| 单词 | lemster ore |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLemster ore A type of fine wool, esp. that formerly produced around the town of Leominster in Herefordshire. Chiefly in Lemster ore.The spelling Lemster represents the pronunciation of Leominster. The town was a centre for the wool trade from the 13th to the 18th centuries. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > other cot1471 wool1608 Lemster ore1610 belta1641 vigone1656 downright1749 stitchel1775 super1797 Saxony1842 lustre1894 snow-white1896 sixties- 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. iv. 9 Lemster Ore merits the preheminence (though it be short) for a purely-fine, soft and crisped Staple. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion vii. 104 To whom did neuer sound the name of Lemster Ore? That with the Silke-wormes web for smalness doth compare. a1637 B. Jonson For Honour of Wales 34 in Wks. (1640) III But then the ore of Lemster, By got is never a Sempster; That when he is spun, ore did, Yet match him with hir thrid. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Heref. 33 As for the Wooll in this County, it is best known to the honour thereof by the name of Lempster Ore, being absolutely the finest in this County and indeed in all England. 1860 W. White All round Wrekin xi To whom did never sound the name of Lemster ore? 1880 Notes & Queries 27 Mar. 260/2 The name ore or oar for wool is well known at Leominster, celebrated in former times for its production of that commodity. 1948 D. D. Knowles Relig. Orders Eng. 70 The small knot of sheepowners in Shropshire who clipped the finest wool of all—the famed ‘Lemster ore’. 1979 ELH 46 47 ‘Lemster Ore’ is a very fine kind of wool from Leominster. < as lemmas |
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