单词 | pulver |
释义 | pulvern. Powder, dust; (in early use) spec. a medicinal powder. Also figurative. Now only in Pulver Wednesday n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > powder powderc1300 poudreyec1400 pulver?a1425 farina1707 pulverulence1727 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 146 (MED) Be it kut after þe lengþe, And in þe pit be put of þe puluer with cotoun. c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 25 (MED) Putte in þe kuttyng puluer of boli..puluer of hennes feþerez y-brent..puluer of walwort. ?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iii. ix. 204 Good lorde, I speke to the of my presumpcion, natwithstandinge that I am but puluer & asshes. 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 28/1 Mixe these præ~nominated pulvers..addinge heerunto the Suger. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 423 In puluer small gart birne thame euerie one. 1640 in W. D. Macray Ruthven Corr. (1868) 67 Mair fyftie barrells poulver. c1650 P. Gordon Short Abridgem. Britane's Distemper (1844) 175 This also was a new tinder that did quickly fyre the puluer of discention. 1889 M. J. Cawein Accolon of Gaul 7 Out of the stain and rash furor, the passionate pulver of stone. Compounds Pulver Wednesday n. now historical and rare = Ash Wednesday n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Lent > [noun] > first day of Ash Wednesday1297 Pulver Wednesday1440 pulvering day1754 1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Norbert (1977) l. 916 Comen was lenton, euene þe first weke, Whech þat we calle Puluir Wednisday. ?1450 A. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 32 Wretyn att Norwyche on Puluer Wedenesday. a1500 Cambr. Univ. MS G.g.6.16 f. 51v This ffaste is called also dies cinericius, Pulver wedvnisdeye or ellys Asche wevnisdeye. 2001 Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) (Nexis) 17 Feb. 1 f Ash Wednesday is also called Pulver Wednesday. Pulver is a Latin word meaning powder or dust. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † pulverv. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To reduce to powder; to pulverize. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > form into grains or granules [verb (transitive)] > make into powder or dust powdera1400 pulverize?a1425 pulverc1425 dustc1440 pulverizate1598 rub1607 pulverate1615 triturate1755 triture1773 powderize1903 c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 67 (MED) In þe best lumbardez ynk be dissolued..gumme arabic, which dissolued, putte in..anteros ypoquistidos subtily puluered and sarced. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.?a1425v.c1425 |
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