单词 | nicotian |
释义 | nicotiann.1 Now rare. The tobacco plant, Nicotiana tabacum; (occasionally) any plant of the genus Nicotiana. Also (literary and poetic): tobacco.In quot. 1932, nicotians could be an error for nicotianas (cf. nicotiana n. (b)). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding drug or narcotic > [noun] > tobacco-plant nicotian1577 queen mother herb1577 queen's herb1577 tobacco1577 nicotiana1600 Frenchman1693 sot-weed1698 tobacco-plant1761 1577 J. Frampton tr. J. Liébault in tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes ii. f. 42 This Hearbe is called Nicotiane, of the name of hym that gaue the firste intelligence thereof into this Realme. 1597 J. Lyly Woman in Moone iii. i Gather me balme and cooling Violets, And of our holly hearbe Nicotian. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 105 To these I may..ioyn our adulterate Nicotian or Tobacco. 1616 B. Jonson Euery Man in his Humour iii. v. 32 Your Nicotian is good too... I doe hold it..to be the most soueraigne, and precious weede that euer the earth tendred to the vse of man. 1673 N. Grew Idea Phytol. Hist. iii. 129 The Aerial having a predominion to keep it from growing deep; as in Stramonium, Nicotian, Beet, &c. 1718 R. Blackmore Coll. Poems on Var. Subj. 114 Kindled Nicotian spreads more grateful Fumes, Which lull the Senses. 1883 Atlantic Monthly May 661/1 Was that gossamer-like illusion, lying upon the far horizon, the magic of nicotian, or the vague presence of distant heights? 1932 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 110 212 In other plants, such as cucumber, tomato and some nicotians, such resistance has been shown..to have a genetic, i.e., a chromosomic basis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nicotianadj.n.2 A. adj. Of or relating to tobacco or the tobacco plant; arising from the use of tobacco. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [adjective] tobaccical1604 nicotian1609 tobacconalian1835 tobacconian1835 tobaccoy1840 tobaccose1845 nicotinica1847 tobaccofied1846 nicotinian1864 tobaccoic1878 tobaccoed1893 1609 A. Craig Poet. Recreations in Poet. Wks. (1873) Thou that hast made of selling smoak a trade, And Jew and Gentill but remorse do'st gull, And by these base Nicotian bleads are glade To spoill, mar, blek, the stomach, brane, and skull. 1612 J. Cotta Short Discouerie Dangers Ignorant Practisers Physicke 5 And from this Nicotian fume grow now adaies, doubtlessly, many our frequent complaints. 1633 W. Lithgow Scotlands Welcome sig. D2 Some snuff and sneize it, and convert in dust This greene Negotian leaf, in blak spent lust. 1658 T. Bancroft Heroical Lover vii. 72 On one side of her stood a Cask repleat With lusty wine; on th' other side a great Nicotian boxe, which duly she did ply, Smoking and quaffing still alternately. a1729 J. Smedley Poems Several Occasions (1730) 178 The lov'd Nicotian Weed. 1825 W. Scott Jrnl. 22 Nov. (1939) 9 I..laid aside the use of the Nicotian weed for many years. 1832 N. Hawthorne in Token 94 Two or three sheepish countrymen..had gotten themselves into the darkest corner of the room, and, heedless of the Nicotian atmosphere, were supping on the bread of their own ovens. 1851 N. Hawthorne Snow Image (1879) 287 Heedless of the nicotian atmosphere. 1890 Spectator 7 June Here is a fair specimen of..light nicotian humour. 1954 S. A. Dickson in William & Mary Q. (1955) 12 356 Here, too, is the first hint of tobacco's association with the devil and powers of evil, allusions to which occasionally recur in nicotian literature. 1. Chemistry. = nicotianin n. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > oil from tobacco nicotia1830 nicotianin1833 nicotian1840 1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 213/2 A tobacco-camphor, called nicotian, or nicotianin, which crystallizes, and is solid at the ordinary temperature of the air. 2. literary and poetic. A tobacco-smoker. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > [noun] > smoker tobacchian1597 tobacco-taker1599 tobacconist1600 puffer1615 tobacco-fellow1616 tobacconer1616 smoker1617 whiffler1617 fume-gallant1621 whiffera1627 funker1691 tobacco-smoker1848 tobacconalian1854 nicotian1872 tobaccophil1882 coffin dodger1891 tobaccoite1898 tobacco-whiffer- 1872 Appletons' Jrnl. 20 Jan. 59/1 We are not going to follow these five Nicotians to the smoking-room. 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table v. 151 [I] have been a Nicotian..more than half my days. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11577adj.n.21609 |
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