pepper castorn.

Brit.

/ˈpɛpəkɑːstə/,

/ˈpɛpəkastə/, U.S.

/ˈpɛpərˌkæstər/

Forms: see pepper n. and castor n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pepper n., castor n.²

Etymology: < pepper n. + castor n.² Compare earlier pepperbox n. and slightly later pepperpot n.

1. A small container with a perforated top for sprinkling pepper on food, usually forming part of a cruet set; a pepper pot. Now chiefly archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > vessel for sprinkling sugar, pepper, or salt > pepper-pot

pepper-hornlOE

pepperbox1543

pepper castor1676

pepperpot1679

pepper shaker1889

pepperette1893

pepper1897

1676 London Gaz. No. 1079/4 A Sugar Castar. A Pepper Caster. A Mustard Pot.

1762 N.Y. Gaz. 16 Aug. 3/1 One small Silver Sauspan..and one Pepper Caster.

1794 J. O'Keeffe Castle of Andalusia (new ed.) iii. iv. 68 Got nothing yet but that portmanteau, a few silver spoons and tops of pepper-castors.

1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. ix. 131 Put before our hero a tin bread-basket..and the pepper-castor.

1891 A. Lang Angling Sketches 122 The happy-go-lucky disposition to scatter my Greek accents as it were with a pepper-caster.

1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn x. 129 Everywhere the elbow ran into a superfluity of greasy pepper and salt castors.

1996 Jrnl. Social Hist. 30 415 A range of silver items—cups, spoons, pepper caster, tea tongs, [etc.]—were carefully apportioned amongst younger male and female relations.

2. In extended use, denoting things resembling a pepper castor in shape.

a. = pepperbox n. 2a. Frequently attributive, as pepper-castor pattern, pepper-castor tower. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > turret > of specific shape

roundel1633

pepperbox1763

rounder1774

pepperpot1838

pepper castor1855

1855 ‘Q. K. P. Doesticks’ Doesticks, what he Says 120 The old-fashioned country meeting-house, with a ‘steeple’, either of the extinguisher or pepper-castor pattern.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany x. 174 That hideous tower with the pepper-caster on the top.

1963 M. Barnard Hist. Austral. vii. 123 Not far away was the first church, St Phillip's, with its pepper-castor tower.

†b. slang. = pepperbox n. 2b. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > pistol > revolver > types of

six-shooter1844

five-shooter1848

belt revolver1853

six-shooting1858

pepperbox1861

service revolver1864

navy1867

six chamber1877

forty-five1881

pepper castor1889

hip revolver1897

six-gun1912

six chamber revolver1922

police special1935

thirty-two1942

thirty-eight1953

1889 J. Jefferson Autobiogr. iii. 72 Badger and I would trudge to our room..each armed with a Colt's patent ‘pepper-caster’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pepper castor
释义	pepper castorn. Brit. /ˈpɛpəkɑːstə/, /ˈpɛpəkastə/, U.S. /ˈpɛpərˌkæstər/ Forms: see pepper n. and castor n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pepper n., castor n.² Etymology: < pepper n. + castor n.² Compare earlier pepperbox n. and slightly later pepperpot n. 1. A small container with a perforated top for sprinkling pepper on food, usually forming part of a cruet set; a pepper pot. Now chiefly archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > vessel for sprinkling sugar, pepper, or salt > pepper-pot pepper-hornlOE pepperbox1543 pepper castor1676 pepperpot1679 pepper shaker1889 pepperette1893 pepper1897 1676 London Gaz. No. 1079/4 A Sugar Castar. A Pepper Caster. A Mustard Pot. 1762 N.Y. Gaz. 16 Aug. 3/1 One small Silver Sauspan..and one Pepper Caster. 1794 J. O'Keeffe Castle of Andalusia (new ed.) iii. iv. 68 Got nothing yet but that portmanteau, a few silver spoons and tops of pepper-castors. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. ix. 131 Put before our hero a tin bread-basket..and the pepper-castor. 1891 A. Lang Angling Sketches 122 The happy-go-lucky disposition to scatter my Greek accents as it were with a pepper-caster. 1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn x. 129 Everywhere the elbow ran into a superfluity of greasy pepper and salt castors. 1996 Jrnl. Social Hist. 30 415 A range of silver items—cups, spoons, pepper caster, tea tongs, [etc.]—were carefully apportioned amongst younger male and female relations. 2. In extended use, denoting things resembling a pepper castor in shape. a. = pepperbox n. 2a. Frequently attributive, as pepper-castor pattern, pepper-castor tower. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > turret > of specific shape roundel1633 pepperbox1763 rounder1774 pepperpot1838 pepper castor1855 1855 ‘Q. K. P. Doesticks’ Doesticks, what he Says 120 The old-fashioned country meeting-house, with a ‘steeple’, either of the extinguisher or pepper-castor pattern. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany x. 174 That hideous tower with the pepper-caster on the top. 1963 M. Barnard Hist. Austral. vii. 123 Not far away was the first church, St Phillip's, with its pepper-castor tower. †b. slang. = pepperbox n. 2b. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > pistol > revolver > types of six-shooter1844 five-shooter1848 belt revolver1853 six-shooting1858 pepperbox1861 service revolver1864 navy1867 six chamber1877 forty-five1881 pepper castor1889 hip revolver1897 six-gun1912 six chamber revolver1922 police special1935 thirty-two1942 thirty-eight1953 1889 J. Jefferson Autobiogr. iii. 72 Badger and I would trudge to our room..each armed with a Colt's patent ‘pepper-caster’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1676
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