单词 | mouth-water |
释义 | mouth-watern.ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > lotion or bath > [noun] > specific lyea700 eye-water?1593 mouth-water1598 arquebusade1739 eye lotion1797 black wash1805 mouthwash1806 bloodbath1834 starch bath1836 sulphur bath1843 whitewash1897 wax bath1916 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for treating specific parts > [noun] > for the mouth mouth-water1598 mouthwash1806 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. f. 24 v/2 A mouth-water, or gargrise, made of barley-water. 1688 London Mercury 18–22 Dec. 2/2 W. Elmy..hath..a most excellent Gargarisme or Mouth-water. 1706 S. Sewall Diary 28 Dec. (1973) I. 558 He call'd for Mouth-Water..and then for his little pot to void it into. 1771 L. Carter Diary 26 Apr. (1965) I. 564 Every mouth water and gargarizm that could be thought of has been used. 2. Caribbean. Saliva. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > saliva > [noun] salivac1400 spittle1481 water1572 mouth-water1961 1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk vii. 137 Mouth-water is saliva. 1996 in R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage 392/1 He dribbles in his sleep; every morning you could see fresh mouth-water stains on his pillow. [Tobago]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598 |
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