单词 | pomate |
释义 | pomaten. Now rare. 1. = pomade n.2 In early use chiefly Scottish; in later use English regional (northern). Eng. Dial. Dict., at pomate sb., records this sense in use in northern England from a 19th cent. Border glossary in the Collection of Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte (1813–91). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > preparations used on the hair > [noun] > scented ointment pomatum1562 pomate1575 pomade1874 1575 Edinb. Test. III. f. 317v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Pomat Ane pig full of pomat. 1625 A. Garden Characters & Ess. 47 Shee with no Pomate paints her Face. 1737 T. Sydenham Compl. Method of curing Dis. (ed. 7) 26 Take of the Ointment of sharp-pointed Dock two Ounces, Pomate one Ounce, Flour of Brimstone three Drams,..make a Liniment. 1773 R. Fergusson Auld Reekie 9 The Pomet slaister'd up his Hair! 1774 A. Bruce Kirkiad i. 18 Patient he sits, while Master Puff, with pomate, tongs, and powder-pluff..gives each hair its proper station. 1903 J. H. Wilkinson in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 575/2 [W. Yks.] Pomate, pomatum. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [noun] > pulpiness or mushiness > pulp pomace1555 mash1598 mummy1601 pulp1633 pomate1699 pulpament1699 pummy1754 mush1824 pash1825 smush1825 1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria App. sig. O5 There is made a Mash or Pomate of this Root. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † pomatev. Obsolete. rare. 1. transitive. To dress or anoint with pomatum. In later use Scottish. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > preparations used on the hair > apply preparations to the hair [verb (transitive)] > scented ointment pomate1662 pomatum1669 pomade1794 1662 Duchess of Newcastle Matrimonial Trouble v. xxxix, in Playes Written 452 Some will pomate and paint themselves, all which seems to me preposterous to men. 1823 J. Galt Ringan Gilhaize II. xiv. 138 His hair..was as if it had been pomated. 2. transitive. To reduce to a paste. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [verb (transitive)] > reduce to pulp mashc1275 pulp1649 pomate1684 pulpify1839 porridge1967 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xix. 743/2 Tincture of Steel pomated [L. pomata]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1575v.1662 |
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