maizen.adj.

Brit.

/meɪz/, U.S.

/meɪz/

Forms: 1500s mahiz, 1500s maith, 1500s mayis, 1500s–1700s maiz, 1500s–1700s mayze, 1500s–1800s mais, 1600s maes, 1600s maijs, 1600s maix, 1600s mass, 1600s mayes, 1600s–1700s mays, 1600s–1700s mayz, 1600s–1700s maze, 1600s– maize, 1700s maez, 1800s maise. Also 1500s–1600s maizium (in post-classical Latin form).

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish mahiz.

Etymology: < Spanish †mahiz (now maíz ; first attested 1500 in Columbus's diary, although slightly earlier in post-classical Latin as maizium ) < Taino mahiz or mahís . With the Taino word compare marisi , reported by N.E.D. from another Arawak language, spoken in Guyana, and Carib ‘márichi , bled d'Inde’ (Breton, Dict. Caraïbe, 1665). The Spanish word entered English both directly and via either post-classical Latin maizium (Peter Martyr of Angleria: see quot. 1555 at sense 1b) or French †maith (N. de Nicolai, 1554: see quot. 1585 at sense 1a). Compare also French †maiz, †maizi (1519, 1533 in translations from Italian), †mais (1568 in a translation from Spanish), maïs (also denoting a colour from mid 19th cent.), Italian †maice, †maiz (1520 onwards), mais, and German †Machiz (1520), †Maytz (1534), Mais.

a. A cereal grass of Central American origin, Zea mays, having a terminal male inflorescence (the tassel) and axillary female flowers that form starchy grains (caryopses) embedded in rows in a central core (the cob); also called Indian corn and (esp. North American) corn. Also (with distinguishing word): any of certain other plants.milo, pod, water maize: see the first element.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > maize > maize plants

maizea1544

Indian wheat1578

Guinea wheat1598

corn1608

sweet corn1646

Virginia wheat1651

soft corn1751

zea1760

popcorn1838

pod corn1884

pod maize1904

a1544 R. Barlow tr. M. Fernández de Enciso Brief Summe Geogr. (1932) 168 Thei have plentie of mais and other rotes wherof thei make brede.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xviii. 21 In steed of corn they sow Maith [Fr. ils sement du Maith], which is a kind of grosse Mill.

1588 T. Hariot Briefe Rep. Virginia sig. C1 Pagatowr a kinde of graine so called by the inhabitants; the same in the West Indies is called Mayze: English men call it Guinney wheate or Turkie wheate.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage vi. i. 561 The fields of Mais the great stalkes whereof were trodden downe.

1613 R. Harcourt Relation Voy. Guiana 28 There is a kinde of great wheat called Maix, of some it is called Guinea wheat.

1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 17 They [sc. Racoons] feed upon Mass, and do infest our Indian Corn very much.

1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 73 Maze, otherwise called Turkie-wheat, or rather Indian-wheat, because it came first from thence.

1757 W. Collins Oriental Eclogues iii. 13 'Tis sweet..to..scent the breathing maze at setting day.

1781 S. Peters Gen. Hist. Connecticut 243 Maize..is planted in hillocks three feet apart.

1804 Sydney Gaz. 4 Mar. 4/2 To be disposed of by Private Contract, a good Farm... The Standing Crop, comprising 8 acres of Maize in perfect forwardness, may also be taken at a fair valuation.

1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. iii. 3 Shocks of yellow hair, like the silken floss of the maize.

1861 E. B. Tylor Anahuac ix. 228 The Mexicans were cultivating maize and tobacco when the Spaniards invaded the country.

1914 F. E. Fritsch & E. J. Salisbury Introd. Study Plants iv. 36 AS a first instance of a Monocotyledonous seed we may study the grain of the Maize.

1930 Ann. Appl. Biol. 17 623 Our maize streak virus was taken from a naturally streaked maize plant.

1988 T. Dangarembga Nervous Conditions ii. 21 By February my maize was dark green, taller than me and still growing.

b. The grain produced by the plant Zea mays (see sense 1a).

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the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > maize

maizea1544

Turkey corn1597

turkey wheat1598

Indian corn1604

Indian1641

Turkish wheat1670

mealies1801

kanga1843

a1544 R. Barlow tr. M. Fernández de Enciso Brief Summe Geogr. (1932) 173 The indies of this contreie do ete of brede made with mais w^ch maketh good brede and is of moch sustenaunce.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. i. f. 3^v This kynde of grayne, they call Maizium.

1589 J. Sparke in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 540 Mayis maketh good sauory bread.

1589 J. Sparke in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 530 A kind of corne called Maise, in bignes of a pease, the eare whereof is much like to a teasell.

1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course i. f. 15^v Throughout the western Islands they make bread of a kind of wheat called Mahiz.

1596 W. Raleigh Discoverie Guiana (new ed.) 3 It hath also for bread sufficient Mais, Cassaui.

a1626 F. Bacon Med. Rem. in Wks. (1857) III. 828 Take of Indian maiz half a pound.

1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 250 Mays is not so easily brought to Fermentation.

1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 101 Maize is said to contain no gluten, and little..saccharine matter.

1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha xvii. 232 They..Beat to death poor Pau-Puk-Keewis, Pounded him as maize is pounded.

1894 Cent. Mag. Apr. 849 The first generations of English-Americans subsisted mainly on maize.

1977 R. Dahl Wonderful Story Henry Sugar 219 They gave me a shell filled with a thick grey intoxicating fluid made of fermented maize.

1987 Christian Aid News Jan.–Mar. 3/1 Zimbabwe..now has over a million tonnes of surplus maize.

2. A pale yellow resembling that of maize; a coal tar dye of this colour. Frequently denoting a colour of cloth or dress material. Also as adj.: of a pale yellow colour like that of maize.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs

weldc1374

turmeric1545

yellow berry1652

fust1682

Avignon berry1728

eel-pout1736

yellowroot1755

quercitron1785

brass-colour1797

fustet1821

tesu1823

morin1833

datiscin1835

maize1838

picric acid1838

xanthin1838

moric acid1839

purree1844

nitrophenisic acid1845

rubiacin1848

flavin1853

orellin1857

fustic1858

maize colour1859

fusteric1860

Manchester yellow1862

chrysaniline1864

ilixanthin1865

flavaniline1882

sun-yellow1884

butter yellow1887

African turmeric1888

Indian turmeric1890

weld yellow1899

1838 E. Grosvenor Jrnl. 9 June in G. Huxley Lady Elizabeth & Grosvenors (1965) iii. 78 Succeeded in finding..a maize and silver gown.

