单词 | rathe-ripe |
释义 | rathe-ripeadj.n. A. adj. 1. Of fruits, grain, etc.: coming early to maturity; ripening early in the year. Now historical.Usually applied to special kinds or varieties, as rathe-ripe barley, rathe-ripe pea, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by age or cycles > [adjective] > ripe or ripened > ripening or becoming ripe > ripening or flowering early hasty1338 before-ripea1382 precoquea1398 premature?1440 rathe1572 hasting1578 rathe-ripe1578 precocious1650 precoce1658 rareripe1678 hastive1724 force-ripe1830 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xlii. 712 There be diuers sortes of Peares,..whereof some be rathe ripe, some haue a later riping. 1650 T. Venner Via Recta (rev. ed.) viii. 184 Those hard Rathe-ripe Pease, which are commonly brought to the Markets by the middle or end of May. 1677 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 12 876 A rath-ripe Barley, sow'd and return'd again into the Barn in two months time. 1725 tr. R. Bradley Surv. Anc. Husb. 253 Now and then we find a Farmer that will venture upon Pease, he chuses the Rath ripe Pea for his Crop. 1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella Of Husbandry x. 615 Then from twice-bearing tree the rathe-ripe fig Descends. 1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 61 Spring Barley... Of this species farmers distinguish two sorts; the common, and..the rath-ripe barley. 1840 R. Browning Sordello ii. 313 Fruits like the fig-tree's, rathe-ripe, rotten-rich. 1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words 73 Rath-ripe..early ripe. 1912 Times 20 Sept. 8/1 Under various names similar strains have been found in all parts of the United Kingdom; they probably represent the ‘rathe ripe’ barley of the early writers. 2000 Eng. Hist. Rev. 460 152 Rath-ripe barley, which was grown for breadcorn, malt and stock feed, was planted in May and harvested in July. 2. figurative. Of a person: precocious, maturing early. Now rare (English regional (southern)). ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > maturity > [adjective] > relating to early maturity > prematurely mature forward1591 rathe-ripe1617 precocious1678 precoce1689 force-ripe1934 1617 Bp. J. Hall Quo Vadis? (new ed.) iv. 9 These rath-ripe witts preuent their owne perfection. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 217 Being extraordinary rath ripe [he]..was entred into his Accedence at five years of age. 1703 D. Whitby Paraphr. & Comm. New Test. I. 118 Quintilian saith of the rath-ripe wit, that it rarely comes to maturity. 1750 ‘Orbilius’ Examen Hist. Tom Jones i. 8 The Fiddles strike up..to the Joy of every Fortune-hunter and rathe-ripe Virgin in the Kingdom. 1832 J. Jennings in Graphic & Hist. Illustrator 1 44/1 An Will Popham too, ta betwite me about tha maid, a câll'd er a rathe-ripe Lady-buddick. 1886 W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) A girl who developed into a woman at an early age would be called rathe-ripe by elderly educated people. 1920 E. Blunden Waggoner 37 Her rathe-ripe rounded cheeks. B. n. Chiefly English regional (southern). Any of various early fruits and vegetables, esp. peas and apples. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > other apples Bretonc1390 stur1483 marigold apple1577 fritter1591 Margaret1597 critling1611 cat's-head1617 rosiar1620 rose apple1626 snouting1651 roundling1655 mayflower1664 red greening1664 seaming1664 sheep's snout1664 spicing apple1664 violet-apple1664 pomme d'api1676 rathe-ripe1677 rose1678 lady's finger1688 stone apple1736 sops-in-wine1764 stone pippin1769 Manx codlin1818 Rymer1820 Roxbury russet1826 souring1832 genet1833 tompot1836 Wagener1848 flesh and blood1853 pick-thong1871 virgin1886 Jon1931 Idared1942 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > pea > other types of pea or pea-plant rouncival1570 garden pea1573 field pease1597 vale-grey1615 rose pea1629 hotspur1663 seven-year pea1672 rathe-ripe1677 huff-codc1680 pigeon pea1683 hog-pease1686 shrub pea1691 field pea1707 pea1707 crown pea1726 maple rouncival1731 marrowfat1731 moratto1731 pig pea1731 sickle-pea1731 hog pea1732 maple pea1732 marrow pea1733 black eye?1740 egg-pea1744 magotty bay bean1789 Prussian1804 maple grey1805 partridge pea1812 Prussian blue1822 scimitar1834 marrow1855 fill-basket1881 string-pea1891 mattar1908 vining pea1959 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > pulse > [noun] > pea > other peas garden pea1573 rathe-ripe1677 pigeon pea1683 sugar pea1707 marrowfat1731 moratto1731 maple pea1732 egg-pea1744 petits pois1820 pea1866 fill-basket1881 string-pea1891 vining pea1959 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 153 The small Rathe-ripes [sc. Peas]..for poor and gravelly [Land]. 1763 J. Mills Pract. Husb. I. 475 The small black-seeded vetch, which some call rath-ripe, and others pebble, or summer vetch, is much tenderer than either of the former. 1825 J. Britton Beauties Wilts. III. Gloss. Rathe-ripes signifies early peas. 1870 Inscr. in Churchyard in W. H. Long Dict. Isle of Wight Dial. (1886) 55 Such early fruites are quickly in their prime, Rathe ripes we know are gathered in betime. 1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders ii. ix. 151 The mellow countenances of..costards, stubbards, ratheripes. 1958 Listener 20 Nov. 853/1 Take, for instance, the variety called Rather Ripe—the earliest apple of all as far as I know.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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