prickwoodn.

Brit.

/ˈprɪkwʊd/, U.S.

/ˈprɪkˌwʊd/

Forms: see prick n. and wood n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prick n., wood n.¹

Etymology: < prick n. + wood n.¹ Compare prick-timber n., prick tree n.

1. The European spindle tree, Euonymus europaeus (family Celastraceae), whose dense wood was formerly used for making skewers; the wood of this tree. Cf. prick-timber n. 1, prick tree n. (c). Now rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > spindle-tree(s)

prickwood1516

spindle-tree1548

prick-timber1578

prickle tree1607

prick tree1671

spindle1712

spindlekin1714

euonymus1767

skewer wood1782

gaiter1796

dogwood1838

spindle-trees1846

louse-berry1866

skewer tree1894

1516 J. Skayman Skayman's Book 10 July in Farming & Gardening in Late Medieval Norfolk (Norfolk Rec. Soc.) (1997) 110 He whanttyd byndyns and pryckwoud.

1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. c. 1286 Petrus Crescentius calleth it Fusanum, bicause Spindles be made of the woode heer of; and for that cause it is called..in English, Spindle tree, Prickwoode, and Pricktimber.

1625 W. Finch in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iv. iv. 416 Guinny pepper..groweth..wilde, a small Plant like Priuet, or Pricke-wood.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 115 They [sc. sheep] are hurt by aconite, nereon, prickwood, savin,..and scortching fennel.

1726 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 3) Prick-wood or Spindle-tree, a sort of Shrub proper to make Hedges.

1785 J. M. Mason Comments Shakespeare's Plays 346 The euonymus of which the best shewers are made, is called prick-wood.

1853 A. Ure Dict. Arts, Manuf., & Mines 962 (table) Prick wood (spindle tree).

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 926/2 Prick-timber, or Prickwood, the wood of Euonymus europæus.

1900 W. Dickinson & E. W. Prevost Gloss. Dial. Cumberland 250/2 Prickwood, spindle tree, Euonymus Europæus... The wood of this tree in many parts of England is made into skewers.

1935 Times 30 Nov. 13/5 Prickwood, another old English name for it [sc. spindle] would have been as appropriate, for no wood takes or retains a point better.

2002 Times (Nexis) 7 Dec. (Features section) 7 One of the finest is our native Euonymus europaeus, which takes its English names—spindle bush, skewerwood and prickwood—from the culinary use to which its branches were put.

†2. The mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus. Obsolete. rare.

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1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Lentisco, a wood called prickwood, or foule rice. Some call it the lentiske or mastike tree.

3. The dogwood, Cornus sanguinea. Cf. prick-timber n. 2, prick tree n. (a). Now English regional (chiefly southern).

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > cornus (dogwood and allies) > [noun]

gaiterc1000

dog-tree1548

cornel1551

dogberry1551

prick tree1551

hound's-berry1578

hound's-tree1578

prick-timber tree1578

dwarf honeysuckle1597

dogwood1598

sanguine-rod1601

prickwood1691

bloody twig1759

rose willow1798

red osier1807

swamp dogwood1817

stone-berry?1838

bunch-berry1845

cornus1846

silky cornel1848

silky dogwood1900

pagoda tree1978

1691 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 99 Gatteridge-tree is Cornus fœmina, or Prickwood, and yet Gatteridge-berries are the Fruit of Euonymus Theophrasti, i.e. Spindle-tree or Louse-berry.

1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. I. 84 [Cornus] Sanguinea... Female Cornel. Dogberry-tree. Gatter tree. Prick-wood.

1869 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 5 30/1 The Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) means dagge-wood, dagge being the old English equivalent for a dagger, and the wood having been used for skewers... In Buckinghamshire it is still called Prickwood and Skewerwood.

1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 389 Prickwood... Cornus sanguinea, L.—N. Bucks.; South and East.