1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford xiii. 244 If a happy sea-green could be met with, the gown was to be sea-green; if not she inclined to maize.

1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Amos Barton ii, in Scenes Clerical Life I. 32 Maize is a colour that decidedly did not suit his complexion.

1890 T. E. Thorpe Dict. Appl. Chem. I. 263 The sodium salt of azoxystilbene-disulphonic acid..known in commerce as ‘sun yellow’ or ‘maize’.

1923 Daily Mail 15 June 6 (advt.) Crepe de Chine..newest shades, including: Pale Pink,..Maize, Lemon.

1970 Cape Times 28 Oct. 19/3 (advt.) Rambler Rogue, 1970, 5500 miles, maize with cognac trim.

1986 T. McGuane To skin Cat (1989) 66 Among the key effects Betty brought to the lake was Jack's stadium blanket in blue and maize, his school colors.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

maize beer n.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > beer > [noun] > other kinds of beer

spruce beerc1500

March beer1535

Lubecks beer1608

zythum1608

household beer1616

bottle1622

mumc1623

old beer1626

six1631

four1633

maize beer1663

mum beer1667

vinegar beer1677

wrest-beer1689

nog1693

October1705

October beer1707

ship-beer1707

butt beer1730

starting beer1735

butt1743

peterman1767

seamen's beer1795

chang1800

treacle beer1806

stock beer1826

Iceland beer1828

East India pale ale1835

India pale ale1837

faro1847

she-oak1848

Bass1849

bitter beer1850

bock1856

treble X1856

Burton1861

nettle beer1864

honey beer1867

pivo1873

Lambic1889

steam beer1898

barley-beer1901

gueuze1926

Kriek1936

best1938

rough1946

keg1949

IPA1953

busaa1967

mbege1972

microbrew1985

microbeer1986

yeast-beer-

1663 Minute 11 Mar. in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) I. 206 Dr. Merret moved, that some spirit might be drawn out of this Maiz-beer.

1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 450 In South America a kind of beer called Chicha or Maize beer is made from the grain.

2005 Financial Mail (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 25 Feb. 27 Once again African maize beer has been excused a duty increase. Duty on malt beer will rise by 9,5%.

maize bread n.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > maize bread

pone1634

Indian bread1654

maize bread1663

kankie1735

hoecake1745

corn-bread1775

pone breadc1785

crackling-bread1834

Awendaw1847

piki1859

1663 Minute 11 Mar. in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) I. 206 Beer brewed of Maiz-bread.

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxv Baskets..freighted with..maize-bread.

1990 D. Bristow & S. Motjuwadi Soweto iii. 57 Mbaqanga is African maize bread that..fills a void to leave one feeling full and satisfied.

2003 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 14 Oct. (Food section) E7/4 In the Twi language it [sc. dukunno] means boiled maize bread.

maize cob n.

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the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > maize > head or cob

ear of corna1425

ear1679

mealie cob1859

maize cob1882

1882 Times 30 May 6/2 A maize cob was to be bought at the same rate [sc. of five cowries].

1957 V. W. Turner Schism & Continuity in Afr. Society i. 29 The boys carry supplies of vegetable food such as..green maize-cobs for the party.

2003 Afr. Amer. Rev. 37 633/2 A roasted maize cob for lunch.

maize colour n.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs

weldc1374

turmeric1545

yellow berry1652

fust1682

Avignon berry1728

eel-pout1736

yellowroot1755

quercitron1785

brass-colour1797

fustet1821

tesu1823

morin1833

datiscin1835

maize1838

picric acid1838

xanthin1838

moric acid1839

purree1844

nitrophenisic acid1845

rubiacin1848

flavin1853

orellin1857

fustic1858

maize colour1859

fusteric1860

Manchester yellow1862

chrysaniline1864

ilixanthin1865

flavaniline1882

sun-yellow1884

butter yellow1887

African turmeric1888

Indian turmeric1890

weld yellow1899

1859 W. Collins Woman in White in All Year Round 3 Dec. 120/2 The floor was spread with Indian matting in maize-colour and red.

2003 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel 27 Apr. (Entree section) 079 I painted the living room a light maize color.

maize-cutter n.

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1853 Sci. Amer. 12 Nov. 67/1 Cane and Maize cutters..I claim the framing and manner of attaching the knife and arm to the sled.

1960 H. J. Hopfen Farm Implements Arid & Trop. Regions ix. 119 Animal-drawn maize cutter. A simple implement for harvesting the whole stalk can be made by mounting two blades on a wooden sled slightly aslant to the direction of pull.

maize ear n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > maize > head, cob, ear, or inflorescence

tassel1646

roasting ear1651

nubbin1692

grappe1693

cob1702

corn-cob1787

spike1800

ear leaf1835

maize ear1855

tucket1874

ear bud1901

1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha xiii. 177 Wagemin, the thief of corn-fields, Paimosaid, who steals the maize-ear!

2001 Econ. Devel. & Cultural Change 50 220 Farmers may observe variation in morphological characteristics of the maize ear and use them to define the classes of maize that they grow.

maize farmer n.

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1947 Forum (S. Afr.) 3 May 35/2 Maize-farmers..are becoming aware of the great service that Grenade DDT is performing for them.

1975 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Sept. 21/1 Maize farmers..spend a great deal of time and money on ground preparation, seed, fertilisers and weedicide.

2005 Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 21 Sept. 2 South African commercial maize farmers were expected to plant about 42% less maize in the coming season than last year.

maize field n.

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1771 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. II. 77 They [sc. birds] assemble by thousands in the maize-fields, and live at discretion.

1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha xiii. 176 All around the happy village Stood the maize-fields.

1988 J. Cartwright Interior xii. 141 The abandoned maize fields had become thick tracts of choking weed.

2006 Observer (Nexis) 1 Jan. 8 Elephants had been trampling his maize field and so he decided to fight back.

maize flour n.

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1819 E. Rigby tr. J. F. L. de Chateauvieux Italy ii. 27 They are fatted with pouture,..and finished with maize-flour.

