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单词 macassar
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Macassaradj.n.

Brit. /məˈkasə/, U.S. /məˈkæsər/
Forms: 1600s Macasser, 1600s– Macassar, 1800s Macasar, 1800s maccassar, 1800s Makassar (now the commonest form in sense B. 1), 1800s Mungkasar, 1800s– Makasar, 1800s– Mangkasar.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Macassar.
Etymology: < Macassar (now Makasar ; in English also in forms Maccassar , Macasar in 17th cent.), the name of a port (renamed Ujung Pandang, 1971–99) in the island of Sulawesi (Celebes) < Indonesian Mengkasar . Compare Makasarese n. and adj. With sense A. 1b compare French huile de Macassar (1817).
A. adj.
1.
a. Macassar poison n. Obsolete the sap of the upas tree, Antiaris toxicaria, formerly used by Malays as an arrow poison.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisons from plants > used on arrows
Macassar poison1662
wourali1769
curare1777
urali1843
ouabaio1856
inée1874
1662 Let. 14 Nov. in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) I. 318 Poison..famous..under the notion of Macassar-poison.
1665 Minute 3 May in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) II. 43 Mr. Howard brought in an account..of Macassar poison, called Ippo in the island of Celebes; which account he received from one, who had lived..there.
1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 417 Whether it be true, that the onely Antidote hitherto known, against the..Macassar-poison, is humane Ordure, taken inwardly?
1797 Encycl. Brit. X. 357/1 Macassar Poison,..called ippo in the Macassar and Malayan tongue.
b. Macassar oil n. chiefly historical a kind of hair oil much used in the 19th cent., represented by the manufacturers (Rowland and Son) as made with ingredients from Makasar (probably chiefly oil from the seeds of the tree Schleichera oleosa, family Sapindaceae); (also) any of various similar hair oils made from coconut oil, almond oil, or other ingredients.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > preparations used on the hair > [noun] > unguent
Macassar oil1806
Macassar1835
1806 Morning Post 22 Oct. 4/1 The Macassar Oil, which, by its unrivalled utility,..not only accelerates the growth of hair, but adds a smooth and beautiful gloss to it.
1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son III. xl. 280 [The author professes to have met in Celebes with] the oleaginous extract from a fruit-tree, since that period become so notorious in Europe, (by name I mean,)—Macassar oil.
1896 W. T. Brannt Pract. Treat. Animal & Veg. Fats & Oils (ed. 2) II. 82 Macassar oil..is obtained from the seed of Schleichera trijuga..Considerable quantities of the oil were formerly imported, but what at present comes into commerce under the name of ‘macassar oil’ is mostly a mixture of cocoa-nut oil and ylang-ylang extract, coloured red with alkannin.
1927 Passing Show Summer 65 (advt.) For 135 years Rowland's Macassar Oil has been recognized as the best preparation for the hair.
1984 N.Y. Times 19 Feb. vi. 16/4 When you see these lacy ornaments [sc. antimacassars] on the arms and backs of the chairs, remember that they originally performed an important function: protecting the fabric from macassar oil.
2007 J. R. Strachan Advertising & Satirical Culture Romantic Period i. 50 The cosmeticist Alexander Rowland the younger, proprietor of the famous Macassar Oil for the hair.
c. Macassar ebony n. the wood (black or dark brown, usually with paler streaks) of either of the ebony trees Diospyros celebica (of Sulawesi) and D. ebenum (of India and Sri Lanka).
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other Asian woods
agalloch1543
amboyna wood1738
satinwood1773
sal1789
sissoo1810
bilian1812
haldu1836
kempas1839
saj1839
Trincomalee wood1842
rosetta wood1843
model-wood1857
keyaki1863
Macassar ebony1885
lauan1894
pyinkado1896
keruing1921
ramin1953
kapur1963
1885 F. G. Heath Tree Gossip 166 Certain hard woods such as Ceylon Ebony, Macassar Ebony, Partridge Wood, [etc.].
1920 A. L. Howard Man. Timbers of World 76 (heading) Ebony, macassar... This wood is imported in large billets and round logs... The colour ranges from dark brown to black, and a large proportion of the logs are streaked with yellow or yellowish brown, some very handsomely figured pieces being occasionally found.
