单词 | pine-top tea |
释义 | > as lemmaspine-top tea a. In plural. The young shoots of a pine tree, esp. as (formerly) used in medicines. Also attributive (in singular), in pine-top tea, pine-top whiskey, etc. ΚΠ 1701 tr. T. Willis Receipts Cure All Distempers v. 42 Take Leaves of Scurvy-grass, four handfuls; Broom tops, Pine tops [L. summitatum..Pini], Juniper tops, of each three handfuls. 1790 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Gen. Hist. Quadrupeds 218 It [sc. the sable] likewise lives upon rats, fishes, pine tops, and wild fruits. 1854 N.Y. Jrnl. Pharmacy 3 211 It should be taken three or four times daily, in an infusion of pine tops. 1872 Appleton's Jrnl. 10 Aug. 157/1 A lord or two of the place, approaching..to renew his familiarity with Howlet's pine-top whiskey. 1915 Atlanta Constit. 14 Feb. 8 b/2 It [sc. meat] was then..cured by smoking with sawdust and pine tops. 1958 H. H. Cunningham Doctors in Gray 208 Little medication seems to have been used in treating scurvy. Citric acid and a decoction from pine tops was used with good results. 1997 Los Angeles Sentinel (Nexis) 13 Aug. 14 Scarborough recalled..the pine-top tea an aunt used to cure a cold. < as lemmas |
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