1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. i. v. 139 Pastry, for which their maize-flour and sugar supplied ample materials.

2005 Guardian (Nexis) 7 Dec. 25 A pot of maize porridge... Four cups of maize flour, one cup of groundnut flour.

maize garden n.

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1899 A. Werner Captain of Locusts 263 They..carried her to the grove beyond the maize-gardens.

1957 G. Muldoon Trumpeting Herd xi. 122 The maize gardens were usually quite close to the villages.

1994 Oceania 65 (Electronic ed.) He was accompanied to a small thatched shelter in the midst of a maize garden some 500m away.

maize grain n.

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1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 479 The grains [of Cuzco maize] are four or five times the size of ordinary maize grains.

2002 Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 28 567 He kept two tonnes of maize grain with a consumption value close to Z$23,000 for his own household.

maize grits n.

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1901 Oxf. Times 9 Mar. 7/1 [The advertisers] have never used any..maize-grits, or any other substitute for either malt or hops.

1994 Geogr. Jrnl. 160 320/2 Guinness' ‘Merit’ is made from 100 per cent maize grits.

maize harvest n.

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1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales (ed. 2) II. i. 22 I chanced to stop for the night at the house of a gentleman during the maize-harvest.

1890 O. Crawfurd Round Calendar in Portugal 198 The maize-harvest..comes just after the vintaging of the grapes.

2003 N. J. Jacobs Environment, Power, & Injustice vi. 135 The maize harvest..gave households a cushion against dependence on cash.

maize husk n.

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1955 R. Campbell tr. E. de Queiroz City & Mountains 132 In two tiny partitions..lay two pallets of maize-husks.

2001 N. Long Devel. Sociol. vi. 117 Maize husks are the dry leaves that protect the ear of maize and are used in the preparation of tamales, a typical Mexican dish.

maize-husking n. and adj.

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1904 N.E.D. at Maize Maize-husking.

1952 Primitive Man 25 65 The maize husking pin of the Chaco and of eastern North America.

maize malt n.

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1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 271/1 Americans are now making beer largely from maize meal and maize malt.

1935 Agric. Hist. 9 113 Maize malt is prepared in the same manner as any other malt, but malting takes longer.

1998 Scunthorpe Evening Tel. (U.K.) (Nexis) 7 Mar. 21 The New Trent Malting Company, a subsidiary of the brewery at Crowle Wharf.., manufactured flake maize malt for the brewing trade.

maize meal n.

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1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales (ed. 3) II. xxii. 303 Their diet..[should] consist principally of maize meal.

1909 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 40/2 Their beverage consists of fermented black sugar and water, and sometimes a little ground maize-meal mixed into it.

2004 M. Lundahl Globalization & Southern Afr. Econ. iii. 55 Producer prices of maize and maize meal prices are controlled.

maize oil n.

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1904 N.E.D. at Maize Maize-oil.

1933 Discovery May 158/1 Red palm oil and some samples of maize oil are good sources [of vitamin A].

1999 J. Ranston Lawyer Manley I. iii. 25 Two of the tins smelt of kero-maize oil, and the other two smelt of maize oil.

maize plant n.

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1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. viii. 159 Millions of maize plants upreared their tall stalks.

1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xvi. 271 The Red Indians looked on Mondamin, the maize-plant; as a gift of a god.

1974 J. B. Finean et al. Membranes & Cellular Functions ii. 21 A single maize plant..can transpire more than two litres of water per day.

2001 Amer. Antiq. 66 507/1 The documented multicropping..does not reduce maize plant density, but it does help smother weeds.

maize poisoning n.

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1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 801 The special characters of maize poisoning may be due to some peculiarity in the chemical structure of this grain itself.

1933 Jrnl. Hygiene 33 208 On examination no gross lesion was discovered and it was evidently a case of acute maize poisoning.

maize porridge n.

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1953 R. Campbell Mamba's Precipice 40 Honey mixed with maize-porridge and milk.

1991 M. Connell Against Peacock Sky (BNC) 34 When Kalchu brought it fresh hay and water and even maize porridge it remained aloof and indifferent.

2003 Jrnl. Afr. Cultural Stud. 16 124 It should be noted that ordinarily Malawian males do not cook nsima (thick maize porridge).

maize stalk n.

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1896 P. A. Bruce Econ. Hist. Virginia I. 167 Except the juice sucked from the crushed fibre of the maizestalk, they had no knowledge of any spirits.

2002 T. Carnwath & I. Smith Heroin Cent. i. 21 Just before the end of the rainy season,..the poppy seed is sown among the maize stalks.

maize starch n.

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1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 450 The finer qualities of Maize starch are largely used as a substitute for arrowroot.

2005 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 23 July (Weekend section) 8 Lower-fat mayonnaise is usually bulked out with..modified maize starch and water, bolstered by extra emulsifiers.

maize straw n.

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1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 299 A hole in the maize-straw thatched roofs served as chimney.

1995 Mod. Asian Stud. 29 861 Some of them [sc. the women] had developed skills in weaving maize straw and rearing livestock and poultry.

maize trough n.

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1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. xiii. 176 Your horse is standing at the maize-trough.

2001 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 25 Feb. (Spectrum section) 26 These cossetted birds roam free.., occasionally returning to the maize trough when the effort of scratching up dinner becomes too arduous.

maize-whiskey n.

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1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs I. 13 Maize-whiskey could be bought then for fifteen cents a gallon.

1908 Rep. Royal Comm. Whiskey & Other Potable Spirits 125/2 Do you think..that the person who consumed it would derive as much benefit from the American maize whiskey as from our malt whiskey?

2000 R. G. Anderson in P. C. Morris & J. A. Bryce Cereal Biotechnol. ix. 205 Inoculum concentration with Canadian maize whiskey fermentations is usually much lower than that used for Scotch or bourbon fermentations.

maize-coloured adj.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > pale yellow

gull13..

flaxen?1523

palew1547

straw-coloured1585

branlie1589

straw colour1589

flaxy1634

festucine1646

sulphureous1656

flaxenish1661

butter colour1665

strawy1668

straw-yellow1794

bombycinous1796

sulphur-coloured1811

sherry-yellow1813

sulphur-yellow1816

bombasic1825

straw1842

wax-coloured1842

stramineous1845

maize-coloured1852

daffodil1855

daw1856

flax1873

sherry-coloured1875

mastic1890

sulpho-chromic1895

ochroid1897

wheat-coloured1898

sulphurous1899

sulphury1900

tea rose1900

straw-pale1922

1852 E. Ruskin Let. 20 Feb. in Effie in Venice (1965) ii. 272 I had on my maize colored Tarletane with red roses.

1861 Englishwoman's Domest. Mag. 3 263/1 One skein of gold or maize-coloured Russia braid.

1965 Musical Times 105 375/1 The new hood is of square shape, made of red rose damask fully lined with maize coloured silk.

maize-fed adj.