1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. x. 288 Macassar ebony, or Coromandel,..is considered by many wood carvers to be inferior to African ebony.
1994 Antique Collector June 40/2 For the Gallery, Linley has created a pair of eagle breakfront console tables made of sycamore inlaid with macassar ebony and madrona burr wood.
2. = Makasarese adj. Obsolete.
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the world > people > ethnicities > Malaysian or Indonesian > [adjective] > Malaysian or Indonesian peoples
Macassar1665
Minangkabau1783
Rejang1783
Buginese?1811
Makasarese1841
Sundanese1856
Sasak1869
Bajau1887
Senoi1891
Bugis1898
proto-Malay1898
Temiar1933
mamak1982
1665 Minute 3 May in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) II. 43 Ippo, so called in the Macassar and Malayan tongue.
1817 T. S. Raffles Hist. Java II. p. cxcviii Comparative vocabulary of the Bugis, Makasar, Mandhar, Búton..and Endé Languages.
1817 T. S. Raffles Hist. Java II. xi. 162 By the aid of the Dutch..the Makásar chief was driven from his post.
1840 J. Brooke Jrnl. 14 Feb. in R. Mundy Narr. Events Borneo & Celebes (1848) I. vii. 106 From his residence at Tetiagi..he transmits information to the Makassar government.
1886 Misc. Papers relating to Indo-China (Straits Branch Royal Asiatic Soc.) I. xii. 108 The descriptive catalogues of the extensive Bugis and Makassar literature..may now be consulted.
B. n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Makasar. Also: the Makasarese language.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > parts of
Malabar1582
Gujaratic1607
Bengalan1613
Goan1652
Hindustan1662
Macassar1665
Gangetic1677
Malabarian1709
Mysorean1761
Bengalese1778
Assamese1794
Hindustani1813
Marwari1815
Sindhi1815
mofussilite1828
Mizo1832
Goanese1835
Punjabi1843
Bengali1848
Sindian1849
Madrasi1851
Toda1851
Hindia1853
Lushai1862
Kashmirian1876
Kashmir1882
Kashmiri1882
Konkani1885
ditcher1886
Ladakhi1893
Bihari1897
Sikkimese1938
Rajasthani1947
Maharashtrian1953
the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [noun] > Austronesian > Sulawesi > Macassar
Macassar1665
Makasarese1880
1665 Minute 3 May in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) II. 43 Ippo..is the gum..gathered by the savage-people.., who are called by the Macassars, Teragias.
1686 S. White Let. fr. Siam 20 Sept. 1 The Governor sent to summon the rest of the Macassers on shore.
1731 tr. Comte de Forbin Memoirs I. 143 One of the Princes of the Macassars..had taken Refuge for some time in the Kingdom of Siam.
1808 Asiatick Researches 10 194 The dialect of Mungkásar or Macassar, the bravest and most renowned of the Búgís tribes, differs..from the Búgís proper.
1816 T. S. Raffles On Malayu Nation 125 To the collection that has already been made of the various laws and usages of the Malays, Sumatrans, Javanese, Bugis, Macasars and Sulus, may be added the compendium of the Muhammedan law of inheritance.
1911 Encycl. Brit. V. 598/1 The Macassars are well-built and muscular, and have in general a dark-brown complexion.
1932 W. L. Graff Lang. & Langs. 423 In the Celebes group, Bugi, Makassar.
1948 D. Diringer Alphabet 430 The two principal languages of the island [sc. Celebes], called by Europeans Macassar and Bugis.
1968 Encycl. Brit. V. 132/2 The Bugis and Makasars..came into touch with Hindu culture in southern Celebes..and later were converted to Islam.
1968 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 654/1 The people, the Mangkasaras or Makasars, are a branch of the Malay people, similar to but not identical with the Bugis, who inhabit the same region.
2. = Macassar oil n. at sense A. 1b. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > preparations used on the hair > [noun] > unguent
Macassar oil1806
Macassar1835
1835 G. Daniel Conversazione in Mod. Dunciad (new ed.) 228 Rowland's Macassar, Wright's Champagne, Hunt's patent roasted.
1859 [implied in: All Year Round 11 June 157 The anti-Macassar on the arm-chair. (at antimacassar n.)].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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