rice grainn.

Brit.

/ˈrʌɪs ˌɡreɪn/, U.S.

/ˈraɪs ˌɡreɪn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rice n.², grain n.¹

Etymology: < rice n.² + grain n.¹ In senses 2 and Compounds so called on account of the resemblance to a grain of rice in shape. Compare Portuguese grão de arroz (1600 or earlier). With sense Compounds compare Chinese m̌ihuā, lit. ‘rice flower, rice pattern’, used as the name of the pattern only, not of the production technique ( < m̌i rice + huā flower, pattern).

1. An individual seed of rice, esp. after removal of the husk. Also (as a mass noun): rice as a food grain.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > a single grain

cornc1000

grainc1380

pickle1552

rice grain1763

1763 Ann. Reg. 1762 ii. 87/2 The infusion I speak of is made in an unglazed earthen pot, wherein the rice grains are soaked in water.

1839 Madras Jrnl. Lit. & Sci. 9 373 Gift by Mutta Raman of money, and rice-grain, for the festival services.

1851 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson tr. F. Knapp Chem. Technol. III. 226 Berger's process consists in softening the rice grains by soaking them in water, grinding and sifting the ground meal, until it all passes with water through a sieve.

1881 Nature 29 Sept. 509/2 The Japanese have discovered for themselves a means of rendering the rice-grains diastatic with allowing the embryo to germinate.

1937 Discovery Nov. 348/2 Rice polishings are the external layers of the rice grain, usually removed by milling.

1989 Coastweek (Mombasa) 21 July 6/3 Heaps of rice husks are mobbed by women who winnow it to obtain rice grain and paddy.

2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 26 Jan. a8/2 Rice is the staple of the Senegalese diet—the national dish, thieboudienne, consists of fish and broken rice grains cooked in a thick and spicy tomato sauce.

2. Astronomy. A small, luminous, and short-lived patch on the surface of the sun; = facula n. Also called willow leaf. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > sun > [noun] > photosphere > granule

lucule1861

rice grain1864

the world > the universe > sun > solar activity > [noun] > mark on sun

facula1706

rice grain1864

flocculus1903

1864 Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 24 166 Mr. Stone said the appearances presented to him were what he had described, viz., luminous particles scattered over the Sun's disk, which, by way of description, he had called ‘rice-grains’.

1878 S. Newcomb Pop. Astron. iii. ii. 239 This structure of the rice-grains has been seen only by Professor Langley.

1884 Longman's Mag. Apr. 590 We may describe the solar rice-grains, in fact, as mighty metallic clouds.

1896 R. A. Proctor Other Suns than Ours (new ed.) xi. 159 It is certain that under the action of various forces the solar rice-grains arrange themselves into groupings of varied form.

1912 G. F. Chambers Story Solar Syst. ii. 39 Perhaps, on the whole, ‘rice grains’ is not altogether a bad expression to recall what certainly seems to be the granular surface of the Sun as we see it.

1995 R. McKim tr. J. Dragesco High Resol. Astrophotogr. iv. 69/2 Very rarely (three or four times a year), it is possible to hope for a resolution..which allows the structure of the penumbrae and the rice grains (which do not stand out well in ordinary photographs) to be very clearly perceived.

Compounds

attributive. Used with reference to a type of decoration on porcelain in which perforations are made and filled with translucent glaze.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > other types of decoration

smudging1846

rice grain1876

photoceramic1892

pastillage1901

fingertipping1935

trailing1940

lithophane1947

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > having specific decoration

cane-coloured1787

blue-printed1797

crackled1876

rice grain1876

soufflé1878

fingertip1914

rusticated1916

Nuzi1941

1876 W. E. Griffis Mikado's Empire 627 All kinds of faience and true porcelain are made in Kiōto, the ‘pierced’, the ‘netted’, ‘sieve’, ‘rice-grain’, ‘egg-shell’, [etc.].

1881 Furnit. Gaz. 23 Apr. 270/3 Open shallow bowls with rice-grain perforations filled in with the glaze.

1910 Encycl. Brit. V. 746/1 In the rice-grain pattern the incisions are generally filled up with the melted glaze.

1974 G. Savage & H. Newman Illustr. Dict. Ceramics 139 (caption) Persian pottery bowl with rice-grain piercing, 17th century.

