Josephn.
/ˈdʒəʊzᵻf/, U.S. /ˈdʒoʊzəf/, /ˈdʒoʊsəf/ 1. In allusion to the patriarch Joseph, Genesis xli. 48–57.
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1849 E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 16 These evil Josephs raise the price of corn so high that the unfortunate poor are placed beyond hope.
2. A long cloak, worn chiefly by women in the eighteenth century when riding, and on other occasions; it was buttoned all the way down the front and had a small cape. [See quot. 1709.]
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > cloak, mantle, or cape > types of > long
kellc1425
pluvial1621
Joseph1659
pelisse1755
sarafan1799
pelisse robe1828
capote1854
1659 Catterpillers of this Nation Anatomized Joseph, a cloak.
1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia ii. i. 33 Hide me: give me my Joseph.
1709 Brit. Apollo 4–9 Feb. Why is a great Coat call'd a Joseph? From the..upper Coat, which..Joseph left behind him.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xvi. 161 Olivia would be drawn as an Amazon..drest in a green joseph, laced with gold, and a whip in her hand.
1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. iii, in Poems 108 In the dear Fashions of her Youth she dress'd, A pea-green Joseph was her favourite Vest.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Joseph, a very old fashioned riding coat for women, scarcely now to be seen.
1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner xi. 176 Seated on a pillion, and attired in a drab joseph and a drab beaver-bonnet.
3. A violin made by Joseph Guarnieri del Gesù (1698–1744). Cf. Guarnerius n.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > violin > violin of specific make
Cremona1762
Amati1816
Stradivarius1833
Guarnerius1866
Joseph1875
Strad1884
1875 G. Hart Violin vi. 95 How is this ‘Joseph’, unaccustomed to elbow his legitimate namesakes in the world of fiddles, to maintain the character he has assumed?
1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 637/2 The value of a good ‘Joseph’ now varies from £150 to £400.
1968 Encycl. Brit. X. 986/2 It was not until Paganini played on the ‘Joseph’ that the taste of amateurs turned from the sweetness of the Amati and the Stradivari violins in favour of the more robust tone of the Giuseppe Guarneri.
Compounds
In names of flowers.
Joseph and Mary n. Lungwort ( Pulmonaria officinalis).
Joseph's coat n. (in reference to Genesis xxxvii. 3) a cultivated variety of Amarantus tricolor, with variegated leaves.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > amaranth and allied plants
floramour1548
purple velvet flower1548
velvet-flower1548
Balder-herb1552
flower-gentle1561
passevelours1597
love lies bleeding1664
prince's feather1668
symphonia1728
tricolour1786
celosia1807
Joseph's coat1866
thrumwort1866
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 48/1 In the gardens of the Southern United States, these hues are so richly developed as to have procured for it [Amaranthus tricolor] the appellation of Joseph's Coat.
Joseph's flower n. (in reference to the bearded figure of St. Joseph in art) Goat's-beard.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > goat's beard
goat's beardc1400
bucks-beard1551
Joseph's flower1578
Tragopogon1578
noontide1597
John-go-to-bed-at-noon1759
sleep-at-noon1779
nap-at-noon1828
jack-go-to-bed-at-noon1847
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xvii. 167 This hearbe is now called..in English Goates barde, Iosephs floure,..and Go to bedde at Noone.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 596 Goates bearde is called..in low Dutch Iosephes bloemen..in English Goats beard, Iosephs flower.
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