merinoadj.n.

Brit.

/məˈriːnəʊ/, U.S.

/məˈrinoʊ/

Inflections: Plural merinoes, merinos.

Forms: also with capital initial.

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

Etymology: < Spanish merino (15th cent.), probably < Arabic Marīnī member of the Banū Marīn, a Berber people and former dynasty of Morocco (see Marinid n. and adj.), from whose territory sheep were imported to Spain.The form of the Spanish word is perhaps influenced by merino fiscal or judicial officer (11th cent.) < post-classical Latin majorinus delegate of the king invested with judicial power (a1020) < classical Latin maior major adj. + -īnus -ine suffix¹; compare classical Latin maiorīnus a kind of large olive (one isolated attestation). Use in senses A. 3, B. 1b arises from the fact that the fine-woolled Merino sheep were introduced early in Australia in small numbers and valued more highly than coarse-woolled sheep.

A. adj. (attributive).

1. Frequently in form Merino. Of, relating to, or designating a sheep of a breed prized for the fineness of its wool, originating in Spain and introduced to England for breeding purposes towards the end of the 18th cent.The original Merino sheep spread from Spain throughout Europe, and remains prominent today (chiefly in cross-breeds) also in Australia, the United States, Russia, and elsewhere.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of particular breeds

belted1582

loaghtan1702

merino1780

Teeswater1786

Ryeland1790

Anglo-Merino1806

East Friesian1895

1751 B. Franklin Let. 10 Dec. in Papers (1961) IV. 214 I thank you for the marine Wooll; 'tis a Curiosity.]

1780 J. T. Dillon Trav. Spain i. v. 47 The Merino sheep, of which it is computed there are between four and five million in the kingdom.

1803 J. Somerville (title) Facts and observations relating to Sheep, Wool, Ploughs and Oxen; in which the importance of improving the short-woolled breeds by a mixture of the Merino blood is deduced from actual practice.

1813 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Feb. 122 Having had the experience of more than ten years, both in the growth and manufacture of British Merino wools.

1837 W. Youatt Sheep v. 146 The Merino flocks and the Merino wool have improved under the more careful management of other countries.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 260/1 Sheep sprung from the Merino stock.

1907 N.Z. Official Year-bk. 669 Sheep bred from merino ewes and longwool rams are the most suitable for the frozen meat trade, and are known as ‘freezers’.

1960 Countryman (Perth, Austral.) 7 Jan. 4/2 There is room in the Great Southern for more fine-wooled Merino sheep, but they have not proved popular with woolgrowers in the area.

1991 Bike Nashbar Catal. Early Spring 13/1 We're pleased to introduce our new, revamped line of winter cycling apparel made of 100% Merino wool.

2. Of a garment: made from the wool of this sheep, or from a fabric or yarn resembling this (see sense B. 2a).

ΚΠ

1820 G. Keats Let. in J. Keats Lett. (1958) II. 357 We will send Miss Brawn an india Crape dress or merino shawl or something scarce with you, but cheap with us.

1857 E. Rigby On Constit. Treatm. Female Dis. i. 10 She should be clothed from head to foot in a warm elastic merino dress next the skin.

1872 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 2 Apr. 6/1 (advt.) Ladies' underwear... Best Merino Undershirts, fine finish;..fine French corsets.

1903 Longman's Mag. June 130 A pair of ordinary merino socks.

1981 F. Charles Signposts of Jumbie vi. 23 Dressed in khaki trousers, merino-vest and slippers.

1991 M. Mann Tales of Victorian Norfolk (BNC) 18 With a crow of delight the little thing had made for Mary and clutched the green merino dress.

3. colloquial (Australian and New Zealand). Of or belonging to the class of people known as pure merinos (sense B. 1b). Hence: first-class, well-bred, elite. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1827 Monitor (Sydney) 13 Jan. 2 It operates greatly to the credit of the Pure Merino Bank.

1837 Cornwall Chron. (Launceston, Austral.) 5 Aug. 3 Proceedings..commenced against this Merino paper, whose Editor considers his own writing to be the very quintessence of everything that is good and virtuous.

1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 46 Merino, pure, originally, a free settler. Later, members of the alleged ‘leading families’. Also (adj.) first-class, superlative in quality.

