单词 | ox-tongue |
释义 | ox-tonguen. 1. Any of various plants with rough tongue-shaped leaves; = langue de boeuf n. 2. a. A plant of the borage family ( Boraginaceae), esp. bugloss, Anchusa arvensis, or alkanet, A. officinalis. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Boraginaceae (bugloss and allies) > [noun] ribeOE hound's-tonguec1000 ox-tonguea1325 rotheren tongue?a1350 buglossa1400 dog's tongue?a1425 lungwort1538 anchusa1548 sheep's tongue1552 cowslip of Jerusalem1578 Our Lady's milkwort1578 pulmonaria1578 sage of Jerusalem1578 wild comfrey1578 maiden-lips1589 bugloss cowslip1597 viper's bugloss1597 viper's herb1597 ribbie1607 lithospermon1646 wall bugloss1650 lady's glove1668 Venus's navelwort1678 spotted comfrey1688 cynogloss1705 Jerusalem sage1736 lawn1778 Mertensia1836 stickseed1843 Virginian cowslip1856 bluebell1858 gooseberry fool1858 Jerusalem cowslip1866 borage-wort1882 echium1883 rose noble1886 milksile- lOE Durham Plant Gloss. 15 Lingua bobule, oxantunge.] a1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Arun.) (1857) 162 Bucle, [glossed] oxe-tunge. c1440 Liber de Diversis Med. 69/2 (MED) Take mynt, borage, cicory, flour of oxtonge, þat is, longe de beefe. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 91 Oxtonge, buglossa, herba est. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. vi. 12 The auncient Fathers called it [sc. Borage] in Greeke βούγλωσσον,..in English Oxe tongue. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Langue de bœuf,..Ox-tongue, rough or small Buglosse. 1891 Scribner's Mag. Aug. 145/1 On the banks of the dry ditches there, he remarks, grows ‘the small wild buglosse,’ or oxtongue. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 286 Moreover a syrup of Viper's Bugloss was considered effectual against sadness and melancholy, a virtue transferred from the bouglosson (bouglossos, ‘ox tongue’) of Dioscorides. b. Any of several plants of the genus Picris (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), allied to the hawkweeds, which are covered with hooked bristles and have yellow flowers; esp. (more fully bristly ox-tongue) P. echioides, which is native to the Mediterranean and widely naturalized elsewhere. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > other composite plants wild sagea1400 yellow devil's-bita1400 white golda1425 cotula1578 golden cudweed1597 golden tuft1597 rattlesnake root1682 Cape tansy?1711 hawkbit1713 ambrosia1731 cabbage tree1735 hog's eye1749 Osteospermum1754 ox-tongue1760 scentless mayweed1800 old man's beard1804 ox-eye1818 echinacea1825 sheep's beard1836 shepherd's beard1840 cat's-ear1848 goatweed1869 silversword1888 khaki bush1907 venidium1937 khaki bos1947 Namaqualand daisy1963 ?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 40 (MED) Lingua Bouis. Longedebeffe oþer oxetonge..ys hote and moiste. ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh.) (1950) 169 Lingua bouis is an herbe þat men clepe langedebef or oxtungge..haȝt scharp lewys..a ȝelwȝ flour..and it haȝt a long stalke. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 235 Sharpe Haukeweede hath leaues like to those of Languedebeefe or Oxetoong. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Ox-Tongue, or Langdebuefe, see Hieracium. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 321 Ox-tongue, Picris. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 673 Picris echioides... Common Ox-tongue. Lang de boeuf. Borders of cornfields. 1858 Penny Cycl. 2nd Suppl. 301/1 There is but one species [of the genus] inhabiting Great Britain, H[elminthia] echioides, the Ox-Tongue... The branches, stem, leaves, and involucre are covered with strong prickles springing from white tubercles, and with 3 minute hooks at the apex. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Oct. 4/2 In the long, dry grass at the foot of the hedge stands out the yellow ‘bristly oxtongue’—stem and leaves all frosted with white glands. 1920 J. Vaughan Music of Wild Flowers x. 89 A relative of the sea-cabbage, known as black-mustard,..is the characteristic plant on the sloping cliffs of Durlston Bay, where, with teazle and burdock, with ox-tongue and hound's-tongue..it makes a fine show. 1991 Times 19 Aug. 15/1 Bristly ox-tongue..is like a gnarled, grey-leaved dandelion. 2. The tongue of an ox. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [noun] > other cuts or parts tild1342 ox foota1398 oxtaila1425 neat's foot?c1450 beef-flick1462 sticking piece1469 ox-tonguea1475 aitch-bone1486 fore-crop?1523 sirloin1525 mouse-piece1530 ox-cheek1592 neat's tongue1600 clod1601 sticking place1601 skink1631 neck beef1640 round1660 ox-heart1677 runner1688 sticking draught1688 brisket-beef1697 griskin1699 sey1719 chuck1723 shin1736 gravy beef1747 baron of beef1755 prime rib1759 rump and dozen1778 mouse buttock1818 slifta1825 nine holes1825 spauld-piece1828 trembling-piece1833 shoulder-lyar1844 butt1845 plate1854 plate-rand1854 undercut1859 silver-side1861 bed1864 wing rib1883 roll1884 strip-loin1884 hind1892 topside1896 rib-eye1926 buttock meat1966 onglet1982 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > (miscellaneous) parts of > (parts of) tongue ox-tonguea1475 barb?1523 a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 26 Take þo ox tonge and schalle hit wele, Sethe hit. a1500 ( Vision E. Leversedge in Notes & Queries Somerset & Dorset (1905) 9 23 (MED) The wyche tonge was swollen as gret as a hox tonge. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 279 The leaves..resemble an ox tongue. 1859 Harper's Mag. Apr. 654/2 It is curious to notice the different parts of animals that are eaten... In England the heads of ducks and geese, ox tongue, rein-deer tongue, walrus tongue. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 26 Oct. 6/3 He amassed a considerable fortune by the ox-tongue trade. 1956 N. Algren Walk on Wild Side ii. 230 There he lay licking his big ox-tongue, a coke-licking Lazarus too languid to rise. 1990 Nat. Hist. June 86/2 In the same essay, she points out the leading loan foods: Chinese egg rolls naturalized as lumpia.., ox tongue with chickpeas, caldereta (stew). 3. A pike or sword having a broad blade or head likened to the tongue of an ox; = langue de boeuf n. 3. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > halberd > [noun] weyc1275 poleaxe1294 billc1300 glaivec1450 langue de boeuf1450 halberd1497 budgea1522 brown-bill1589 ox-tongue1611 partisan1611 Lochaber axe1618 feather-staff1622 halberd staff1687 battle-axe1709 ko1923 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Langue Langue do bœuf.., Ox-tongue,..a kind of weapon used in old time. 1890 Cent. Dict. Ox-tongue, a name sometimes given to the anlace, braquemart, and similar short broadswords. 1934 G. C. Stone Gloss. Constr., Decoratation & use Arms & Armor (1961) 411/1 Langue de boeuf, ox tongue. A pole arm of the 16th century with a broad, straight double-edged sword. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1325 |
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