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1877 Nature 28 June 158/1 The Servian soldiery..had no such powers of endurance as the maize-fed Turks.

1986 Times 11 Jan. 33/7 Meat courses embrace maize-fed chicken.

2005 Mirror (Nexis) 9 Nov. 30 Wheat or maize-fed chickens have a distinctive colour.

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† maize-bird n. U.S. Obsolete any of various New World blackbirds of the family Icteridae, esp. the red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius

maize thief1772

maize-bird1836

maizer1837

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius > agelaius phoeniceus (red-winged blackbird)

red-winged starling1729

red-winged blackbird?1769

maize thief1772

redwing1778

red-winged oriole1785

red-winged troopial1825

redwing blackbird1830

maize-bird1836

maizer1837

swamp blackbird1891

officer1902

1836 R. King Narr. Journey Arctic Ocean II. xviii. 216 The oriolus phœniceus, (golden oriole, or maize-bird).

1837 W. Swainson On Nat. Hist. & Classif. Birds II. 100 The Agelainæ, or maize-birds.

1853 F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds III. 9 Red-winged maize-bird.

1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II 530 Maize-bird, a local name for Agelæus phoeniceus, often called the Red-winged Blackbird.

† maize-cream n. Obsolete rare a decoction or gruel of maize or maize meal.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > gruel or broth for invalids > [noun]

gruel1362

water gruel?c1450

cullisc1460

chicken brothc1540

coulis1603

barley-milk1607

maize-cream1626

chicken water1684

barley-cream1694

thin gruel1699

viper-broth1702

wangracea1733

barley-gruel1769

beef-tea1783

conjee1789

Revalenta1848

skink1880

toast-water1905

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §49 Indian Maiz..must be throughly boyled, and made into a Maiz-Creame, like a Barley Creame.

1807 J. Sinclair Code Health & Longevity I. 275 Indian maize hath..an excellent spirit of nourishment; but it must be thoroughly boiled, and made into a maize-cream, like a barley-cream.

maize-eater n. (a) a person who or animal which eats maize; †(b) a South American marshbird, Pseudoleistes virescens (family Icteridae) (obsolete).

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1827 W. Scott Highland Widow in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. viii. 150 The muleteer of Spain, who piques himself on being a maize-eater, and whose honour is not to be questioned without danger.

1878 W. D. Emerson Hist. Indian Corn xi. 293 The rabbit and hare, which might be great maize eaters, are too highly prized as game to be troublesome on a large scale.

1890 Cent. Dict. Maize-eater, a South American maize-bird, Pseudoleistes virescens.

?1919 A. E. Taylor in S. L. Bane & R. H. Lutz Organization Amer. Relief Europe, 1918–19 (1943) vii. 447/3 (table) In consideration of the fact that the peasant of Greater Servia is a maize eater, the total cereals are sufficient to carry the country.

1921 Avicultural Mag. Oct. 150 Another bird I secured..was a Green or Yellow-bellied Maize-eater... The olive-green of this Maize-eater contrasting with a band of canary yellow makes it welcome in a collection of active birds of this type.

2002 K. E. Lane Quito 1599 Introd. 11 Recent analysis shows the ancient Otavalan to have been..a maize eater from about the middle of Peru's Chavín Horizon (c. 500 B.C.E.).

maize paper n. paper made from or containing maize leaf, esp. that used for rolling cigarettes; (also) a yellow-coloured cigarette paper.

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1864 Rep. Comm. Agric. (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 436 With so much inflation of paper issues, in so many forms, it is not amazing that the attention of paper-makers should be turned to maize... There is a record of two maize-paper establishments existing in Italy in the eighteenth century.

1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 121 The young one lit a cigarette, a yellow one with maize paper.

1992 Times 15 Aug. 10/6 The Euro health police have just killed Boyards, those fat, acrid fags, usually wrapped in yellow maize paper.

maize smut n. = corn-smut n. at corn n.¹ Compounds 4.

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1890 Cent. Dict. Maize-smut.

1953 F. T. Brooks Plant Dis. (ed. 2) xiii. 249 Maize smut occurs wherever the host is cultivated extensively.

1978 Physiol. Plant Pathol. 12 93 (title) The host-parasite physiology of the maize smut fungus.

maize thief n. U.S. (now historical) = maize-bird n.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius

maize thief1772

maize-bird1836

maizer1837

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius > agelaius phoeniceus (red-winged blackbird)

red-winged starling1729

red-winged blackbird?1769

maize thief1772

redwing1778

red-winged oriole1785

red-winged troopial1825

redwing blackbird1830

maize-bird1836

maizer1837

swamp blackbird1891

officer1902

1772 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. I. 372 The laws of Pensylvania..have settled a premium of three-pence a dozen for dead maize thieves.

1853 F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds III. 9 Red-winged maize-bird... Maize-thief.

1914 E. H. Eaton Birds N.Y. II. 232 In the early days of the country the Redwing was called the maize thief from his depredations upon the cornfield.

maize yellow adj. and n. (of) a yellow like that of maize.

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1841 H. Grote Let. 10 June in Lewin Lett. (1909) II. v. 8 I was..dressed in maize yellow gown with blonde trimming.

1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) 607 Light ochre yellow, maize yellow to dark gold ochre yellow.

1922 E. E. Wehr Synopsis of Syrphidae Nebraska 22 in University Stud. (Univ. Nebraska) 22 128 Chrysotoxum currani... Abdomen shining black, with maize yellow bands.

