† moc-mainn.

Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymon: Chinese mùmián.

Etymology: < Chinese mùmián silk-cotton tree, Bombax ceiba, silk cotton, kapok < mù tree + mián cotton, silk floss. The word was probably borrowed into English via a conservative Chinese dialect in which the first element retains a final consonant (e.g. Hakka muk). N.E.D. (1907) notes that C. L. Wildenow tr. J. de Loureiro Flora Cochinchinensis (1793) gives mo-mien-hoa as the Chinese name for the ceiba or kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra. Compare Chinese miánhuā cotton < mián (see above) + huā flower. N.E.D. gives the pronunciation as (mǫ·kmēⁱn) /ˈmɒkmeɪn/.

Obsolete.

A silky elastic fibre derived from the seed pods of the Indian silk-cotton tree, Bombax ceiba; (also) the tree itself.Kapok, a similar fibre derived from the ceiba tree ( Ceiba pentandra), is now used in preference as a material for padding, stuffing, etc. (see kapok n.).

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istle1883

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1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Moc-Main, Name of the produce of the silk cotton-tree, Bombax heptaphyllum, a plant which grows abundantly in the East Indies, being a white shining substance of great lightness and elasticity.

1859 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 11 Feb. 181/1 The Bombax malabarensis furnishes a..downy fibre, known as moc-main.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 748/1 Moc-main, a Chinese name for Bombax Ceiba.

1881 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Bombax heptaphyllum,..a tree which affords the substance called moc-main.

1881 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Moc-main, the name given to the hairs of the seed-vessels of the silk cotton-tree, Bombax heptaphyllum.

Compounds

moc-main truss n. rare a truss padded with moc-main.

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1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Moc-Main Lever, Moc-Main Truss, Names given to a truss, from the substance with which the pad is stuffed being very light and elastic, and on that account allowing of the application of greater force than could be tolerated under other circumstances.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moc-main
释义	† moc-mainn. Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymon: Chinese mùmián. Etymology: < Chinese mùmián silk-cotton tree, Bombax ceiba, silk cotton, kapok < mù tree + mián cotton, silk floss. The word was probably borrowed into English via a conservative Chinese dialect in which the first element retains a final consonant (e.g. Hakka muk). N.E.D. (1907) notes that C. L. Wildenow tr. J. de Loureiro Flora Cochinchinensis (1793) gives mo-mien-hoa as the Chinese name for the ceiba or kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra. Compare Chinese miánhuā cotton < mián (see above) + huā flower. N.E.D. gives the pronunciation as (mǫ·kmēⁱn) /ˈmɒkmeɪn/. Obsolete. A silky elastic fibre derived from the seed pods of the Indian silk-cotton tree, Bombax ceiba; (also) the tree itself.Kapok, a similar fibre derived from the ceiba tree ( Ceiba pentandra), is now used in preference as a material for padding, stuffing, etc. (see kapok n.). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > other textiles obtained from plants > [noun] flax1553 vegetable silka1660 pulu1833 ramie1851 moc-main1857 China-grass1858 tree-wool1870 istle1883 arghan1922 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Moc-Main, Name of the produce of the silk cotton-tree, Bombax heptaphyllum, a plant which grows abundantly in the East Indies, being a white shining substance of great lightness and elasticity. 1859 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 11 Feb. 181/1 The Bombax malabarensis furnishes a..downy fibre, known as moc-main. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 748/1 Moc-main, a Chinese name for Bombax Ceiba. 1881 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Bombax heptaphyllum,..a tree which affords the substance called moc-main. 1881 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Moc-main, the name given to the hairs of the seed-vessels of the silk cotton-tree, Bombax heptaphyllum. Compounds moc-main truss n. rare a truss padded with moc-main. ΚΠ 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Moc-Main Lever, Moc-Main Truss, Names given to a truss, from the substance with which the pad is stuffed being very light and elastic, and on that account allowing of the application of greater force than could be tolerated under other circumstances. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1857
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