1999 Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 10 Nov. (Features section) 18 Another woody plant is the dogwood, or ‘dag’ (skewer) wood, also called prickwood and skiver.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prickwood
释义	prickwoodn. Brit. /ˈprɪkwʊd/, U.S. /ˈprɪkˌwʊd/ Forms: see prick n. and wood n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prick n., wood n.¹ Etymology: < prick n. + wood n.¹ Compare prick-timber n., prick tree n. 1. The European spindle tree, Euonymus europaeus (family Celastraceae), whose dense wood was formerly used for making skewers; the wood of this tree. Cf. prick-timber n. 1, prick tree n. (c). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > spindle-tree(s) prickwood1516 spindle-tree1548 prick-timber1578 prickle tree1607 prick tree1671 spindle1712 spindlekin1714 euonymus1767 skewer wood1782 gaiter1796 dogwood1838 spindle-trees1846 louse-berry1866 skewer tree1894 1516 J. Skayman Skayman's Book 10 July in Farming & Gardening in Late Medieval Norfolk (Norfolk Rec. Soc.) (1997) 110 He whanttyd byndyns and pryckwoud. 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. c. 1286 Petrus Crescentius calleth it Fusanum, bicause Spindles be made of the woode heer of; and for that cause it is called..in English, Spindle tree, Prickwoode, and Pricktimber. 1625 W. Finch in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iv. iv. 416 Guinny pepper..groweth..wilde, a small Plant like Priuet, or Pricke-wood. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 115 They [sc. sheep] are hurt by aconite, nereon, prickwood, savin,..and scortching fennel. 1726 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 3) Prick-wood or Spindle-tree, a sort of Shrub proper to make Hedges. 1785 J. M. Mason Comments Shakespeare's Plays 346 The euonymus of which the best shewers are made, is called prick-wood. 1853 A. Ure Dict. Arts, Manuf., & Mines 962 (table) Prick wood (spindle tree). 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 926/2 Prick-timber, or Prickwood, the wood of Euonymus europæus. 1900 W. Dickinson & E. W. Prevost Gloss. Dial. Cumberland 250/2 Prickwood, spindle tree, Euonymus Europæus... The wood of this tree in many parts of England is made into skewers. 1935 Times 30 Nov. 13/5 Prickwood, another old English name for it [sc. spindle] would have been as appropriate, for no wood takes or retains a point better. 2002 Times (Nexis) 7 Dec. (Features section) 7 One of the finest is our native Euonymus europaeus, which takes its English names—spindle bush, skewerwood and prickwood—from the culinary use to which its branches were put. †2. The mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Lentisco, a wood called prickwood, or foule rice. Some call it the lentiske or mastike tree. 3. The dogwood, Cornus sanguinea. Cf. prick-timber n. 2, prick tree n. (a). Now English regional (chiefly southern). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > cornus (dogwood and allies) > [noun] gaiterc1000 dog-tree1548 cornel1551 dogberry1551 prick tree1551 hound's-berry1578 hound's-tree1578 prick-timber tree1578 dwarf honeysuckle1597 dogwood1598 sanguine-rod1601 prickwood1691 bloody twig1759 rose willow1798 red osier1807 swamp dogwood1817 stone-berry?1838 bunch-berry1845 cornus1846 silky cornel1848 silky dogwood1900 pagoda tree1978 1691 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 99 Gatteridge-tree is Cornus fœmina, or Prickwood, and yet Gatteridge-berries are the Fruit of Euonymus Theophrasti, i.e. Spindle-tree or Louse-berry. 1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. I. 84 [Cornus] Sanguinea... Female Cornel. Dogberry-tree. Gatter tree. Prick-wood. 1869 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 5 30/1 The Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) means dagge-wood, dagge being the old English equivalent for a dagger, and the wood having been used for skewers... In Buckinghamshire it is still called Prickwood and Skewerwood. 1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 389 Prickwood... Cornus sanguinea, L.—N. Bucks.; South and East. 1999 Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 10 Nov. (Features section) 18 Another woody plant is the dogwood, or ‘dag’ (skewer) wood, also called prickwood and skiver. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1516
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