2002 A. H. Wright Life-hist. Frogs Okefinokee Swamp 46 Tadpole without black crest margins or lateral band; belly white, cartridge buff or yellow to maize yellow.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	maize
释义	maizen.adj. Brit. /meɪz/, U.S. /meɪz/ Forms: 1500s mahiz, 1500s maith, 1500s mayis, 1500s–1700s maiz, 1500s–1700s mayze, 1500s–1800s mais, 1600s maes, 1600s maijs, 1600s maix, 1600s mass, 1600s mayes, 1600s–1700s mays, 1600s–1700s mayz, 1600s–1700s maze, 1600s– maize, 1700s maez, 1800s maise. Also 1500s–1600s maizium (in post-classical Latin form). Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish mahiz. Etymology: < Spanish †mahiz (now maíz ; first attested 1500 in Columbus's diary, although slightly earlier in post-classical Latin as maizium ) < Taino mahiz or mahís . With the Taino word compare marisi , reported by N.E.D. from another Arawak language, spoken in Guyana, and Carib ‘márichi , bled d'Inde’ (Breton, Dict. Caraïbe, 1665). The Spanish word entered English both directly and via either post-classical Latin maizium (Peter Martyr of Angleria: see quot. 1555 at sense 1b) or French †maith (N. de Nicolai, 1554: see quot. 1585 at sense 1a). Compare also French †maiz, †maizi (1519, 1533 in translations from Italian), †mais (1568 in a translation from Spanish), maïs (also denoting a colour from mid 19th cent.), Italian †maice, †maiz (1520 onwards), mais, and German †Machiz (1520), †Maytz (1534), Mais. 1. a. A cereal grass of Central American origin, Zea mays, having a terminal male inflorescence (the tassel) and axillary female flowers that form starchy grains (caryopses) embedded in rows in a central core (the cob); also called Indian corn and (esp. North American) corn. Also (with distinguishing word): any of certain other plants.milo, pod, water maize: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > maize > maize plants maizea1544 Indian wheat1578 Guinea wheat1598 corn1608 sweet corn1646 Virginia wheat1651 soft corn1751 zea1760 popcorn1838 pod corn1884 pod maize1904 a1544 R. Barlow tr. M. Fernández de Enciso Brief Summe Geogr. (1932) 168 Thei have plentie of mais and other rotes wherof thei make brede. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xviii. 21 In steed of corn they sow Maith [Fr. ils sement du Maith], which is a kind of grosse Mill. 1588 T. Hariot Briefe Rep. Virginia sig. C1 Pagatowr a kinde of graine so called by the inhabitants; the same in the West Indies is called Mayze: English men call it Guinney wheate or Turkie wheate. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage vi. i. 561 The fields of Mais the great stalkes whereof were trodden downe. 1613 R. Harcourt Relation Voy. Guiana 28 There is a kinde of great wheat called Maix, of some it is called Guinea wheat. 1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 17 They [sc. Racoons] feed upon Mass, and do infest our Indian Corn very much. 1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 73 Maze, otherwise called Turkie-wheat, or rather Indian-wheat, because it came first from thence. 1757 W. Collins Oriental Eclogues iii. 13 'Tis sweet..to..scent the breathing maze at setting day. 1781 S. Peters Gen. Hist. Connecticut 243 Maize..is planted in hillocks three feet apart. 1804 Sydney Gaz. 4 Mar. 4/2 To be disposed of by Private Contract, a good Farm... The Standing Crop, comprising 8 acres of Maize in perfect forwardness, may also be taken at a fair valuation. 1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. iii. 3 Shocks of yellow hair, like the silken floss of the maize. 1861 E. B. Tylor Anahuac ix. 228 The Mexicans were cultivating maize and tobacco when the Spaniards invaded the country. 1914 F. E. Fritsch & E. J. Salisbury Introd. Study Plants iv. 36 AS a first instance of a Monocotyledonous seed we may study the grain of the Maize. 1930 Ann. Appl. Biol. 17 623 Our maize streak virus was taken from a naturally streaked maize plant. 1988 T. Dangarembga Nervous Conditions ii. 21 By February my maize was dark green, taller than me and still growing. b. The grain produced by the plant Zea mays (see sense 1a). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > maize maizea1544 Turkey corn1597 turkey wheat1598 Indian corn1604 Indian1641 Turkish wheat1670 mealies1801 kanga1843 a1544 R. Barlow tr. M. Fernández de Enciso Brief Summe Geogr. (1932) 173 The indies of this contreie do ete of brede made with mais w^ch maketh good brede and is of moch sustenaunce. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. i. f. 3^v This kynde of grayne, they call Maizium. 1589 J. Sparke in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 540 Mayis maketh good sauory bread. 1589 J. Sparke in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 530 A kind of corne called Maise, in bignes of a pease, the eare whereof is much like to a teasell. 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course i. f. 15^v Throughout the western Islands they make bread of a kind of wheat called Mahiz. 1596 W. Raleigh Discoverie Guiana (new ed.) 3 It hath also for bread sufficient Mais, Cassaui. a1626 F. Bacon Med. Rem. in Wks. (1857) III. 828 Take of Indian maiz half a pound. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 250 Mays is not so easily brought to Fermentation. 1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 101 Maize is said to contain no gluten, and little..saccharine matter. 1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha xvii. 232 They..Beat to death poor Pau-Puk-Keewis, Pounded him as maize is pounded. 1894 Cent. Mag. Apr. 849 The first generations of English-Americans subsisted mainly on maize. 1977 R. Dahl Wonderful Story Henry Sugar 219 They gave me a shell filled with a thick grey intoxicating fluid made of fermented maize. 1987 Christian Aid News Jan.–Mar. 3/1 Zimbabwe..now has over a million tonnes of surplus maize. 2. A pale yellow resembling that of maize; a coal tar dye of this colour. Frequently denoting a colour of cloth or dress material. Also as adj.: of a pale yellow colour like that of maize. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs weldc1374 turmeric1545 yellow berry1652 fust1682 Avignon berry1728 eel-pout1736 yellowroot1755 quercitron1785 brass-colour1797 fustet1821 tesu1823 morin1833 datiscin1835 maize1838 picric acid1838 xanthin1838 moric acid1839 purree1844 nitrophenisic acid1845 rubiacin1848 flavin1853 orellin1857 fustic1858 maize colour1859 fusteric1860 Manchester yellow1862 chrysaniline1864 ilixanthin1865 flavaniline1882 sun-yellow1884 butter yellow1887 African turmeric1888 Indian turmeric1890 weld yellow1899 1838 E. Grosvenor Jrnl. 9 June in G. Huxley Lady Elizabeth & Grosvenors (1965) iii. 78 Succeeded in finding..a maize and silver gown. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford xiii. 244 If a happy sea-green could be met with, the gown was to be sea-green; if not she inclined to maize. 1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Amos Barton ii, in Scenes Clerical Life I. 32 Maize is a colour that decidedly did not suit his complexion. 1890 T. E. Thorpe Dict. Appl. Chem. I. 263 The sodium salt of azoxystilbene-disulphonic acid..known in commerce as ‘sun yellow’ or ‘maize’. 1923 Daily Mail 15 June 6 (advt.) Crepe de Chine..newest shades, including: Pale Pink,..Maize, Lemon. 1970 Cape Times 28 Oct. 19/3 (advt.) Rambler Rogue, 1970, 5500 miles, maize with cognac trim. 1986 T. McGuane To skin Cat (1989) 66 Among the key effects Betty brought to the lake was Jack's stadium blanket in blue and maize, his school colors. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. maize beer n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > beer > [noun] > other kinds of beer spruce beerc1500 March beer1535 Lubecks beer1608 zythum1608 household beer1616 bottle1622 mumc1623 old beer1626 six1631 four1633 maize beer1663 mum beer1667 vinegar beer1677 wrest-beer1689 nog1693 October1705 October beer1707 ship-beer1707 butt beer1730 starting beer1735 butt1743 peterman1767 seamen's beer1795 chang1800 treacle beer1806 stock beer1826 Iceland beer1828 East India pale ale1835 India pale ale1837 faro1847 she-oak1848 Bass1849 bitter beer1850 bock1856 treble X1856 Burton1861 nettle beer1864 honey beer1867 pivo1873 Lambic1889 steam beer1898 barley-beer1901 gueuze1926 Kriek1936 best1938 rough1946 keg1949 IPA1953 busaa1967 mbege1972 microbrew1985 microbeer1986 yeast-beer- 1663 Minute 11 Mar. in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) I. 206 Dr. Merret moved, that some spirit might be drawn out of this Maiz-beer. 1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 450 In South America a kind of beer called Chicha or Maize beer is made from the grain. 2005 Financial Mail (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 25 Feb. 27 Once again African maize beer has been excused a duty increase. Duty on malt beer will rise by 9,5%. maize bread n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > maize bread pone1634 Indian bread1654 maize bread1663 kankie1735 hoecake1745 corn-bread1775 pone breadc1785 crackling-bread1834 Awendaw1847 piki1859 1663 Minute 11 Mar. in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) I. 206 Beer brewed of Maiz-bread. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxv Baskets..freighted with..maize-bread. 1990 D. Bristow & S. Motjuwadi Soweto iii. 57 Mbaqanga is African maize bread that..fills a void to leave one feeling full and satisfied. 2003 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 14 Oct. (Food section) E7/4 In the Twi language it [sc. dukunno] means boiled maize bread. maize cob n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > maize > head or cob ear of corna1425 ear1679 mealie cob1859 maize cob1882 1882 Times 30 May 6/2 A maize cob was to be bought at the same rate [sc. of five cowries]. 1957 V. W. Turner Schism & Continuity in Afr. Society i. 29 The boys carry supplies of vegetable food such as..green maize-cobs for the party. 2003 Afr. Amer. Rev. 37 633/2 A roasted maize cob for lunch. maize colour n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs weldc1374 turmeric1545 yellow berry1652 fust1682 Avignon berry1728 eel-pout1736 yellowroot1755 quercitron1785 brass-colour1797 fustet1821 tesu1823 morin1833 datiscin1835 maize1838 picric acid1838 xanthin1838 moric acid1839 purree1844 nitrophenisic acid1845 rubiacin1848 flavin1853 orellin1857 fustic1858 maize colour1859 fusteric1860 Manchester yellow1862 chrysaniline1864 ilixanthin1865 flavaniline1882 sun-yellow1884 butter yellow1887 African turmeric1888 Indian turmeric1890 weld yellow1899 1859 W. Collins Woman in White in All Year Round 3 Dec. 120/2 The floor was spread with Indian matting in maize-colour and red. 2003 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel 27 Apr. (Entree section) 079 I painted the living room a light maize color. maize-cutter n. ΚΠ 1853 Sci. Amer. 12 Nov. 67/1 Cane and Maize cutters..I claim the framing and manner of attaching the knife and arm to the sled. 1960 H. J. Hopfen Farm Implements Arid & Trop. Regions ix. 119 Animal-drawn maize cutter. A simple implement for harvesting the whole stalk can be made by mounting two blades on a wooden sled slightly aslant to the direction of pull. maize ear n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > maize > head, cob, ear, or inflorescence tassel1646 roasting ear1651 nubbin1692 grappe1693 cob1702 corn-cob1787 spike1800 ear leaf1835 maize ear1855 tucket1874 ear bud1901 1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha xiii. 177 Wagemin, the thief of corn-fields, Paimosaid, who steals the maize-ear! 2001 Econ. Devel. & Cultural Change 50 220 Farmers may observe variation in morphological characteristics of the maize ear and use them to define the classes of maize that they grow. maize farmer n. ΚΠ 1947 Forum (S. Afr.) 3 May 35/2 Maize-farmers..are becoming aware of the great service that Grenade DDT is performing for them. 1975 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Sept. 21/1 Maize farmers..spend a great deal of time and money on ground preparation, seed, fertilisers and weedicide. 2005 Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 21 Sept. 2 South African commercial maize farmers were expected to plant about 42% less maize in the coming season than last year. maize field n. ΚΠ 1771 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. II. 77 They [sc. birds] assemble by thousands in the maize-fields, and live at discretion. 1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha xiii. 176 All around the happy village Stood the maize-fields. 1988 J. Cartwright Interior xii. 141 The abandoned maize fields had become thick tracts of choking weed. 2006 Observer (Nexis) 1 Jan. 8 Elephants had been trampling his maize field and so he decided to fight back. maize flour n. ΚΠ 1819 E. Rigby tr. J. F. L. de Chateauvieux Italy ii. 27 They are fatted with pouture,..and finished with maize-flour. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. i. v. 139 Pastry, for which their maize-flour and sugar supplied ample materials. 