1954 T. Ronan Vision Splendid 113 ‘Old Mentmore’, he explained, ‘is one of your pure merino sportsmen: member of all the big racing clubs down south.’

B. n.

a. Frequently in form Merino. A merino sheep.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > specific breeds or members of > Merino

Spanish sheep1788

Negretti1793

Spanish Merino1802

merino1804

Rambouillet1809

Vermont merino1891

1804 D. Humphreys Misc. Wks. 103 Clad in the raiment my Merinos yield, Like Cincinnatus fed from my own field.

1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1836) VI. 531 Neither Americans nor English will ever derive any general advantage from the Merinos.

1868 W. Latham States of River Plate (ed. 2) ii. 78 The distinctive characteristics of the ‘Rambouillet’ variety of the Merino are those of considerably larger carcase, longer wool,..and better fatting qualities.

1911 W. H. Koebel In Maoriland Bush vii. 115 Sheep of all breeds, whether close-woolled merinos or long-fleeced Lincolns, are wont to develop a power of obstinacy.

1978 A. Fenton Northern Isles liv. 447 Orkney ewes were also crossed with Merinos.

b. colloquial (Australian and New Zealand). A person who has chosen to settle in Australia, as opposed to a convict or ex-convict; (hence) a member of a leading family in Australian society; a person of fine breeding or good character. Esp. as pure merino. Now historical.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [noun] > person of > specifically in Australia

pure merino1826

1826 Monitor (Sydney) 24 Nov. 221/2 One of the late petit-jury has this week been committed for compounding felony, and another is expected shortly to be put in the House of Correction... Remember..these are all pure Merinos!

1865 S. Bennett Hist. Austral. Discov. & Colonisation 526 Unwarrantable assumptions of the ‘pure merinos’, as the official or aristocratic class or clique began to be called during Brisbane's time.

1897 Bulletin (Sydney) 23 Jan. 7/2 The University is at present run in the interest of the professors and the pure merinos.

1934 J. C. Lee Boshstralians 15 ‘He was a boss...’ ‘One of the whitest...’ ‘A true merino.’

1936 M. Franklin All that Swagger vii. 69 It was too early to regard Delacy as a deserter,..he was a pure merino who would not abscond from a fine young wife.

1966 G. W. Turner Eng. Lang. in Austral. & N.Z. i. 9 These sterling characters were also known as pure merinos when the sheep industry began to be based on imported merino sheep.

1976 K. Amos New Guard Movement 111 The attempt..to found an hereditary upper house in the New South Wales parliament based on an ‘aristocracy’ of the ‘pure merino’ class.

a. A soft fine material resembling cashmere, originally made of merino wool but later of any fine wool or wool and cotton mixture.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from mixed fibres > [noun] > cotton and wool

moreena1691

satinette1723

jeanette1785

gambroon1812

cassinette1817

merino1818

lustre1831

Russell cord1834

domett1835

mousseline de laine1835

moreen-damask1837

delaine1840

Orleans1844

kerseynette1846

balzarine1849

muslin-de-laine1856

Verona serge1858

president1860

Persian cord1873

moreen silk1889

niggerhead1892

Viyella1894

Verona1904

Panama1907

Parisian cloth1960

1818 M. Edgeworth Let. 29 Oct. (1971) 130 Tell me which you prefer the Merino or the Queens cloth... The Merino looks much the best in the piece.

1823 Repository of Arts 1 Feb. 120 Gowns for home-dress..are of velvet, Merino, and gros de Naples.

1842 J. Bischoff Comprehensive Hist. Woollen Manuf. II. 415 They..imitated the article of cotton jeans, in worsted,..to which they gave the name of plainbacks out of which has sprung that..valuable branch of merinos.

1864 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene i. xiii. 352 In merino and other fabrics it [sc. cotton] is used with wool.

1957 P. White Voss xi. 318 Many a citizen, walking at the water's edge, in good nankeen or new merino, did entertain secret hopes.

