demy?1499
waistcoat1606
singlet1763
day shift1765
jersey1837
merinoc1915
T-shirt1920
Jacky Howe1936
string vest1951
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jumper or jersey > types of > for sport or exercise
jersey1837
sweater1882
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > close-fitting
jackanapes coat1626
waistcoata1628
monkey jacket1822
polka1845
reefing jacket1846
polka jacket1849
monkey coat1859
hug-me-tight1860
reefer1870
jersey1889
reefer coat1901
shrug1957
Nehru jacket1962
1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Knights ii. iv, in Comedies 215 But though you saw poor People [Δῆμος] here..had no flannel-waistcoat, ne'er Have you given him a jersey.
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. v. 113 Now each house has its own uniform of [football] cap and jersey, of some lively colour.
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. ii. 30 Here's this rough jersey which I use instead of a coat.
1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am vii She was not the kind of woman to encase herself in a boating Jersey because the fashion book told her that Jerseys were universally worn.
1889 G. Rawlinson Phœnicia 356 A close-fitting tunic with short sleeves, like a modern ‘jersey’.
b. A man wearing a jersey. blue jersey, a seaman, a bargee.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun]
shipmanc900
seamanOE
buscarlOE
shipperc1100
ship-gumec1275
marinerc1300
skipper1390
marinela1400
waterman1421
maryneller1470
seafarer1513
sea-fardingera1550
navigator1574
marinec1575
sailer1585
Triton1589
Neptunist1593
canvas-climber1609
sea-crab1609
tar-lubber1610
Neptunian1620
salt-rover1620
sailora1642
tarpaulin1647
otter1650
water dog1652
tarpauliana1656
Jack1659
tar1676
sea-animal1707
Jack tar1709
sailor-man1761
tarry-breeks1786
hearty1790
ocean-farera1806
tarry-jacket1822
Jacky1826
nautical1831
salt water1839
matelotc1847
knight of the tar-brush1866
main-yard man1867
gobby1883
tarry-John1888
blue jersey1889
lobscouser1889
flat-foot1897
handyman1899
1889 A. T. Pask Eyes of Thames 57 You pass some dingy anchored craft in which the blue jerseys are smoking.
4. One of a breed of cattle of the Channel Islands; a cow of the island of Jersey. Also attributive or as adj.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > of the Channel Islands
Alderney1816
Guernsey1834
jersey1842
Channel Islands1843
1842 Guide to Island of Jersey v. 94 The English reader need scarcely be told in what great estimation the Jersey Cows and Heifers are held... The Jersey cow is small and slender in its make, with short crumpled horns.
1845 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 5 47 The Jersey cow is a singularly docile and gentle animal.
1875 in J. Coleman Cattle Great Brit. 139 The Channel Island breed of cattle, popularly known in this country as ‘Alderneys’, consists of two classes... The Guernsey is the larger of the two, usually of a light fawn colour... The Jersey class is smaller.
1881 J. P. Sheldon Dairy Farming 25/1 The term ‘Jerseys’ is now taking the lead of the others.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Oct. 9/1 An exceptionally fine lot of Jerseys were shown.
1964 G. Durrell Menagerie Manor ii. 35 You have vivid mental pictures of an escaped tiger stalking your pedigree herd of Jersey cows.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a. (In sense 2.)
jersey-comb n.
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1688Jersey-Comb [see sense 2b].
jersey-comber n.
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1720 London Gaz. No. 5881/5 Humphry Maden,..Jarsy-comber.
jersey-weaver n.
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1634 MS Canterbury Marriage Licences Nicholas Du Sor, jarsey-weaver.
jersey-wheel n.
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1718–19 Overseers' Acc. Holy Cross, Canterbury A jarsey wheel a cloath basket.
1884 J. M. Cowper Our Parish Bks. 113 Spinning Wheels or jersey-wheels, were provided.
b. (In sense 3.)
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jersey-shaped adj.
c. (In sense 4.)
Jersey cream n.
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1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 110/1 Williams' Medicated Jersey Cream Toilet Soap; contains pure, rich cream from Jersey Cows.
1971 ‘J. J. Marric’ Gideon's Art iv. 35 The butler..offered more of the delicious apricot and peach flan, more of the rich Jersey cream.
Jersey milk n.
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1881 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 17 234 Jersey milk is considered too rich [for a calf].
1970 ‘E. McGirr’ Death pays Wages vi. 115 Her own breakfast..was Jersey milk and sliced banana.
C2. † Jersey penny n. Obsolete a coin of Jersey equivalent in value to the French denier and superseded in 1877 by a coin equal in value to one-twelfth of a shilling.
