messmaten.

Brit.

/ˈmɛsmeɪt/, U.S.

/ˈmɛsˌmeɪt/

Forms: see mess n.¹ and mate n.²; also 1800s messmet (Australian, in sense 2). Also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mess n.¹, mate n.²

Etymology: < mess n.¹ + mate n.²For an explanation of the sense development in sense 2 see quot. 1889 at sense 2.

a. A regular companion at meals; a member of a mess, esp. in the armed forces.

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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating in specific conditions > [noun] > eating in company > eating companion

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1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding i. i, in Comedies & Trag. 74 I'le prosecute thee, till thou art fain to hide in a Servitors gown again, and live upon Crums with the Robin Red-breasts that haunt the Hall, your old Mess-Mates.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 18 The Master..told me..I should be his Mess-mate and his Companion.

1750 H. Snell Female Soldier 74 Not only a Marine..but one of her Mess-Mates.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 16 At two in the afternoon, I found myself one of ten mess-mates seated at table.

1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful I. x. 180 He was..a good, quiet, honest messmate.

1885 Cent. Mag. June 306/2 He had been my mess-mate in the old army for more than a year.

1916 ‘Taffrail’ Carry On! 25 To their messmates in the wardroom, these three officers, with the officer borne for navigation duties, are usually ‘Number One’, ‘Guns’, ‘Torps’ and ‘Pilot’.

1981 A. Sproule in E. B. Donald Debrett's Etiquette & Mod. Manners vi. 109 In the 15th century, feudal households had no forks and more than one person ate off the same plate (were messmates), but strict rules of precedence (which are only just dying out) governed the seating arrangements.

†b. Nautical. Proverb a messmate before a shipmate, a shipmate before a stranger. Obsolete.

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1825 E. Fitzball Pilot iii. i. 35 I go first, if you please—a mess-mate before a ship-mate—a ship-mate before a stranger—a stranger before a dog—but a dog even before such a loblolly boy as you, every day in the week.

1853 Southern Literary Messenger 19 5 There is an aphorism among seafaring men: a messmate before a shipmate, and a shipmate before a stranger, which seamen act upon, although changing from ship to ship very many times.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) Messmate before a shipmate, shipmate before a stranger [etc.].

†c. Biology. = commensal adj. 2. Obsolete.

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the world > life > biology > balance of nature > organisms in interrelationship > [adjective] > commensal

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1870 Nature 10 Feb. 389/2 The commensal or messmate is merely a feeding companion.

1876 P. J. Van Beneden Animal Parasites & Messmates 48 We only know one Ophiurus which lives as a messmate on a comatula.

1881 K. Semper Animal Life iii. 74 It might be..that the green constituents were not integral elements of the animal, but foreign bodies living within it—commensals or ‘messmates’, as they are called.

2. Australian. Any of several rough-barked eucalypts; spec. the very tall Eucalyptus obliqua of Tasmania and south-eastern Australia (more fully messmate stringybark). Also: the wood of any of these trees.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees > string bark

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1861 H. W. Wheelwright Bush Wanderings of Naturalist xiii. 223 The ‘messmet’, as we called it—a species of bastard gum.

1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 429 Because it is allied to, or associated with, ‘Stringybark’, it [sc. Eucalyptus amygdalina] is also known by the name of ‘Messmate’.

1915 Bulletin (Sydney) 23 Sept. 24/4 Messmate or bastard stringy are fair fuel.

1962 Forestry Production Newslet. (C.S.I.R.O.) No. 286. 3 (title) Properties of Australian timbers. Messmate Stringybark (Eucalyptus obliqua).

1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World 261/2 The red mahogany or red messmate (E. resinifera) produces a strong, durable, easy-to-work red lumber.

1972 T. Keneally Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith xi. 120 The sun coming down steeply but full over the top of the cedar and tall blue messmates of the forest.