1991 M. Mann Tales of Victorian Norfolk (BNC) 89 Queenie, sitting prim and upright in her Sunday dress of violet merino.

b. A fine woollen yarn used in the manufacture of hosiery and knitwear.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > woollen > for manufacture of fabric, garments, or trimmings

bay-yarn1753

genappe1858

clothing wool1869

merino1886

1886 Housewife 1 109/1 Garments made of merino, stockingette [etc.].

1886 Housewife 1 109/1 The material used for darning is..merino.

1987 Weekly News (Cambridge) 15 Oct. 36/2 Their range of wools, which include luxury merino and mohair.

a. A garment, esp. a dress or shawl, made of merino (sense B. 2a).

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for head or neck or body > [noun] > shawl > types of

zephyr1774

zendaletto1789

rebozo1807

cashmere1822

India shawl1822

Paisley shawl1823

blanket shawl1837

pashmina1837

merino1839

Paisley1849

fascinator1853

phulkari1887

turn-over1891

manton1920

lappa1954

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > made of specific material

farandine1672

tabby1726

satin1730

lutestring1756

silk1793

muslinc1794

zephyrine1820

merino1839

mousseline1847

moire1851

velvet1851

tarlatan1852

velveteen1873

tussore1884

paper dress1886

Gloria1895

Tibet1900

tub-dress1909

tub-frock1909

1839 C. M. Kirkland New Home xviii. 119 The very next person that came was Mrs. Skinner, the merchant's wife, all drest in her red merino, to make a visit.

1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. iv. 44 She put on her pretty new blue merino, made tight to her throat.

1873 ‘S. Coolidge’ What Katy did at School ix. 185 She shook her head over the simple, untrimmed merinoes and thick cloth cloaks.

1926 S. T. Warner Lolly Willowes i. 17 Nannie would let out another tuck in Laura's ginghams and merinos.

1991 M. Mann Tales of Victorian Norfolk (BNC) 23 That visionary baby of hers..should be old enough by now to wear the green merino in which her mother came to Dulditch.

b. Chiefly Caribbean. An undershirt, originally one made of merino wool.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > vest or undershirt > other

demy?1499

waistcoat1606

singlet1763

day shift1765

jersey1837

merinoc1915

T-shirt1920

Jacky Howe1936

string vest1951

c1915 in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 299/2 I've torn my merino.

1936 C. L. R. James Minty Alley iii. 19 A..youth of about twenty—dressed in a patched and dirty pair of blue trousers and an old jacket without shirt or merino.

1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together ii. iii. 163 He was dressed only in his merino and drawers.

1961 I. Khan Jumbie Bird vi. 92 The old man took a merino and pair of trousers from the line which Meena had hung across the front of his room.

4. U.S. A variety of potato.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > potato > types of

baker1651

Irish potato1664

sprout1771

London lady1780

ox-noble1794

pink-eye1795

kidney1796

Suriname1796

round1800

yam potato1801

bluenose1803

yam1805

bead-potato1808

Murphy1811

lumper1840

blue1845

salmon1845

merino1846

regent1846

pink1850

redskin potato1851

fluke1868

snowflake1882

magnum1889

ware1894

snowdrop1900

King Edward1902

Majestic1917

red1926

fingerling1930

Pentland1959

chipper1961

Maris Peer1963

Maris Piper1963

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > potato > types of potato

potato1629

Rough Red1771

sprout1771

London lady1780

russet1780

ox-noble1794

pink-eye1795

kidney1796

Suriname1796

silver-skin1797

yam potato1801

bluenose1803

yam1805

bead-potato1808

lumper1840

blue1845

merino1846

regent1846

pink1850

redskin potato1851

fluke1868

mangel-wurzel potato1875

snowflake1882

snowdrop1900

pomato1905

Idaho1911

Majestic1917

red1926

Pentland1959

1846 Cultivator 3 196/2 The potato alluded to is variously named, La Plata red, Spanish, or Merino, long red, &c.

1853 Trans. Michigan Agric. Soc. 5 208 A great many varieties of the potato are cultivated in Europe and America. Some of the more approved kinds are..the Merino [etc.].

1887 A. W. Tourgée Button's Inn 178 He picked up the potatoes,..—delicate white ‘Kidneys’,..and coarse red ‘Merinoes’.

1915 Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric. No. 176. 38 Long Red. Synonyms. La Plata Red, Spanish, Merino... From La Plata, South America, about 1806... Claimed to be the hardiest potato in existence.

