单词 | bennet |
释义 | bennetn.1 In herb bennet, name of a species of Avens, Geum urbanum (family Rosaceæ), a common European wayside plant with yellow flower. The name was vaguely or inaccurately applied by early herbalists, being given also to the Hemlock and, according to Prior, to the Wild Valerian. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > rosaceous plants > [noun] > avens or herb bennet avensc1250 herb benneta1475 geum1548 mountain avens1648 throat root1785 dryas1798 clove-root1866 a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 184 Herbe benet, brese-wort, & smallache. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 133 The leaues of..Auens, or Herbe Bennet, are rough. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxi. 257 The Fervency of Lust is abated by certain Drugs, Plants, Herbs and Roots..Mandrake, Bennet, Kecbuglosse. 1883 Longman's Mag. July 308 The roadside herb-bennet or common avens is yellow, like cinquefoil. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). bennetn.2 English regional (southern). = bent n.1, esp. with the sense ‘grass-stalk,’ ‘old stalk of grass.’ Also in compounds.way bennet: see way n.1 and int.1 Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > part of > old stalk(s) of grass windlestrawa1000 bennet1669 bent1834 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ ix. 154 Onely feeding of them [Pigeons]..about Midsummer before Pease are ripe, which time they usually call Benting-time, because then necessity enforceth them to feed on the Bents, or seed of Bennet-grass. 1862 W. Barnes Rhymes Dorset Dial. II. 85 Wither'd bennet-stems. 1862 W. Barnes Rhymes Dorset Dial. 3rd Ser. 73 Above the bennet-bearing land. 1880 R. Jefferies Hodge & Masters I. 135 The lowly convolvulus grew thickly among the tall dusty bennets. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † bennetn.3 Obsolete. A fish of the African seas. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > unspecified types > [noun] whalec950 tumbrelc1300 sprout1340 squame1393 codmop1466 whitefish1482 lineshark?a1500 salen1508 glaucus1509 bretcock1522 warcodling1525 razor1530 bassinatc1540 goldeney1542 smy1552 maiden1555 grail1587 whiting1587 needle1589 pintle-fish1591 goldfish1598 puffin fish1598 quap1598 stork1600 black-tail1601 ellops1601 fork-fish1601 sea-grape1601 sea-lizard1601 sea-raven1601 barne1602 plosher1602 whale-mouse1607 bowman1610 catfish1620 hog1620 kettle-fish1630 sharpa1636 carda1641 housewifea1641 roucotea1641 ox-fisha1642 sea-serpent1646 croaker1651 alderling1655 butkin1655 shamefish1655 yard1655 sea-dart1664 sea-pelican1664 Negro1666 sea-parrot1666 sea-blewling1668 sea-stickling1668 skull-fish1668 whale's guide1668 sennet1671 barracuda1678 skate-bread1681 tuck-fish1681 swallowtail1683 piaba1686 pit-fish1686 sand-creeper1686 horned hog1702 soldier1704 sea-crowa1717 bran1720 grunter1726 calcops1727 bennet1731 bonefish1734 Negro fish1735 isinglass-fish1740 orb1740 gollin1747 smelt1776 night-walker1777 water monarch1785 hardhead1792 macaw-fish1792 yellowback1796 sea-raven1797 blueback1812 stumpnose1831 flat1847 butterfish1849 croppie1856 gubbahawn1857 silt1863 silt-snapper1863 mullet-head1866 sailor1883 hogback1893 skipper1898 stocker1904 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 187 In the sea about the Cape there is plenty of the fish call'd Bennets. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World I. xii. 322 The Bennet is near three feet long..the eyes and tail are red; the fins yellow, and the scales purple, with gold streaks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1a1475n.21669n.31731 |
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