1989 L. Cronin Conc. Austral. Flora 192/2 Eucalyptus obliqua. Messmate. Messmate stringybark.

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

单词	messmate
释义	messmaten. Brit. /ˈmɛsmeɪt/, U.S. /ˈmɛsˌmeɪt/ Forms: see mess n.¹ and mate n.²; also 1800s messmet (Australian, in sense 2). Also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mess n.¹, mate n.² Etymology: < mess n.¹ + mate n.²For an explanation of the sense development in sense 2 see quot. 1889 at sense 2. 1. a. A regular companion at meals; a member of a mess, esp. in the armed forces. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating in specific conditions > [noun] > eating in company > eating companion mettec1330 meat-fellowa1382 board-fellow1382 meat ferec1384 messmana1450 commensala1464 companion?1505 messmate1664 trencher-companion1816 1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding i. i, in Comedies & Trag. 74 I'le prosecute thee, till thou art fain to hide in a Servitors gown again, and live upon Crums with the Robin Red-breasts that haunt the Hall, your old Mess-Mates. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 18 The Master..told me..I should be his Mess-mate and his Companion. 1750 H. Snell Female Soldier 74 Not only a Marine..but one of her Mess-Mates. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 16 At two in the afternoon, I found myself one of ten mess-mates seated at table. 1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful I. x. 180 He was..a good, quiet, honest messmate. 1885 Cent. Mag. June 306/2 He had been my mess-mate in the old army for more than a year. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Carry On! 25 To their messmates in the wardroom, these three officers, with the officer borne for navigation duties, are usually ‘Number One’, ‘Guns’, ‘Torps’ and ‘Pilot’. 1981 A. Sproule in E. B. Donald Debrett's Etiquette & Mod. Manners vi. 109 In the 15th century, feudal households had no forks and more than one person ate off the same plate (were messmates), but strict rules of precedence (which are only just dying out) governed the seating arrangements. †b. Nautical. Proverb a messmate before a shipmate, a shipmate before a stranger. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1825 E. Fitzball Pilot iii. i. 35 I go first, if you please—a mess-mate before a ship-mate—a ship-mate before a stranger—a stranger before a dog—but a dog even before such a loblolly boy as you, every day in the week. 1853 Southern Literary Messenger 19 5 There is an aphorism among seafaring men: a messmate before a shipmate, and a shipmate before a stranger, which seamen act upon, although changing from ship to ship very many times. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) Messmate before a shipmate, shipmate before a stranger [etc.]. †c. Biology. = commensal adj. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > organisms in interrelationship > [adjective] > commensal messmate1870 commensal1877 1870 Nature 10 Feb. 389/2 The commensal or messmate is merely a feeding companion. 1876 P. J. Van Beneden Animal Parasites & Messmates 48 We only know one Ophiurus which lives as a messmate on a comatula. 1881 K. Semper Animal Life iii. 74 It might be..that the green constituents were not integral elements of the animal, but foreign bodies living within it—commensals or ‘messmates’, as they are called. 2. Australian. Any of several rough-barked eucalypts; spec. the very tall Eucalyptus obliqua of Tasmania and south-eastern Australia (more fully messmate stringybark). Also: the wood of any of these trees. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees > string bark stringy-bark1801 string-bark1845 messmate1861 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > eucalyptus > type of morrel1837 red gum wood1843 red gum1846 messmate1861 1861 H. W. Wheelwright Bush Wanderings of Naturalist xiii. 223 The ‘messmet’, as we called it—a species of bastard gum. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 429 Because it is allied to, or associated with, ‘Stringybark’, it [sc. Eucalyptus amygdalina] is also known by the name of ‘Messmate’. 1915 Bulletin (Sydney) 23 Sept. 24/4 Messmate or bastard stringy are fair fuel. 1962 Forestry Production Newslet. (C.S.I.R.O.) No. 286. 3 (title) Properties of Australian timbers. Messmate Stringybark (Eucalyptus obliqua). 1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World 261/2 The red mahogany or red messmate (E. resinifera) produces a strong, durable, easy-to-work red lumber. 1972 T. Keneally Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith xi. 120 The sun coming down steeply but full over the top of the cedar and tall blue messmates of the forest. 1989 L. Cronin Conc. Austral. Flora 192/2 Eucalyptus obliqua. Messmate. Messmate stringybark. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1664
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