| 单词 | riga rhine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRiga rhine More fully rhine hemp. A high quality hemp from eastern Europe. Frequently with distinguishing word indicating the place of origin, as Riga rhine. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > vegetable fibre > hemp > types of fimble hemp1484 carl hemp?1523 henequen1555 steel hemp1604 Rusband1633 Riga rhine1639 Russia hemp1663 pass-hemp1742 chucking1785 Manila1826 sisal1827 sisal hemp1828 moorva1855 outshot1858 pass1858 carl doddie1868 outshots1880 1639 W. Davenant Salmacida Spolia sig. C2 Powder of Menippus tree, & the Rine of Hemp to consolate those who have lost their money. 1641 S. Smith Herring-bvsse Trade 13 The best Rine and Rusband are these, Hempe brought in by the Eastland Merchants from the parts of Leiffeland and Prussia. 1709 London Gaz. No. 4598/4 Two Ships lading of..Russia Rhine Hemp. 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 xxiii. 108 I have seen very good hemp, the growth of that country [sc. North America], not inferior to the best Riga ryne. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 94 Bolt Rope should be well made, of fine yarn, spun from the best Riga rhine hemp well topt. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 95 Riga Hemp..is distinguished by the Trade by the names of Rhyne, Outshot, Pass, and Codilla Hemp. 1855 A. H. Hassall Food & its Adulterations 17 Dutch Flax, Bombay Flax, Polish Ryne Hemp.., Bombay Hemp, [etc.]. 1882 D. Kemp Man. Yacht & Boat Sailing (ed. 3) 509/1 Bolt Rope.—The rope sewn around the edges of sails. It is made of the very best Riga Rhine hemp, dressed with Stockholm tar. 1912 C. E. Chadman Cycl. Law VIII. 29 The sale was of ten tons of sound merchantable hemp, and the buyer to purchase Riga Rhine hemp, a better article, the mistake having been made by the broker in describing the hemp to the buyer. < as lemmas |
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