| 单词 | oil of juniper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoil of juniper a. A genus of coniferous evergreen shrubs and trees, of which about thirty species are found in different parts of the northern hemisphere; specifically and originally, the common European species Juniperus communis, a hardy spreading shrub or low tree, having awl-shaped prickly leaves and bluish-black or purple berries, with a pungent taste, yielding a volatile oil ( oil of juniper) used in medicine as a stimulant and diuretic, also in the manufacture of gin. The common North American species is J. virginiana.The wood is occasionally used in joinery; the seeds and wood were formerly burnt as purifiers of the air. The coal of juniper wood was fabled to have a wonderful power of remaining glowing. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > junipers > [noun] gorsec1000 savinOE juniper-treea1382 junipera1400 quickena1400 juniperinec1430 cade1575 jeniver1585 melmot1644 oxycedar1646 red cedar1682 cover-shame1694 Bermuda cedar1700 pencil cedar1785 sharp cedar1840 Rocky Mountain juniper1852 tuckamore1863 tucking-bush1890 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > juniper bush gorsec1000 juniper-treea1382 junipera1400 quickena1400 juniperinec1430 jeniver1585 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > juniper berry juniper1578 gin berry1825 a1400 Pistel of Swete Susan (Vernon) 71 Þe Iunipere ientel, Ionyng be-twene. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xxviii. 289 That Tre hathe many Leues as the Gynypre hathe. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 397 Bordis of cipresse Playn and direct, vpsette hem in their kynde A foote atwyn, and hem to gedir dresse Wit iunipur [v.r. ienyper], box, oliue, or cupresse, So worchyng up thy wowis by and by. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccccxix. 734 A great large dyke full of busshes of genepar, and other small busshes. ?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe (1585) S v Give vnto the pacient..a litle oyle of Ienoper. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 257 Oyl of ashe tre helpeth them that be sick of the splene, besides that it can do all that oyl of Iuniper [L. oleum iuniperi] can. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. lxxxii. 763 Iuniper or the beries thereof burned driueth away..all infection and corruption of the ayre. 1582 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 199 Paid for iyneper to swetten the Hall jd. 1595 E. Spenser Amoretti xxvi, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. B6v Sweet is the Iunipere, but sharpe his bough. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 387 Annoint all his breast ouer with the Oyle of Ginnuper and Pepper mixt together. a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 58 The Coals of Juniper raked up will keep a glowing Fire for the space of a year. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxix. 460 Common Juniper has three spreading, pointed leaves coming out together, that are longer than the berry. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto X lxiii. 84 Holland's Hague..That water land of Dutchmen and of ditches, Where juniper expresses its best juice. 1857 J. G. Whittier Last Walk in Autumn ii On a ground of sombre fir And azure-studded juniper. 1857 J. Kidder Drama of Earth iii. xx. 269 Ay, here is oil of vitriol; oil of cassia; oil of turpentine; oil of caraways; oil of juniper; oil of almonds. 1871 H. Macmillan True Vine (1872) vii. 285. 1981 World Archaeol. 12 305 In antiquity the arms and indeed other wooden parts of the lyres may have been polished with oil of juniper or cedar mixed with beeswax. < as lemmas |
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