2000 E. Cooper Ten Thousand Years Pottery (ed. 4) xiii. 307/1 Pierced porcelain bowls with glaze in the manner of rice-grain decoration.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rice grain
释义	rice grainn. Brit. /ˈrʌɪs ˌɡreɪn/, U.S. /ˈraɪs ˌɡreɪn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rice n.², grain n.¹ Etymology: < rice n.² + grain n.¹ In senses 2 and Compounds so called on account of the resemblance to a grain of rice in shape. Compare Portuguese grão de arroz (1600 or earlier). With sense Compounds compare Chinese m̌ihuā, lit. ‘rice flower, rice pattern’, used as the name of the pattern only, not of the production technique ( < m̌i rice + huā flower, pattern). 1. An individual seed of rice, esp. after removal of the husk. Also (as a mass noun): rice as a food grain. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > a single grain cornc1000 grainc1380 pickle1552 rice grain1763 1763 Ann. Reg. 1762 ii. 87/2 The infusion I speak of is made in an unglazed earthen pot, wherein the rice grains are soaked in water. 1839 Madras Jrnl. Lit. & Sci. 9 373 Gift by Mutta Raman of money, and rice-grain, for the festival services. 1851 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson tr. F. Knapp Chem. Technol. III. 226 Berger's process consists in softening the rice grains by soaking them in water, grinding and sifting the ground meal, until it all passes with water through a sieve. 1881 Nature 29 Sept. 509/2 The Japanese have discovered for themselves a means of rendering the rice-grains diastatic with allowing the embryo to germinate. 1937 Discovery Nov. 348/2 Rice polishings are the external layers of the rice grain, usually removed by milling. 1989 Coastweek (Mombasa) 21 July 6/3 Heaps of rice husks are mobbed by women who winnow it to obtain rice grain and paddy. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 26 Jan. a8/2 Rice is the staple of the Senegalese diet—the national dish, thieboudienne, consists of fish and broken rice grains cooked in a thick and spicy tomato sauce. 2. Astronomy. A small, luminous, and short-lived patch on the surface of the sun; = facula n. Also called willow leaf. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > sun > [noun] > photosphere > granule lucule1861 rice grain1864 the world > the universe > sun > solar activity > [noun] > mark on sun facula1706 rice grain1864 flocculus1903 1864 Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 24 166 Mr. Stone said the appearances presented to him were what he had described, viz., luminous particles scattered over the Sun's disk, which, by way of description, he had called ‘rice-grains’. 1878 S. Newcomb Pop. Astron. iii. ii. 239 This structure of the rice-grains has been seen only by Professor Langley. 1884 Longman's Mag. Apr. 590 We may describe the solar rice-grains, in fact, as mighty metallic clouds. 1896 R. A. Proctor Other Suns than Ours (new ed.) xi. 159 It is certain that under the action of various forces the solar rice-grains arrange themselves into groupings of varied form. 1912 G. F. Chambers Story Solar Syst. ii. 39 Perhaps, on the whole, ‘rice grains’ is not altogether a bad expression to recall what certainly seems to be the granular surface of the Sun as we see it. 1995 R. McKim tr. J. Dragesco High Resol. Astrophotogr. iv. 69/2 Very rarely (three or four times a year), it is possible to hope for a resolution..which allows the structure of the penumbrae and the rice grains (which do not stand out well in ordinary photographs) to be very clearly perceived. Compounds attributive. Used with reference to a type of decoration on porcelain in which perforations are made and filled with translucent glaze. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > other types of decoration smudging1846 rice grain1876 photoceramic1892 pastillage1901 fingertipping1935 trailing1940 lithophane1947 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > having specific decoration cane-coloured1787 blue-printed1797 crackled1876 rice grain1876 soufflé1878 fingertip1914 rusticated1916 Nuzi1941 1876 W. E. Griffis Mikado's Empire 627 All kinds of faience and true porcelain are made in Kiōto, the ‘pierced’, the ‘netted’, ‘sieve’, ‘rice-grain’, ‘egg-shell’, [etc.]. 1881 Furnit. Gaz. 23 Apr. 270/3 Open shallow bowls with rice-grain perforations filled in with the glaze. 1910 Encycl. Brit. V. 746/1 In the rice-grain pattern the incisions are generally filled up with the melted glaze. 1974 G. Savage & H. Newman Illustr. Dict. Ceramics 139 (caption) Persian pottery bowl with rice-grain piercing, 17th century. 2000 E. Cooper Ten Thousand Years Pottery (ed. 4) xiii. 307/1 Pierced porcelain bowls with glaze in the manner of rice-grain decoration. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1763
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