Jersey elm n. Ulmus stricta var. sarniensis, a variety of elm of more erect growth than the parent species.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > elms > [noun]
wycheOE
elmc1000
ulm-treec1000
witch hazela1400
all-heart1567
ulme1567
white elm1580
wych elm1582
witchen1594
weeping elm1606
trench-elm1676
smooth-leaved elm1731
witch elm1731
water elm1733
slippery elm1748
Scotch elm1769
wahoo1770
American elm1771
red elm1805
witches' elm1808
moose elm1810
cork-elm1813
rock elm1817
swamp elm1817
planer tree1819
Jersey elm1838
winged elm1858
sand elm1878
Exeter-elm1882
1838 J. C. Loudon Arboretum III. 1376 The Jersey Elm: is a free-growing variety, differing very little from the species.
1914 W. J. Bean Trees & Shrubs Hardy in Brit. Isles II. 620 A yellow-leaved form of the Jersey elm originated in the nurseries of Messrs Dickson at Chester in 1900.
1957 M. Hadfield Brit. Trees 242 The Jersey Elm is not infrequently seen planted as a street or ornamental tree, but is believed to be indigenous only to the Channel Islands.
1971 Country Life 8 Apr. 823/1 It should be widely known that the Jersey elm (Ulmus stricta sarniensis) is not immune to elm disease.
Jersey lily n. a nickname for Li(l)lie or Lily Langtry (1852–1929), an actress born in Jersey.
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1882 W. Hamilton Aesthetic Movement 103 La bella Donna della mia Mente exists, but she is not the Jersey Lily, though I have grovelled at her feet.
1895 Beerbohm in Yellow Bk. IV. 275 To have strained my eyes for a glimpse of the Jersey Lily.
1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale xii. 145 She had..a fringe on the forehead with a bun at the nape of the neck as you may see in old photographs of the Jersey Lily.
1972 Times 3 July 14/8 The Millais portrait..showed her [sc. Lily Langtry] holding a lily in one hand which earned her the nickname [Jersey Lily].
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > Channel Islands coins > [noun]
double1862
Jersey penny1862
1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands App. B. 571 Thirteen Jersey pence are equivalent to an English shilling.
Derivatives
ˈjerseyed adj. wearing a jersey.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing a jumper or jersey
jerseyed1869
sweatered1901
pullovered1926
polo-sweatered1950
1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Sept. 10 Blue-jerseyed boatmen and newspaper boys.
1890 Daily News 17 Nov. 6/2 Red-jerseyed Salvationists serve there all day alone.
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Jerseyn.2
/ˈdʒəːzi/, U.S. /ˈdʒərzi/ U.S.
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= New Jersey n.
Compounds
C1. Used attributively and in other combinations to denote people or things coming from or associated with New Jersey.
a.
Jersey girl n.
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1770 Boston Gaz. 7 May A likely active Jersey girl.
Jersey maid n.
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1713 Boston News-let. 5 Oct. 2/2 A Jersey Maids times for four years and an half very good Servant to be disposed of.
Jersey militia n.
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1778 Maryland Jrnl. 20 Jan. Last week, the Jersey militia took a Prize, and began to unload her.
b.
Jersey-built adj.
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1829 R. C. Sands Writings (1834) II. 121 Trim Jersey-built wagons.
Jersey-made adj.
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1778 Boston Gaz. 25 Aug. 373 Handy, light, Jersey made waggon.
