单词 | pierce-stone |
释义 | † pierce-stonen. Obsolete. The rock samphire, Crithmum maritimum. Also: parsley piert, Aphanes arvensis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > culinary herbs > samphire samphire1542 Crestmarine1565 pierce-stone1600 fasse-phierre1701 sea fennel1712 Peter's cress1866 rock cress1866 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xvi. 223 (heading) Of..pearcestone [Fr. perce-pierre ou christe-marine]. [Margin] Pearce stone or sampier [Fr. Christe-marine]. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum iv. xvi. 449 The word Parsly pert, was but a corruption of time in the vulgar sort, and Percepier also, derived from the French word Percepierre, which..signifieth as much as pierce stone, or breakestone in English.] 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vi. 100/1 Sampire, or Rock-Sampire, the stalk is tender and green... It is called Pearceston. 1726 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 3) Pierce-stone, in French Passe or Perce Pierre, a kind of Stone-parsley, multiplied only by Seed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1600 |
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