单词 | passion dock |
释义 | passion dockn. English regional (northern). The plant bistort, Polygonum bistorta. Cf. passions n., patience dock n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > bistort and allies adderwortOE arsesmarta1300 persicarya1400 persicaria?a1450 polygonya1500 buckwheat1548 polygonum1562 passions1568 bistort1578 oysterloit1578 goat's wheat1597 peachwort1597 plumbago1597 redshank1597 snake-weed1597 dragonwort1656 smartweed1787 patience dock1796 red-legs1820 passion dock1828 smartgrass1837 mud knotweed1845 jointweed1866 tear-thumb1866 pinch-weed1883 knotweed1884 sachaline1901 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) at Patience Dock The leaves of the passion dock were a principal ingredient in herb puddings, which were formerly made..in this district, about the season of the passion. 1870 W. C. Hazlitt Brand's Pop. Antiq. Great Brit. (rev. ed.) I. 89 In the North of England, they make a herb-pudding, composed, among other ingredients, of the passion-dock, on this day [sc. Good Friday]. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 231 Easter Ledger Pudding, in which Polygonum bistorta is an ingredient, is still eaten in the Lake District at Easter time, or properly in Passion-tide, the last two weeks of Lent, which explains ‘Passion Dock’ and ‘Patience Dock’ (though the names may be influenced by the medicinal Dock, Rumex patientia, which was known as Patience). 1984 Listener 19 Apr. 18/2 Equally timely for this week are the leaves of the bistort, or Passion dock..which is traditionally eaten as Easter-Ledge Pudding. 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 104/2 Bistort was also once called ‘passion dock’, and the pudding almost certainly originated as a cleansing, bitter dish for Lent, traditionally eaten in the two weeks before Easter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1828 |
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