单词 | magnum bonum |
释义 | magnum bonumn. 1. a. Any of several varieties of large cooking plum. Also with modifying word. Also magnum bonum plum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > plum > other types of white plumc1330 bullacea1375 myxe?1440 prunelloa1450 bullace-fruit1530 horse plum1530 plum1530 wheat-plum1538 wheaten plum1542 choke-plum1556 pear plum1573 finger plum1577 scad1577 skeg1601 merchant1602 bullace-plum1608 malacadonian1608 prune plum1613 date plum1626 mussel plum1626 amber plum1629 black plum1629 primordian1629 queen mother1629 winter crack1629 myrobalan1630 Christian1651 Monsieur's plum1658 cinnamon-plum1664 date1664 primordial1664 Orleans1674 mirabelle1706 myrobalan plum1708 Mogul1718 mussel1718 Chickasaw plum1760 blue gage1764 magnum bonum1764 golden drop1772 beach-plum1785 sweet plum1796 winesour1836 wild plum1838 quetsch1839 egg-plum1859 Victoria1860 cherry plum1866 bladder-plum1869 prune1872 sour plum1874 Carlsbad plum1885 horse-jug1886 French plum1939 1721 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husb. II. 298 The Bonum Magnum a fair yellowish green Plumb.] 1764 G. Washington Diary Mar. (1926) 327 Grafted..12 Magnum Bonum Plums. 1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper viii. 207 To preserve Magnum Bonum Plumbs. 1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. v. 224 Two fruits can scarcely be conceived more different in colour, size, and appearance than the wild plum and the rich magnum bonum. 1845 E. Acton Mod. Cookery xvi. 425 Peach, green-gage, or magnum bonum jam. 1845 E. Acton Mod. Cookery xx. 511 Compote of the Magnum Bonum, or other large plums. 1860 R. Hogg Fruit Man. 252 Red Magnum Bonum (Askew's Purple Egg;..Red Imperial). 1866 S. E. Todd Bridgeman's Amer. Gardener's Assistant (rev. ed.) ii. 187 White Magnum Bonum, [also called] Yellow Magnum Bonum... This fruit is of extraordinary size. 1883 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World (1884) 364 He arranges his..plums in his shop window. He may tell me a magnum bonum from a Victoria. 1899 New Eng. Mag. Nov. 344/1 Wild plums were plentiful; but some pioneer was sure to have brought a green-gage and a magnum bonum from Connecticut, and these were rapidly multiplied. b. A variety of potato; (also) a variety of any of several other fruits and vegetables (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > potato > potato plant > varieties of magpie1797 rose1807 ash-leaf1845 magnum bonum1882 1882 Garden 4 Feb. 75/2 In..1879 my employer wished me to plant half a rood of ground with Magnum Bonums. 1948 G. D. H. Bell Cultivated Plants Farm xiv. 132 Among the earliest maturing varieties [of swede] are certain high yielding, but low dry matter purple-top forms with little frost resistance. Best of All, Early Round, Magnificent, Magnum Bonum, Superlative and Majestic are examples of this group. 1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 66 And what evocative names oranges have, as orotund as the fruit: Ruby, Mediterranean Sweet, Osceola, Early Oblong, Maltese Oval, Magnum Bonum, Homosassa! 1999 Nature 14 Oct. 640/2 Cool weather-induced toxic accumulations of solanine caused the withdrawal of the non-GM Magnum Bonum potato line in Sweden. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > bottle > for liquor bombard1598 ingestar1611 flask1693 champagne bottle1772 magnum bonum1785 magnum1788 jeroboam1816 rehoboam1841 imperial1858 hock-bottle1892 Nebuchadnezzar1913 nip bottle1915 Balthazar1935 Methuselah1935 Salmanazar1935 miniature1939 c1755 in J. G. Kyd Sc. Population Statistics (1952) p. xiii His fondness for claret brought him the nickname of Dr Bonum Magnum.] 1785 G. A. Bellamy Apol. Life I. lii. 187 The doctor being a bon vivant, and preferring a magnum bonum to his breviary. a1791 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 551 And Welsh, who never flinch'd his ground, High-wav'd his magnum-bonum round With Cyclopean fury. 1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) iii. 57 Dumfries, and a' its bonny Lasses, And gallant Lads, Were drank in magnum-bonum glasses. a1827 W. Hickey Mem. (1913) I. 132 He kept his word,..and bringing a magnum bonum of very palatable claret which I ordered, we became reconciled to the house. 3. A large-barrelled steel pen. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > writing instrument > [noun] > pen > steel pen > type of magnum bonum1851 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 267/2 The street-stationers do not go beyond 2s. the gross, which is for magnum bonums. 1869 Manufacturer & Builder Dec. 362/2 Very interesting is it to follow the steel from the moment of its being cut into long strips until it issues forth in the shape of a ‘magnum bonum’, or the well-known ‘swan quill’. 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 347/1 Joseph Gillott's Barrel Pens..Magnum Bonum, fine, medium, or broad. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1764 |
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