May-buttern.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪˌbʌtə/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪˌbədər/

Forms: see May n.² and butter n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: May n.², butter n.¹

Etymology: < May n.² + butter n.¹, perhaps after Anglo-Norman bure de mai (13th cent.). Compare French beurre de mai (a1613).

Now historical.

a. Unsalted butter preserved in the month of May and sometimes used medicinally (see quots. 1615, 1718).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > other miscellaneous medicines > [noun] > folk medicines

May-butter?a1425

May-dew?a1425

silajit1811

stump water1892

traditional medicine1957

the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > butter > [noun] > types of butter

May-butter?a1425

clarified butter1562

pot-butter1616

manteca1622

grass butter1648

green butter1654

drawn butter1661

cacao butter1662

ghee1665

rowen1673

ruskin1679

orange butter1696

whey-buttera1722

rowen butter1725

fairy butter1747

grease1788

Cambridge butter1830

stubble-butter1856

black jack1858

maître d'hôtel butter1861

Normandy butter1868

creamery butter1881

pound butter1888

renovated butter1888

samn1888

process butter1898

pool butter1940

garlic butter1942

yak butter1962

Normandy1973

cannabutter1994

?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 20^v (MED) Fry ham with may buttyr and a litell alym.

a1500 in G. Henslow Med. Wks. 15th Cent. (1899) 127 Medle hem with may~botere..made as þe melke comeþ fro the cowȝe.

1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health cxcvi. 158 Yet would I wish that such as haue children to bring vp, would not be without May Butter in their houses.

1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry i. lx. 37 Take the leaues of wilde Nepe..and beating them in a mortar with May-Butter, apply it.

1615 G. Markham Eng. Hus-wife in Countrey Contentments ii. iv. 113 If during the month of May before you salt your butter you saue a lumpe thereof and put it into a vessell, and so set it into the sunne the space of that moneth, you shall finde it exceeding..medicinable for wounds.

1660 M. R. Exact Acct. Receipts 10 A pound of May-butter.

1718 J. Quincy Compl. Eng. Dispensatory iii. xi. 476 Butyrum Majale, May Butter. This is made by melting fresh Butter that has been made up without any Salt, in the Sun; which is to be repeated until it grows of a whitish Colour. This is a very trifling Medicine, and of no use but as any simple Unguent, or plain Lard may be.

1812 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec 23 We gave salted pork, and they returned two fresh beaver tails, which when boiled, renewed ideas, imbibed with the May-butter of our own country.

1859 E. G. Storke Domest. & Rural Affairs 142 The yellow color of May butter is frequently imitated artificially, by mixing some ground anatto root, or the juice of carrots, with the cream.

†b. In figurative and proverbial use. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Summarie Answere to Darel 224 Not any other but May-butter it selfe could possiblie melt in their mouthes.

a1625 J. Fletcher Noble Gentleman i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Dd3/2 Mad as May-butter.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iv. 115 You see it rains May-butter .

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	may-butter
释义	May-buttern. Brit. /ˈmeɪˌbʌtə/, U.S. /ˈmeɪˌbədər/ Forms: see May n.² and butter n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: May n.², butter n.¹ Etymology: < May n.² + butter n.¹, perhaps after Anglo-Norman bure de mai (13th cent.). Compare French beurre de mai (a1613). Now historical. a. Unsalted butter preserved in the month of May and sometimes used medicinally (see quots. 1615, 1718). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > other miscellaneous medicines > [noun] > folk medicines May-butter?a1425 May-dew?a1425 silajit1811 stump water1892 traditional medicine1957 the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > butter > [noun] > types of butter May-butter?a1425 clarified butter1562 pot-butter1616 manteca1622 grass butter1648 green butter1654 drawn butter1661 cacao butter1662 ghee1665 rowen1673 ruskin1679 orange butter1696 whey-buttera1722 rowen butter1725 fairy butter1747 grease1788 Cambridge butter1830 stubble-butter1856 black jack1858 maître d'hôtel butter1861 Normandy butter1868 creamery butter1881 pound butter1888 renovated butter1888 samn1888 process butter1898 pool butter1940 garlic butter1942 yak butter1962 Normandy1973 cannabutter1994 ?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 20^v (MED) Fry ham with may buttyr and a litell alym. a1500 in G. Henslow Med. Wks. 15th Cent. (1899) 127 Medle hem with may~botere..made as þe melke comeþ fro the cowȝe. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health cxcvi. 158 Yet would I wish that such as haue children to bring vp, would not be without May Butter in their houses. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry i. lx. 37 Take the leaues of wilde Nepe..and beating them in a mortar with May-Butter, apply it. 1615 G. Markham Eng. Hus-wife in Countrey Contentments ii. iv. 113 If during the month of May before you salt your butter you saue a lumpe thereof and put it into a vessell, and so set it into the sunne the space of that moneth, you shall finde it exceeding..medicinable for wounds. 1660 M. R. Exact Acct. Receipts 10 A pound of May-butter. 1718 J. Quincy Compl. Eng. Dispensatory iii. xi. 476 Butyrum Majale, May Butter. This is made by melting fresh Butter that has been made up without any Salt, in the Sun; which is to be repeated until it grows of a whitish Colour. This is a very trifling Medicine, and of no use but as any simple Unguent, or plain Lard may be. 1812 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec 23 We gave salted pork, and they returned two fresh beaver tails, which when boiled, renewed ideas, imbibed with the May-butter of our own country. 1859 E. G. Storke Domest. & Rural Affairs 142 The yellow color of May butter is frequently imitated artificially, by mixing some ground anatto root, or the juice of carrots, with the cream. †b. In figurative and proverbial use. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Summarie Answere to Darel 224 Not any other but May-butter it selfe could possiblie melt in their mouthes. a1625 J. Fletcher Noble Gentleman i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Dd3/2 Mad as May-butter. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iv. 115 You see it rains May-butter . View more context for this quotation This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425
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