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

单词	merino
释义	merinoadj.n. Brit. /məˈriːnəʊ/, U.S. /məˈrinoʊ/ Inflections: Plural merinoes, merinos. Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish merino. Etymology: < Spanish merino (15th cent.), probably < Arabic Marīnī member of the Banū Marīn, a Berber people and former dynasty of Morocco (see Marinid n. and adj.), from whose territory sheep were imported to Spain.The form of the Spanish word is perhaps influenced by merino fiscal or judicial officer (11th cent.) < post-classical Latin majorinus delegate of the king invested with judicial power (a1020) < classical Latin maior major adj. + -īnus -ine suffix¹; compare classical Latin maiorīnus a kind of large olive (one isolated attestation). Use in senses A. 3, B. 1b arises from the fact that the fine-woolled Merino sheep were introduced early in Australia in small numbers and valued more highly than coarse-woolled sheep. A. adj. (attributive). 1. Frequently in form Merino. Of, relating to, or designating a sheep of a breed prized for the fineness of its wool, originating in Spain and introduced to England for breeding purposes towards the end of the 18th cent.The original Merino sheep spread from Spain throughout Europe, and remains prominent today (chiefly in cross-breeds) also in Australia, the United States, Russia, and elsewhere. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of particular breeds belted1582 loaghtan1702 merino1780 Teeswater1786 Ryeland1790 Anglo-Merino1806 East Friesian1895 1751 B. Franklin Let. 10 Dec. in Papers (1961) IV. 214 I thank you for the marine Wooll; 'tis a Curiosity.] 1780 J. T. Dillon Trav. Spain i. v. 47 The Merino sheep, of which it is computed there are between four and five million in the kingdom. 1803 J. Somerville (title) Facts and observations relating to Sheep, Wool, Ploughs and Oxen; in which the importance of improving the short-woolled breeds by a mixture of the Merino blood is deduced from actual practice. 1813 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Feb. 122 Having had the experience of more than ten years, both in the growth and manufacture of British Merino wools. 1837 W. Youatt Sheep v. 146 The Merino flocks and the Merino wool have improved under the more careful management of other countries. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 260/1 Sheep sprung from the Merino stock. 1907 N.Z. Official Year-bk. 669 Sheep bred from merino ewes and longwool rams are the most suitable for the frozen meat trade, and are known as ‘freezers’. 1960 Countryman (Perth, Austral.) 7 Jan. 4/2 There is room in the Great Southern for more fine-wooled Merino sheep, but they have not proved popular with woolgrowers in the area. 1991 Bike Nashbar Catal. Early Spring 13/1 We're pleased to introduce our new, revamped line of winter cycling apparel made of 100% Merino wool. 2. Of a garment: made from the wool of this sheep, or from a fabric or yarn resembling this (see sense B. 2a). ΚΠ 1820 G. Keats Let. in J. Keats Lett. (1958) II. 357 We will send Miss Brawn an india Crape dress or merino shawl or something scarce with you, but cheap with us. 1857 E. Rigby On Constit. Treatm. Female Dis. i. 10 She should be clothed from head to foot in a warm elastic merino dress next the skin. 1872 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 2 Apr. 6/1 (advt.) Ladies' underwear... Best Merino Undershirts, fine finish;..fine French corsets. 1903 Longman's Mag. June 130 A pair of ordinary merino socks. 1981 F. Charles Signposts of Jumbie vi. 23 Dressed in khaki trousers, merino-vest and slippers. 1991 M. Mann Tales of Victorian Norfolk (BNC) 18 With a crow of delight the little thing had made for Mary and clutched the green merino dress. 3. colloquial (Australian and New Zealand). Of or belonging to the class of people known as pure merinos (sense B. 1b). Hence: first-class, well-bred, elite. Now historical. ΚΠ 1827 Monitor (Sydney) 13 Jan. 2 It operates greatly to the credit of the Pure Merino Bank. 1837 Cornwall Chron. (Launceston, Austral.) 5 Aug. 3 Proceedings..commenced against this Merino paper, whose Editor considers his own writing to be the very quintessence of everything that is good and virtuous. