Barcelonan.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for head or neck or body > [noun] > kerchief > types of
rumal1622
bandana1732
Barcelona1761
pulicat1768
fogle1811
kora1833
shawl-handkerchief1838
web1843
foulard1856
waterman1860
Malabar1882
Monteith1882
1761 in E. Singleton Social New York (1902) 236 Black Barcelona handkerchiefs.
1795 J. Wolcot Dinah in Wks. (1812) IV. 187 Now on this handkerchief, so starch and white, Was pinn'd a Barcelona, black and tight.
1818 M. M. Sherwood Stories Church Catech. (ed. 4) xiv. 86 She pulled out a Barcelona handkerchief.
1833 The Amulet 224 With..a silk Barcelona round his neck, like any gentleman.
2. Used attributively in Barcelona nut or as short for this.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > hazel-nut
hazelnuteOE
Avellana1398
filberta1400
bannuta1500
cob-nut1574
cob1589
hazel1601
Pontic nut1601
stock-nut1833
Barcelona nut1851
noisette1970
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > other nuts
mani1604
nuciprune1682
breadnut?1740
buckeye1785
mockernut1804
breadnut1828
philopena1839
nutlet1848
Barcelona nut1851
buffalo-nut1857
urucuri1860
Queensland nut1870
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 89/1 The ‘Barcelonas’ are from 4½d. to 6d. a quart to the street-sellers.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 549/1 Hazel-nuts, under the name of Barcelona or Spanish nuts, are largely exported from France and Portugal, and especially Tarragona.
1899 T. C. Allbutt Syst. Med. VII. 596 Small abscess size of Barcelona nut found in petrous.
1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 346/2 Barcelona Nut..usually kiln-dried to make it keep well.
1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 505/1 Cultivated varieties include the Filbert, Cob and Barcelona.
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