2005 Guardian (Nexis) 7 Dec. 25 A pot of maize porridge... Four cups of maize flour, one cup of groundnut flour. maize garden n. ΚΠ 1899 A. Werner Captain of Locusts 263 They..carried her to the grove beyond the maize-gardens. 1957 G. Muldoon Trumpeting Herd xi. 122 The maize gardens were usually quite close to the villages. 1994 Oceania 65 (Electronic ed.) He was accompanied to a small thatched shelter in the midst of a maize garden some 500m away. maize grain n. ΚΠ 1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 479 The grains [of Cuzco maize] are four or five times the size of ordinary maize grains. 2002 Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 28 567 He kept two tonnes of maize grain with a consumption value close to Z$23,000 for his own household. maize grits n. ΚΠ 1901 Oxf. Times 9 Mar. 7/1 [The advertisers] have never used any..maize-grits, or any other substitute for either malt or hops. 1994 Geogr. Jrnl. 160 320/2 Guinness' ‘Merit’ is made from 100 per cent maize grits. maize harvest n. ΚΠ 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales (ed. 2) II. i. 22 I chanced to stop for the night at the house of a gentleman during the maize-harvest. 1890 O. Crawfurd Round Calendar in Portugal 198 The maize-harvest..comes just after the vintaging of the grapes. 2003 N. J. Jacobs Environment, Power, & Injustice vi. 135 The maize harvest..gave households a cushion against dependence on cash. maize husk n. ΚΠ 1955 R. Campbell tr. E. de Queiroz City & Mountains 132 In two tiny partitions..lay two pallets of maize-husks. 2001 N. Long Devel. Sociol. vi. 117 Maize husks are the dry leaves that protect the ear of maize and are used in the preparation of tamales, a typical Mexican dish. maize-husking n. and adj. ΚΠ 1904 N.E.D. at Maize Maize-husking. 1952 Primitive Man 25 65 The maize husking pin of the Chaco and of eastern North America. maize malt n. ΚΠ 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 271/1 Americans are now making beer largely from maize meal and maize malt. 1935 Agric. Hist. 9 113 Maize malt is prepared in the same manner as any other malt, but malting takes longer. 1998 Scunthorpe Evening Tel. (U.K.) (Nexis) 7 Mar. 21 The New Trent Malting Company, a subsidiary of the brewery at Crowle Wharf.., manufactured flake maize malt for the brewing trade. maize meal n. ΚΠ 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales (ed. 3) II. xxii. 303 Their diet..[should] consist principally of maize meal. 1909 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 40/2 Their beverage consists of fermented black sugar and water, and sometimes a little ground maize-meal mixed into it. 2004 M. Lundahl Globalization & Southern Afr. Econ. iii. 55 Producer prices of maize and maize meal prices are controlled. maize oil n. ΚΠ 1904 N.E.D. at Maize Maize-oil. 1933 Discovery May 158/1 Red palm oil and some samples of maize oil are good sources [of vitamin A]. 1999 J. Ranston Lawyer Manley I. iii. 25 Two of the tins smelt of kero-maize oil, and the other two smelt of maize oil. maize plant n. ΚΠ 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. viii. 159 Millions of maize plants upreared their tall stalks. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xvi. 271 The Red Indians looked on Mondamin, the maize-plant; as a gift of a god. 1974 J. B. Finean et al. Membranes & Cellular Functions ii. 21 A single maize plant..can transpire more than two litres of water per day. 2001 Amer. Antiq. 66 507/1 The documented multicropping..does not reduce maize plant density, but it does help smother weeds. maize poisoning n. ΚΠ 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 801 The special characters of maize poisoning may be due to some peculiarity in the chemical structure of this grain itself. 1933 Jrnl. Hygiene 33 208 On examination no gross lesion was discovered and it was evidently a case of acute maize poisoning. maize porridge n. ΚΠ 1953 R. Campbell Mamba's Precipice 40 Honey mixed with maize-porridge and milk. 1991 M. Connell Against Peacock Sky (BNC) 34 When Kalchu brought it fresh hay and water and even maize porridge it remained aloof and indifferent. 2003 Jrnl. Afr. Cultural Stud. 16 124 It should be noted that ordinarily Malawian males do not cook nsima (thick maize porridge). maize stalk n. ΚΠ 1896 P. A. Bruce Econ. Hist. Virginia I. 167 Except the juice sucked from the crushed fibre of the maizestalk, they had no knowledge of any spirits. 2002 T. Carnwath & I. Smith Heroin Cent. i. 21 Just before the end of the rainy season,..the poppy seed is sown among the maize stalks. maize starch n. ΚΠ 1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 450 The finer qualities of Maize starch are largely used as a substitute for arrowroot. 2005 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 23 July (Weekend section) 8 Lower-fat mayonnaise is usually bulked out with..modified maize starch and water, bolstered by extra emulsifiers. maize straw n. ΚΠ 1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 299 A hole in the maize-straw thatched roofs served as chimney. 1995 Mod. Asian Stud. 29 861 Some of them [sc. the women] had developed skills in weaving maize straw and rearing livestock and poultry. maize trough n. ΚΠ 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. xiii. 176 Your horse is standing at the maize-trough. 2001 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 25 Feb. (Spectrum section) 26 These cossetted birds roam free.., occasionally returning to the maize trough when the effort of scratching up dinner becomes too arduous. maize-whiskey n. ΚΠ 1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs I. 13 Maize-whiskey could be bought then for fifteen cents a gallon. 1908 Rep. Royal Comm. Whiskey & Other Potable Spirits 125/2 Do you think..that the person who consumed it would derive as much benefit from the American maize whiskey as from our malt whiskey? 2000 R. G. Anderson in P. C. Morris & J. A. Bryce Cereal Biotechnol. ix. 205 Inoculum concentration with Canadian maize whiskey fermentations is usually much lower than that used for Scotch or bourbon fermentations. b. maize-coloured adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > pale yellow gull13.. flaxen?1523 palew1547 straw-coloured1585 branlie1589 straw colour1589 flaxy1634 festucine1646 sulphureous1656 flaxenish1661 butter colour1665 strawy1668 straw-yellow1794 bombycinous1796 sulphur-coloured1811 sherry-yellow1813 sulphur-yellow1816 bombasic1825 straw1842 wax-coloured1842 stramineous1845 maize-coloured1852 daffodil1855 daw1856 flax1873 sherry-coloured1875 mastic1890 sulpho-chromic1895 ochroid1897 wheat-coloured1898 sulphurous1899 sulphury1900 tea rose1900 straw-pale1922 1852 E. Ruskin Let. 20 Feb. in Effie in Venice (1965) ii. 272 I had on my maize colored Tarletane with red roses. 