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 46 Merino, pure, originally, a free settler. Later, members of the alleged ‘leading families’. Also (adj.) first-class, superlative in quality. 1954 T. Ronan Vision Splendid 113 ‘Old Mentmore’, he explained, ‘is one of your pure merino sportsmen: member of all the big racing clubs down south.’ B. n. 1. a. Frequently in form Merino. A merino sheep. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > specific breeds or members of > Merino Spanish sheep1788 Negretti1793 Spanish Merino1802 merino1804 Rambouillet1809 Vermont merino1891 1804 D. Humphreys Misc. Wks. 103 Clad in the raiment my Merinos yield, Like Cincinnatus fed from my own field. 1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1836) VI. 531 Neither Americans nor English will ever derive any general advantage from the Merinos. 1868 W. Latham States of River Plate (ed. 2) ii. 78 The distinctive characteristics of the ‘Rambouillet’ variety of the Merino are those of considerably larger carcase, longer wool,..and better fatting qualities. 1911 W. H. Koebel In Maoriland Bush vii. 115 Sheep of all breeds, whether close-woolled merinos or long-fleeced Lincolns, are wont to develop a power of obstinacy. 1978 A. Fenton Northern Isles liv. 447 Orkney ewes were also crossed with Merinos. b. colloquial (Australian and New Zealand). A person who has chosen to settle in Australia, as opposed to a convict or ex-convict; (hence) a member of a leading family in Australian society; a person of fine breeding or good character. Esp. as pure merino. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [noun] > person of > specifically in Australia pure merino1826 1826 Monitor (Sydney) 24 Nov. 221/2 One of the late petit-jury has this week been committed for compounding felony, and another is expected shortly to be put in the House of Correction... Remember..these are all pure Merinos! 1865 S. Bennett Hist. Austral. Discov. & Colonisation 526 Unwarrantable assumptions of the ‘pure merinos’, as the official or aristocratic class or clique began to be called during Brisbane's time. 1897 Bulletin (Sydney) 23 Jan. 7/2 The University is at present run in the interest of the professors and the pure merinos. 1934 J. C. Lee Boshstralians 15 ‘He was a boss...’ ‘One of the whitest...’ ‘A true merino.’ 1936 M. Franklin All that Swagger vii. 69 It was too early to regard Delacy as a deserter,..he was a pure merino who would not abscond from a fine young wife. 1966 G. W. Turner Eng. Lang. in Austral. & N.Z. i. 9 These sterling characters were also known as pure merinos when the sheep industry began to be based on imported merino sheep. 1976 K. Amos New Guard Movement 111 The attempt..to found an hereditary upper house in the New South Wales parliament based on an ‘aristocracy’ of the ‘pure merino’ class. 2. a. A soft fine material resembling cashmere, originally made of merino wool but later of any fine wool or wool and cotton mixture. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from mixed fibres > [noun] > cotton and wool moreena1691 satinette1723 jeanette1785 gambroon1812 cassinette1817 merino1818 lustre1831 Russell cord1834 domett1835 mousseline de laine1835 moreen-damask1837 delaine1840 Orleans1844 kerseynette1846 balzarine1849 muslin-de-laine1856 Verona serge1858 president1860 Persian cord1873 moreen silk1889 niggerhead1892 Viyella1894 Verona1904 Panama1907 Parisian cloth1960 1818 M. Edgeworth Let. 29 Oct. (1971) 130 Tell me which you prefer the Merino or the Queens cloth... The Merino looks much the best in the piece. 1823 Repository of Arts 1 Feb. 120 Gowns for home-dress..are of velvet, Merino, and gros de Naples. 1842 J. Bischoff Comprehensive Hist. Woollen Manuf. II. 415 They..imitated the article of cotton jeans, in worsted,..to which they gave the name of plainbacks out of which has sprung that..valuable branch of merinos. 1864 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene i. xiii. 352 In merino and other fabrics it [sc. cotton] is used with wool. 1957 P. White Voss xi. 318 Many a citizen, walking at the water's edge, in good nankeen or new merino, did entertain secret hopes. 1991 M. Mann Tales of Victorian Norfolk (BNC) 89 Queenie, sitting prim and upright in her Sunday dress of violet merino. b. A fine woollen yarn used in the manufacture of hosiery and knitwear. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > woollen > for manufacture of fabric, garments, or trimmings bay-yarn1753 genappe1858 clothing wool1869 merino1886 1886 Housewife 1 109/1 Garments made of merino, stockingette [etc.]. 1886 Housewife 1 109/1 The material used for darning is..merino. 1987 Weekly News (Cambridge) 15 Oct. 36/2 Their range of wools, which include luxury merino and mohair. 3. a. A garment, esp. a dress or shawl, made of merino (sense B. 2a). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for head or neck or body > [noun] > shawl > types of zephyr1774 zendaletto1789 rebozo1807 cashmere1822 India shawl1822 Paisley shawl1823 blanket shawl1837 pashmina1837 merino1839 Paisley1849 fascinator1853 phulkari1887 turn-over1891 manton1920 lappa1954 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > made of specific material farandine1672 tabby1726 satin1730 lutestring1756 silk1793 muslinc1794 zephyrine1820 merino1839 mousseline1847 moire1851 velvet1851 tarlatan1852 velveteen1873 tussore1884 paper dress1886 Gloria1895 Tibet1900 tub-dress1909 tub-frock1909 1839 C. M. Kirkland New Home xviii. 119 The very next person that came was Mrs. Skinner, the merchant's wife, all drest in her red merino, to make a visit. 1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. iv. 44 She put on her pretty new blue merino, made tight to her throat. 1873 ‘S. Coolidge’ What Katy did at School ix. 185 She shook her head over the simple, untrimmed merinoes and thick cloth cloaks. 1926 S. T. Warner Lolly Willowes i. 17 Nannie would let out another tuck in Laura's ginghams and merinos. 1991 M. Mann Tales of Victorian Norfolk (BNC) 23 That visionary baby of hers..should be old enough by now to wear the green merino in which her mother came to Dulditch. b. Chiefly Caribbean. An undershirt, originally one made of merino wool. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > vest or undershirt > other demy?1499 waistcoat1606 singlet1763 day shift1765 jersey1837 merinoc1915 T-shirt1920 Jacky Howe1936 string vest1951 c1915 in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 299/2 I've torn my merino. 1936 C. L. R. James Minty Alley iii. 19 A..youth of about twenty—dressed in a patched and dirty pair of blue trousers and an old jacket without shirt or merino. 1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together ii. iii. 163 He was dressed only in his merino and drawers. 1961 I. Khan Jumbie Bird vi. 92 The old man took a merino and pair of trousers from the line which Meena had hung across the front of his room. 4. U.S. A variety of potato. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > potato > types of baker1651 Irish potato1664 sprout1771 London lady1780 ox-noble1794 pink-eye1795 kidney1796 Suriname1796 round1800 yam potato1801 bluenose1803 yam1805 bead-potato1808 Murphy1811 lumper1840 blue1845 salmon1845 merino1846 regent1846 pink1850 redskin potato1851 fluke1868 snowflake1882 magnum1889 ware1894 snowdrop1900 King Edward1902 Majestic1917 red1926 fingerling1930 Pentland1959 chipper1961 Maris Peer1963 Maris Piper1963 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > potato > types of potato potato1629 Rough Red1771 sprout1771 London lady1780 russet1780 ox-noble1794 pink-eye1795 kidney1796 Suriname1796 silver-skin1797 yam potato1801 bluenose1803 yam1805 bead-potato1808 lumper1840 blue1845 merino1846 regent1846 pink1850 redskin potato1851 fluke1868 mangel-wurzel potato1875 snowflake1882 snowdrop1900 pomato1905 Idaho1911 Majestic1917 red1926 Pentland1959 1846 Cultivator 3 196/2 The potato alluded to is variously named, La Plata red, Spanish, or Merino, long red, &c. 1853 Trans. Michigan Agric. Soc. 5 208 A great many varieties of the potato are cultivated in Europe and America. Some of the more approved kinds are..the Merino [etc.]. 1887 A. W. Tourgée Button's Inn 178 He picked up the potatoes,..—delicate white ‘Kidneys’,..and coarse red ‘Merinoes’. 1915 Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric. No. 176. 38 Long Red. Synonyms. La Plata Red, Spanish, Merino... From La Plata, South America, about 1806... Claimed to be the hardiest potato in existence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1780
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