单词 | molle |
释义 | † mollen.1 Obsolete. rare. A kestrel ( Falco tinnunculus). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco tinnunculus (kestrel) stanielc825 kestrel14.. stanchel?a1513 mollec1535 windfucker1599 stonegall1602 fleingall1608 fuckwind1611 scamela1616 furze-kite1635 wind-vanner1668 windhover1674 keelie1808 standgale1840 fanner1875 stand hawk1878 c1535 Ploughman's Tale iii. sig. D.iv Gledes and bosardes weren hem by White molles and puttockes token her place. 1598 T. Speght in Wks. G. Chaucer sig. Aaaaiiiiv/3 Molles, Kistrels. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018). mollen.2 The Peruvian mastic or pepper tree, Schinus molle. Also molle tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > of South America or West Indies > Peruvian mastic tree pepper tree1563 molle1581 Indian mastic1640 pepper1889 peppercorn shrub1901 peppercorn1954 1581 T. Nicholas tr. A. de Zárate Discov. & Conquest Peru i. viii. f. 13v They vse also another sorte of drinke, made of a small fruite which grow upon certaine Trees called Molles. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xxx. 292 Molle is a tree of many vertues, which casteth foorth small boughes, whereof the Indians make wine. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1524 Lentisci Pecuani [perh. read Peruani] similis Molle dicta. The Indians Molle. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. at Mastic-tree Indian Mastic, the name by which the Molle, or Peruvian Lentisk is sometimes called. 1849 J. Craig New Universal Dict. at Peruvian mastic-tree Mulli, the tree Schinus mulli, a native of Brazil and Peru. 1877 E. Squier Peru xxi. 391 Even the berries of the molle-tree are employed [to make an intoxicating beverage]. 1994 M. Griffiths Index Garden Plants 1053/1 S[chinus] molle... Pepper tree; Peruvian mastic tree; molle. 2000 Daily Tel. 6 Jan. 22/3 Molle from Peru is a close relative of poison ivy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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