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Jersey blue n. (a) a colonial New Jersey soldier (so called from his blue uniform); (b) a native or inhabitant of New Jersey; (c) a breed of chicken.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > types of
rumpkin1676
bantam1749
Jersey blue1758
Dorking1779
Plymouth Rock1806
Java1813
shack-bag1816
Negro fowl1835
creeper1847
Minorca1848
cuckoo fowl1850
Leghorn1850
Brahmapootra1851
Ancona1853
shanghai1853
Andalusian1854
Bolton bay1854
Corsican cock1854
jacinth1854
Minorca1854
spangle1854
yellow leg1854
Crèvecœur1855
sultan1855
Hamburg1857
Leghorn1857
Yokohama1865
Houdan1871
Langshan1871
Wyandot1881
sultan hen1882
silkie1885
Orpington1887
rock1889
silver-grey1889
Campine1892
Rhode Island Red1893
Faverolles1902
Rhode Island White1905
Malines1906
Rhode Island1914
Australorp1922
maranc1934
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > American > specific
Jersey blue1758
shirtman1775
Yorker1776
buckskin1783
Indian fighter1824
blue belly1827
greyback1854
Zouave1860
Zou-Zou1860
greycoat1861
grey1862
Johnny1862
Johnny Reb1862
blue1870
blue coat1885
dogface1932
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > specific state > states
Marylander1640
Rhode Islander1665
Jerseyman1679
Pennsylvanian1685
Carolinian1705
Georgian1732
Marylandian1750
Jersey blue1758
Californian1762
Louisianian1775
Mississippian1775
Acadian1776
Vermonteer1778
Kentuckian1779
Vermontese1783
Indianian1784
Cohee1786
Kentuck1789
Virginian1797
Michiganian1813
Michigan1814
Tennessean1815
Ohioan1818
Illinoian1819
Ohian1819
Missourian1820
buckeye1823
Vermonter1825
Hoosier1826
red horse1833
sucker1833
wolverine1833
puke1834
corn-cracker1835
Texian1835
Alaskan1836
Texan1837
Michigander1838
Oregonian1838
Rackensack1839
Arkansian1844
badger1844
Bay Stater1845
Lone Star Stater1845
Oregonese1845
tar-boiler1845
weasel1845
web foot1845
Alabaman1846
Iowanc1848
Arkansan1851
Minnesotian1851
Washingtonian1852
Minnesotan1854
Nebraskan1854
Kansian1855
Utahan1855
Floridan1856
fly-up-the-creek1857
Dakotian1861
Coloradan1862
Coloradian1862
Texican1863
Coloradoan1864
tarheel1864
Cajun1868
Kansan1868
Montanian1869
Floridian1870
mudcat1872
New Jerseyan1872
Arkansawyer1874
longhorn1876
Mainer1879
New Jerseyite1885
prune picker1892
Hawaiian1893
Oklahoman1894
Tex1909
blue hen's chicken1921
Tejano1925
Geechee1926
Arkie1927
sooner1930
wyomingite1930
New Mexican1940
Okie1948
1758 C. Rea Jrnl. 16 July in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1881) XVIII. 110 Excepting ye Yorkers and Jersy Blews all ye Provincials didn't loose more than 100 men.
1849 J. F. Cooper Sea Lions I. i. 3 Distinctions..exist between the eastern and the western man,..the Buckeye or Wolverine, and the Jersey Blue.
1850 D. J. Browne Amer. Poultry Yard 77 The Jersey-Blue Fowl..is another large mongrel of a bluish cast.
1852 Congr. Globe 12 Aug. Appendix 967 The term applied to them was ‘Jersey Blue’, synonymous of truth and fidelity.
1942 C. Weygandt Plenty of Pennsylvania 277 We have no native breeds of fowls in Pennsylvania as New Jersey had its Jersey Blues.
Jersey justice n. strict or severe justice.
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society > law > administration of justice > [noun] > disproportionately severe
justices' justice1816
Jersey justice1903
1903 N.Y. Tribune 18 Oct. 8 Even with a faithful judge..‘Jersey justice’ did not shine as brilliantly as usual.
1948 Collier's 20 Nov. 78/3 Pellechia is having dealings with Jersey justice.
Jersey lightning n. colloquial a strong kind of apple-jack, peach-brandy, or whisky.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > other distilled liquor > [noun] > others
koumiss1598
nugs of balm1609
rakia1613
pariah-arrack1671
stalagma1684
fenouillette1706
aguardiente1752
fennel water1757
rakia1778
mahua1810
mahua-arrack1813
kirschwasser1819
mescal1826
still-spirit1832
mobbie1833
zibib1836
potato spirit1839
mowra1846
tequila1849
Jersey lightning1852
petit baume1858
kirsch1869
mastic1876
Hoochinoo1877
mastic brandy1883
mastika1889
hooch1897
ouzo1897
milk-whisky1906
mahua spirit1920
shochu1938
mirabelle1940
tsipouro1947
mahua liquor1961
Mao-tai1962
changaa1975
reposado1982
1852 Alta California (San Francisco) 23 Aug. 2/5 The rumsellers dealt out Jersey lightning by the gallon.
1863 Boston Sat. Herald 9 Aug. 2/7 Jersey lightning.
1866 J. C. Gregg Life in Army xii. 96 When his brains become addled by too much ‘Jersey lightning’, he is not fit to drive a decent mule team.
1872 G. P. Burnham Mem. U.S. Secret Service p. vi Jersey lightning, a peculiar New Jersey drink; ‘blue ruin’.
1970 Observer 19 Apr. 9/4 This urbane and sophisticated man came to believe that after repeal Jersey Lightning would capture the fancy of the whole country, and become a standard national drink.
