单词 | poppy seed |
释义 | poppy seedn. 1. a. The seed of the poppy (esp. that of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum), used as a flavouring, as a filling for cakes, to garnish bread, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > other spices cubebc1300 madrian1357 anet seeda1398 poppy seeda1398 powder doucea1425 garquincea1483 spignelc1503 geland1714 mulatto1885 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding drug or narcotic > [noun] > opium poppy > seed of poppy seeda1398 maw seed1724 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 231 Mowþes þerof..haueþ dyuers seed yliche to popy seed. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 579 (MED) Now popy seed in grounde is good to throwe. 1580 A. Saker Narbonus 2 The stinging Netle is salue for some sore: the poysoned Hemlocke retayneth some vertue, and the Poppy seede is excellente good for many thinges. 1669 Philos. Trans. 1668 (Royal Soc.) 3 855 A purer sort of Opium, taken from the Husks of Poppy-seed, being prickt, after some time of exsudation and insolation. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 149 A cold oil is drawn from White-Poppy Seeds. 1850 S. Judd Richard Edney & Governor's Family xiv. 188 She poured from her apron a quantity of poppy-seeds, which, she said, were for poultices. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 315 Swellings, varying in size from a poppy-seed to a pea. 1932 L. Golding Magnolia St. i. viii. 127 The special bread sprinkled with poppy-seed for the Sabbath repast. 1994 S. Chan Hmong means Free Introd. 13 The laborious work of planting the poppy seeds, thinning the seedlings, weeding the field, and harvesting the opium crop was done mainly by women. 2004 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. Nov. 22/4 Bialy—a round toasted bread generously sprinkled with onions and poppy seeds. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > hypnotic poppy seed1640 hypnotic1681 somniferic1694 soporific1699 soporative1770 1640 E. Chilmead tr. J. Ferrand Ερωτομανια 40 The eyes of his soule are brought asleep by the Poppy seed of Inconsideration and Carelesnesse. 2. The length of the seed of a poppy, formerly used as a measure of length equivalent to one quarter or one fifth of a barleycorn (barley-corn n. 3), and varying from 1/ 20 to 1/ 12 inch (0.13 to 0.21 cm). Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > minute unit of length barley-corn1552 poppy-grain1656 poppy seed1688 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 136/2 Barly Corn, is the length of 4 Poppy seeds, and 3 Corns make an Inch. 1729 G. Shelvocke, Jr. tr. K. Siemienowicz Great Art Artillery i. 76 The Barley-corn (the fourth part of an Inch) is subdivided into 5 Poppy Seeds. 1993 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 19 Jan. e1 It [sc. an inch], in turn, was subdivided into the length of three barley corns and the barley corns in turn were subdivided into the length of five poppy seeds. Compounds C1. General attributive, as poppy-seed cake, poppy-seed cookie, poppy-seed roll, etc. ΚΠ 1849 Littell's Living Age 1 Dec. 421/2 Poppy-seed cake was suspected of soporific qualities. 1877 Scribner's Monthly Apr. 831/1 Boys with poppy-seed cakes and sunflower seeds. 1934 Mansfield (Ohio) News-jrnl. 21 Sept. 19/4 Braided poppy seed loaf. 1959 Tamarack Rev. Summer 7 Hey, poppyseed cookies! Real stuffed fish! 1973 Listener 20 Sept. 377/2 Tea was served by Auntie Golda.., smoked salmon on black bread, poppy-seed rolls coated with cream cheese. 1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 2 Oct. b1 The ladies' auxiliary..bakes up an oven full of makowiec, a favorite poppy seed pastry of the homeland. 1982 W. Brandmark in Everyday Matters 77 Lillian sat over her poppy seed bagel, listening to her brother. 2001 U.S. News & World Rep. 17 Sept. 66/3 A barbecued pork sandwich, sweet-potato fries, homemade bread, and poppy seed poundcake arrived at our table all at once. C2. poppy-seed oil n. = poppy oil n. at poppy n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > other plant-derived oils oil de baya1398 oil roseta1400 alkitranc1400 laurinec1400 oil of spicac1400 seed oil1400 rape oil1420 nut-oil?c1425 masticine?1440 oil de rose?1440 oil of myrtine?a1450 gingellya1544 rose oil1552 alchitrean1562 oil of spike1577 oil of ben1594 myrtle oil1601 sesamus1601 sampsuchine1616 oil of walnuts1622 rape1641 oil of rhodium1649 rapeseed oil1652 neroli1676 oil of mace1681 spirit of scurvy-grass1682 beech-oil1716 poppy oil1737 castor oil1746 oil of sassafras1753 orange-peel oil1757 wood-oil1759 bergamot1766 sunflower oil1768 Russia oil1773 oil castor1779 tung-yu1788 poppy-seed oil1799 cocoa butter1801 sassafras oil1801 phulwara1805 oil of wine1807 grass oil1827 oil of marjoram1829 cajuput oil1832 essence of mustarda1834 picamar1835 spurge oil1836 oenanthic ether1837 tea oil1837 capnomor1838 cinnamon-oil1838 oil of mustard1838 orange-flower oil1838 resinein1841 mustard oil1844 myrrhol1845 styrol1845 oenanthol1847 shea butter1847 wintergreen1847 gaultheria oil1848 ginger-grass oil.1849 nutmeg oil1849 pine oil1849 peppermint oil1850 cocoa fat1851 orange oil1853 neem oil1856 poonga oil1857 xanthoxylene1857 crab-oil1858 illupi oil1858 Shanghai oil1861 stand oil1862 mustard-seed oil1863 carap oilc1865 cocum butter or oilc1865 Kurung oil1866 muduga oil1866 pichurim oil1866 serpolet1866 sumbul oil1868 sesame oil1870 niger oil1872 summer yellow1872 olibene1873 patchouli oil1875 pilocarpene1876 styrolene1881 tung oil1881 becuiba tallow1884 soy oil1884 tea-seed oil1884 eucalyptus1885 sage oil1888 hop-oil1889 cotton-seed oil1891 lemon oil1896 palmarosa oil1897 illipe butter1904 hydnocarpus oil1905 tung1911 niger seed oil1917 sun oil1937 vanaspati1949 fennel oil- the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding drug or narcotic > [noun] > opium poppy > oil from poppy oil1737 poppy-seed oil1799 1799 A. Aikin & C. R. Aikin Syllabus Course Lect. Chem. 34 Poppy-seed oil. Hemp-seed oil. The above are easily rendered drying by metallic oxyds, and thickened by exposure to air. 1893 G. Terry Pigments, Paint, & Painting xi. 305 Poppy-seed Oils.—Oil is yielded by the seeds of three kinds of poppy—the opium-poppy (Papaver somniferum), the spiny-poppy (Argemone mexicana), and the yellow~horn poppy (Glaucium luteum). 1942 R. J. Gettens & G. L. Stout Painting Materials 50 The cold-drawn oil is pale straw..in colour and is the ‘white poppy-seed oil’ of commerce. 2002 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 25 Jan. 18 Wet-on-wet means she soaks the surface of the canvas with paint thinner and mixes her oil paints to a syrupy consistency with thinner plus poppy seed oil, copal and other mediums. Derivatives ˈpoppy-seed-like adj. ΚΠ 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 832 A peculiar small poppy-seed-like growth. 2002 Cat Fancy May 34/1 (caption) Black, poppy-seed-like debris in your cat's fur or sleeping areas signals a flea problem. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398 |
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