1861 Englishwoman's Domest. Mag. 3 263/1 One skein of gold or maize-coloured Russia braid. 1965 Musical Times 105 375/1 The new hood is of square shape, made of red rose damask fully lined with maize coloured silk. maize-fed adj. ΚΠ 1877 Nature 28 June 158/1 The Servian soldiery..had no such powers of endurance as the maize-fed Turks. 1986 Times 11 Jan. 33/7 Meat courses embrace maize-fed chicken. 2005 Mirror (Nexis) 9 Nov. 30 Wheat or maize-fed chickens have a distinctive colour. C2. † maize-bird n. U.S. Obsolete any of various New World blackbirds of the family Icteridae, esp. the red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius maize thief1772 maize-bird1836 maizer1837 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius > agelaius phoeniceus (red-winged blackbird) red-winged starling1729 red-winged blackbird?1769 maize thief1772 redwing1778 red-winged oriole1785 red-winged troopial1825 redwing blackbird1830 maize-bird1836 maizer1837 swamp blackbird1891 officer1902 1836 R. King Narr. Journey Arctic Ocean II. xviii. 216 The oriolus phœniceus, (golden oriole, or maize-bird). 1837 W. Swainson On Nat. Hist. & Classif. Birds II. 100 The Agelainæ, or maize-birds. 1853 F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds III. 9 Red-winged maize-bird. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II 530 Maize-bird, a local name for Agelæus phoeniceus, often called the Red-winged Blackbird. † maize-cream n. Obsolete rare a decoction or gruel of maize or maize meal. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > gruel or broth for invalids > [noun] gruel1362 water gruel?c1450 cullisc1460 chicken brothc1540 coulis1603 barley-milk1607 maize-cream1626 chicken water1684 barley-cream1694 thin gruel1699 viper-broth1702 wangracea1733 barley-gruel1769 beef-tea1783 conjee1789 Revalenta1848 skink1880 toast-water1905 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §49 Indian Maiz..must be throughly boyled, and made into a Maiz-Creame, like a Barley Creame. 1807 J. Sinclair Code Health & Longevity I. 275 Indian maize hath..an excellent spirit of nourishment; but it must be thoroughly boiled, and made into a maize-cream, like a barley-cream. maize-eater n. (a) a person who or animal which eats maize; †(b) a South American marshbird, Pseudoleistes virescens (family Icteridae) (obsolete). ΚΠ 1827 W. Scott Highland Widow in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. viii. 150 The muleteer of Spain, who piques himself on being a maize-eater, and whose honour is not to be questioned without danger. 1878 W. D. Emerson Hist. Indian Corn xi. 293 The rabbit and hare, which might be great maize eaters, are too highly prized as game to be troublesome on a large scale. 1890 Cent. Dict. Maize-eater, a South American maize-bird, Pseudoleistes virescens. ?1919 A. E. Taylor in S. L. Bane & R. H. Lutz Organization Amer. Relief Europe, 1918–19 (1943) vii. 447/3 (table) In consideration of the fact that the peasant of Greater Servia is a maize eater, the total cereals are sufficient to carry the country. 1921 Avicultural Mag. Oct. 150 Another bird I secured..was a Green or Yellow-bellied Maize-eater... The olive-green of this Maize-eater contrasting with a band of canary yellow makes it welcome in a collection of active birds of this type. 2002 K. E. Lane Quito 1599 Introd. 11 Recent analysis shows the ancient Otavalan to have been..a maize eater from about the middle of Peru's Chavín Horizon (c. 500 B.C.E.). maize paper n. paper made from or containing maize leaf, esp. that used for rolling cigarettes; (also) a yellow-coloured cigarette paper. ΚΠ 1864 Rep. Comm. Agric. (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 436 With so much inflation of paper issues, in so many forms, it is not amazing that the attention of paper-makers should be turned to maize... There is a record of two maize-paper establishments existing in Italy in the eighteenth century. 1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 121 The young one lit a cigarette, a yellow one with maize paper. 1992 Times 15 Aug. 10/6 The Euro health police have just killed Boyards, those fat, acrid fags, usually wrapped in yellow maize paper. maize smut n. = corn-smut n. at corn n.¹ Compounds 4. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Maize-smut. 1953 F. T. Brooks Plant Dis. (ed. 2) xiii. 249 Maize smut occurs wherever the host is cultivated extensively. 1978 Physiol. Plant Pathol. 12 93 (title) The host-parasite physiology of the maize smut fungus. maize thief n. U.S. (now historical) = maize-bird n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius maize thief1772 maize-bird1836 maizer1837 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Agelaius > agelaius phoeniceus (red-winged blackbird) red-winged starling1729 red-winged blackbird?1769 maize thief1772 redwing1778 red-winged oriole1785 red-winged troopial1825 redwing blackbird1830 maize-bird1836 maizer1837 swamp blackbird1891 officer1902 1772 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. I. 372 The laws of Pensylvania..have settled a premium of three-pence a dozen for dead maize thieves. 1853 F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds III. 9 Red-winged maize-bird... Maize-thief. 1914 E. H. Eaton Birds N.Y. II. 232 In the early days of the country the Redwing was called the maize thief from his depredations upon the cornfield. maize yellow adj. and n. (of) a yellow like that of maize. ΚΠ 1841 H. Grote Let. 10 June in Lewin Lett. (1909) II. v. 8 I was..dressed in maize yellow gown with blonde trimming. 1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) 607 Light ochre yellow, maize yellow to dark gold ochre yellow. 1922 E. E. Wehr Synopsis of Syrphidae Nebraska 22 in University Stud. (Univ. Nebraska) 22 128 Chrysotoxum currani... Abdomen shining black, with maize yellow bands. 2002 A. H. Wright Life-hist. Frogs Okefinokee Swamp 46 Tadpole without black crest margins or lateral band; belly white, cartridge buff or yellow to maize yellow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.a1544
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