Jersey pine n. the scrub pine, Pinus virginiana.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > pines and allies
pine treeeOE
pineOE
pine-nut treec1330
pineapplec1390
pineapple treea1398
mountain pine1597
pine1597
mountain pine1601
frankincense1611
rosin flower?1611
black pine1683
Scotch pine1706
yellow pine1709
Jersey pine1743
loblolly pine1760
mugoa1768
Scots pine1774
Scotch fir1777
arrow plant1779
scrub pine1791
Georgia pine1796
old field pine1797
tamarack1805
grey pine1810
pond pine1810
New Jersey pine1818
loblolly1819
Corsican pine1824
celery-top pine1827
toatoa1831
heavy-wooded pine1836
nut pine1845
celery pine1851
celery-topped pine1851
sugar-pine1853
western white pine1857
Jeffrey1858
Korean pine1858
lodge-pole pine1859
jack pine1863
whitebark pine1864
twisted pine1866
Monterey pine1868
tanekaha1875
chir1882
slash-pine1882
celery-leaved pine1883
knee-pine1884
knobcone pine1884
matsu1884
meadow pine1884
Alaska pine1890
limber pine1901
bristlecone pine1908
o-matsu1916
insignis1920
radiata1953
1743 J. F. Gronovius Flora Virginica II. 191 The common Jersay-Pine.
1770 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. I. 334 Jersey Pine.
1832 D. J. Browne Sylva Americana 234 The Jersey pine is sometimes 30 or 40 feet high.
1848 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. 439 Jersey or Scrub Pine..Barrens and sterile hills, New Jersey and southward.
1858 J. A. Warder Hedges & Evergreens ii. 246 The Jersey pine is..found on dry soils from New Jersey to Carolina.
1908 N. L. Britton N. Amer. Trees 46 Jersey Pine—Pinus virginiana Miller... This tree grows in poor rocky or sandy soil from southern New York to Indiana.
1971 Country Life 23 Dec. 1773/1 A singular collection of conifers, some species such as the Jersey pine (Pinus virginiana) being planted in considerable numbers.
Jersey stage n. a stagecoach of the type used in New Jersey.
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1800 M. L. Weems Lett. 154 O that I had but a Jersey stage and a couple of good strong horses!
Jersey sweet n. a variety of apple.
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1876 J. Burroughs Winter Sunshine vii. 163 With a tree of the Jersey sweet..in bearing, no man's table need be devoid of luxuries.
Jersey sweeting n. a variety of apple.
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1836 Knickerbocker Mag. 8 58 A green Jersey-sweetin'.
Jersey tea n. the red-root, Ceanothus americanus, the leaves of which were used as a substitute for tea.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > North-American > ceanothus or red-root
redroot1709
Jersey tea1759
New Jersey tea1759
New Jersey tea1760
spirit weed1864
myrtle1880
ceanothus1882
buck's-eye1883
red-heart1911
1759 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 7) at Ceanothus New Holland Dogwood with female cornel leaves commonly called New Jersey Thea grows naturally in most Parts of North America, from whence great Plenty of the Seeds have been of late Years brought to Europe, by the Title of New Jersey Thea, where I have been informed the inhabitants dry the leaves of this Shrub to use as Thea.
1808 H. Muhlenburg Let. 5 July in E. Rowland Life W. Dunbar (1930) 203 Red Root or Jersey Tea we call the Ceanothus americanus a little shrub with white Flowers, cordate leaves—Some times the sanguinaria is called so.
1847 J. W. Abert in W. H. Emory Notes Mil. Reconnaissance (1848) 387 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (30th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Exec. Doc. 41) IV The beautiful white clusters of the Jersey tea.
1870 Amer. Naturalist 4 583 The Ceanothus, or Jersey tea, is a frequent inhabitant of the prairies.
1948 Green Bay (Wisconsin) Press-Gaz. 13 July 11/4 Jersey tea, the shrub whose leaves were the ‘tea’ used by the colonists after the Boston tea party.
Jersey wagon n. (also Jersey waggon) a light carriage formerly used in New Jersey.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > light carriage > other light or small
dray1565
Windsor chair1724
ekka1811
Jersey wagon1811
spanker1831
bounder1842
1811 R. Sutcliff Trav. N. Amer. p. viii Jersey waggons..are made very light, hung on springs with leather braces, and travel very pleasantly.
1835 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. III. 606 Fishermen gunners passed daily..with Jersey wagons, laden with fish, fowls, and other provisions.
1841 Southern Lit. Messenger 7 39/1 Besides the fine carriages already mentioned, muddy Jersey waggons..are all sheltered beneath the majestic pines.
1944 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 14 Oct. 24/2 The vagabond Reverend Mason Weems ‘bumping along in his Jersey wagon’.
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