单词 | nut-crack |
释义 | nut-crackn. Now historical and rare. = nutcracker n. 1a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > tools for preparing fruit or nuts nutcracker1481 nut-crack1570 nutcrackers1600 crackera1640 crack-nut1656 orange-strainer1688 apple scoop1696 orange-peel cutter1757 apple corer1778 lemon-squeezer1781 corer1789 orange squeezer1815 seeder1865 sweat-box1870 reamer1894 stemmer1898 juicer1938 zester1963 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Aiiv/1 Nutcracke, nucifrangium. 1647 J. Fletcher Pilgrim ii. i. 50 Her Lady-fayry, to oyl the dores o' nights, That they may open with discretion, Her Gin, her Nut-crack. 1681 Reply to ‘Mischief of Impositions’ 4 They can find in their hearts to play with Nut-cracks and Hobby-horses. 1682 T. Southerne Loyal Brother v, in Wks. (1721) I. 59 Indeed a nutcrack, or some such conceited Hyroglyphical Engine does well in the hand of a magistrate. 1793 A. Seward Lett. (1811) III. 266 A mouth that will be nut-cracks at 60. 1806 in J. Tomlinson Doncaster (1887) 257 For 16 pairs of nut-cracks to mansion house. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 335/2 Nut-cracks, 6d. to 1s. 6d. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone II. xi. 150 The gentleman on the cue-bald horse shuts up his face like a pair of nut-cracks, as wide as it was long before. 1906 Dial. Notes 3 148 Please pass the nut-cracks. 1917 Harrods Gen. Catal. 951 Nutcracks and picks, in velvet-lined case. Ebony handles, 12/6 case. 1984 P. Cuffley Chandeliers & Billy Tea iv. 84 (caption) Case containing Two Pairs of Electro-plated Nutcracks and One Pair of Electro-plated Grape Scissors. Compounds Nut-crack Night n. British and U.S. regional Halloween. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Halloween (31 October) > [noun] All Hallow Evec1325 All Hallows' Eve1447 All Saints' Eve?c1550 Halloween1556 Nut-crack Night1731 1731 Poor Robin sig. B7 (table) Observations on November...1 Nutcrack Night... 5 Guy Fawks. 1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. App. 344 From the Custom of flinging [nuts]..into the Fire, it has doubtless had its vulgar Name of Nutcrack-Night. 1849 Gloss. Prov. Words Teesdale 91 Nut-crack neet, Nut-crack night, Allhallows Eve. It used to be the custom to reserve some nuts for this night. 1868 Harper's Mag. Dec. 72/2 Holy-eve, or Nutcrack-night, is another of those seasons which abound with curious and superstitious practices. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xii. 271 In Liverpool Hallowe'en is known as ‘Duck Apple’, in Newcastle ‘Dookie-Apple Night’, in Swansea ‘Apple and Candle Night’, in Pontypool ‘Bob Apple’ or ‘Crab Apple Night’, and in Durham ‘Nut Crack Night’. 2001 LaCrosse (Wisconsin) Tribune 1 Nov. People in Northern England and Scotland in the early 1800s began celebrating Nut Crack Night, when families would eat apples and nuts in front of a fire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1570 |
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