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单词 mustard pot
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mustard potn.

Brit. /ˈmʌstəd pɒt/, U.S. /ˈməstərd ˌpɑt/
Forms: see mustard n. and pot n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mustard n., pot n.1
Etymology: < mustard n. + pot n.1
A pot or cruet for holding table mustard. Also: a jar of mustard produced commercially.In Wyclif's sarcastic phrase (quot. a1425), often echoed by Protestant controversialists in the 16–17th centuries, the word seems to mean: a jar for keeping a supply of ready-mixed mustard, covered with parchment to exclude the air.
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mustard pota1425
a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 381 (MED) Þes lettris mai do good for to covere mostard pottis, but not þus for to wynne men blis.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 349 (MED) Mustard potte: Ceriola.
1580 W. Fulke Discov. Daungerous Rocke in Retentiue 299 Their learned workes shall liue and be in honor, when the Popes decretalls..shall stoppe mustard pottes.
1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. P1 If they set forth any notable booke of diuinitie, humanitie, or such like, they are in no request, but to stop musterd-pots.
1610–11 in J. O. Halliwell Anc. Inventories (1854) 70 Item, two musterd pottes.
1730 in J. S. Moore Clifton & Westbury Probate Inventories (1981) 203 In the Little Parlour..a Quart Pott and a Sault, a Musterd Pott, a Pringer and Eight Spoones.
1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 16 You may conveniently stick your Candle in a Bottle,..a twisted Napkin, a Mustard-Pot, an Inkhorn [etc.].
a1782 R. Graves Fable in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems (1782) V. 73 The pepper, Tom assigned his lot With vinegar, and mustard-pot.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 369/2 White metal-lidded and brown-bodied mustard pots.
a1897 T. E. Brown Coll. Poems (1900) i. 71 Thump! bump! A clump Of first a knife and then a fork! Then plump A mustard-pot!
1920 Amer. Woman Aug. 3/3 ‘How tidily you get the stuff in,’ he said, looking down at the rows and rows of little mustard-pots.
1985 M. Raymond Divided House (BNC) 126 Sara silently handed him the ingredients he wanted and found the mustard pot.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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