metaten.

Brit.

/mᵻˈtɑːteɪ/, U.S.

/məˈtɑdeɪ/

Forms: 1600s 1800s– metate, 1800s medat, 1800s– metat.

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

Etymology: < Mexican Spanish metate, métlatl (both 1577 in a Spanish text from Mexico) < Nahuatl metlatl.

In Central America and the southern United States: a flat or partly hollowed, usually oblong stone on which grain, cocoa, coffee, etc., is ground by means of a smaller stone. Also metate-stone. Cf. mano n.²

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > grinder

mortareOE

mortle1570

mill1588

metate1625

potato-mill1812

food mill1857

Moulinette1936

Mouli1937

mouli-légumes1959

moulin à legumes1959

moulin1962

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > millstone

millstoneeOE

quernstoneOE

grindle stone?c1225

grindstonea1250

dog stonea1399

grinding-stonec1440

runner1533

sheeling-stone1563

metate1625

burr millstone1771

mealing stone1866

1625 S. Purchas Hakluytus Posthumus III. v. vii. 1103 And so likewise of the Woman-childe, her bond they buried vnder the Metate, which is a stone to grinde Cakes vpon.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xvi. 108 The cacao..must be..ground upon a broad stone, which they call Metate.

1787 C. Cullen tr. F. S. Clavigero Hist. Mexico I. vii. 432 The Spaniards call the Metlatl metate.

1834 in Southwestern Hist. Q. (1942) 45 330 Mrs. Roark had a Mexican utensil for grinding corn, called a metate. It was a large rock which had a place scooped out of the center that would hold a peck of corn.

1847 W. S. Henry Campaign Sketches War with Mexico 134 The eldest was on her knees at the medatstone, grinding corn.

1854 J. R. Bartlett Personal Narr. Explor. & Incidents II. 245 Several broken metates, or corn-grinders, lie about the pile.

1877 H. C. Hodge Arizona 60 The Indians collect large quantities of both varieties, which when dried they grind into flour on their metat stones.

1932 E. Wilson Devil take Hindmost xviii. 199 In the caves there are only the metates left—the big stones on which they [sc. the Indians] ground their meal.

1975 Sci. Amer. Jan. 100/3 Other fragments showed evidence of splitting, indicating that the grain had been prepared not by pounding but by being rolled back and forth on a stone metate.

1985 J. A. Michener Texas v. 299 He grew to love the tortillas she made so patiently, kneeling before the stone metate as she beat the boiled corn into the gray-white mixture.

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

单词	metate
释义	metaten. Brit. /mᵻˈtɑːteɪ/, U.S. /məˈtɑdeɪ/ Forms: 1600s 1800s– metate, 1800s medat, 1800s– metat. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish metate. Etymology: < Mexican Spanish metate, métlatl (both 1577 in a Spanish text from Mexico) < Nahuatl metlatl. In Central America and the southern United States: a flat or partly hollowed, usually oblong stone on which grain, cocoa, coffee, etc., is ground by means of a smaller stone. Also metate-stone. Cf. mano n.² ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > grinder mortareOE mortle1570 mill1588 metate1625 potato-mill1812 food mill1857 Moulinette1936 Mouli1937 mouli-légumes1959 moulin à legumes1959 moulin1962 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > millstone millstoneeOE quernstoneOE grindle stone?c1225 grindstonea1250 dog stonea1399 grinding-stonec1440 runner1533 sheeling-stone1563 metate1625 burr millstone1771 mealing stone1866 1625 S. Purchas Hakluytus Posthumus III. v. vii. 1103 And so likewise of the Woman-childe, her bond they buried vnder the Metate, which is a stone to grinde Cakes vpon. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xvi. 108 The cacao..must be..ground upon a broad stone, which they call Metate. 1787 C. Cullen tr. F. S. Clavigero Hist. Mexico I. vii. 432 The Spaniards call the Metlatl metate. 1834 in Southwestern Hist. Q. (1942) 45 330 Mrs. Roark had a Mexican utensil for grinding corn, called a metate. It was a large rock which had a place scooped out of the center that would hold a peck of corn. 1847 W. S. Henry Campaign Sketches War with Mexico 134 The eldest was on her knees at the medatstone, grinding corn. 1854 J. R. Bartlett Personal Narr. Explor. & Incidents II. 245 Several broken metates, or corn-grinders, lie about the pile. 1877 H. C. Hodge Arizona 60 The Indians collect large quantities of both varieties, which when dried they grind into flour on their metat stones. 1932 E. Wilson Devil take Hindmost xviii. 199 In the caves there are only the metates left—the big stones on which they [sc. the Indians] ground their meal. 1975 Sci. Amer. Jan. 100/3 Other fragments showed evidence of splitting, indicating that the grain had been prepared not by pounding but by being rolled back and forth on a stone metate. 1985 J. A. Michener Texas v. 299 He grew to love the tortillas she made so patiently, kneeling before the stone metate as she beat the boiled corn into the gray-white mixture. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1625
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