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单词 ringwood
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ringwoodn.1

Brit. /ˈrɪŋwʊd/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋˌwʊd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ring n.1, wood n.1
Etymology: < ring n.1 + wood n.1 For the probable reason for the name in sense 2 see quot. 1947.
rare.
1. Wood used to make the rims of wheels. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > wood for making wheels > for specific parts
ringwood1614
wheel-stock1835
1614 in W. S. Gibson Hist. Monastery Tynemouth (1846) II. 121 Spokes, Naves and Ringwood for the said wheeles, cx.s.
2. A rare Australian rainforest tree, Syzygium anisatum (family Myrtaceae), also grown elsewhere as an ornamental or commercially for its aniseed-scented evergreen foliage, esp. as a source of essential oils. Also more fully ringwood aniseed tree.Formerly called Backhousia anisata.
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1947 R. H. Anderson Trees New South Wales (ed. 2) v. 256 Backhousia anisata is a fairly large tree with rather thin, sub-fibrous or corky bark... It is also known as Ringwood, as the logs, decaying on the ground, form more or less regular rings which resist decay, the intervening wood rotting away.
2008 North Shore (Austral.) Times (Nexis) 10 Oct. 40 There are two Queensland firewheel trees, four tall spotted gums, a ringwood aniseed tree, two lemon-scented gums, two brush box, three silky oaks, and many more.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Ringwoodn.2

Brit. /ˈrɪŋwʊd/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋˌwʊd/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Ringwood.
Etymology: < Ringwood, the name of a town in Hampshire, southern England.
Now historical.
In full Ringwood ale (or beer): a type of strong ale originally brewed at Ringwood in Hampshire.Distinct from beer made at the modern Ringwood Brewery founded in 1978.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > ale > [noun] > other ales
strawberry ale1523
red ale1557
sixteens1584
bottle ale1586
hostler ale1590
Pimlico1609
eyebright1612
quest-ale1681
hugmatee1699
Newcastle brown (ale)1707
pale ale1708
twopenny ale (or beer)1710
twoops1729
flux ale1742
pale1743
Ringwood1759
brown ale1776
light ale1780
blue cap1789
brown1820
India pale ale1837
Tipper1843
ostler ale1861
fourpenny ale1871
four-ale1883
ninepenny1886
Scotch1886
barley wine1940
IPA1953
light1953
real ale1972
1759 Whitehall Evening-post 17–19 July (advt.) Thirty Barrels of Home-brewed Beer, five Hogsheads of Ringwood Beer, five Hogsheads of Cyder.
1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 Misc. Ess. 195/2 That matrimony was not sufficiently encouraged, and that ringwood was the most orthodox ale in the kingdom.
1775 Observ. on Art of Brewing 19 We shall be able to make London porter at Portsmouth, Dorchester beer at Cambridge, Burton ale in the Isle of Wight, and Ringwood at Lyme Regis.
1784 J. Richardson Statical Estimates Materials Brewing ii. viii. 200 If, for example, we would imitate Burton ale, Ringwood beer, or London porter..we can be correct in the imitation of their strength.
1805 E. W. Brayley & J. Britton Beauties of Eng. & Wales VI. 220 The inhabitants are principally employed in the manufacture of woollen cloths, and stockings; and in the making of strong beer and ale: the Ringwood beer has obtained much celebrity.
1859 M. E. C. Walcott Guide to Coasts of Hants & Dorset 345 A party of royal dragoons entered the town, to surprise the conspirators, who sat, pipe in hand, with tankards of Ringwood ale before them, in Mrs. Knapton's house.
1908 D. H. M. Read Highways & Byways in Hampshire xvi. 280 The old school stood by the churchyard beyond the pollarded limes that were planted nearly two hundred years ago by a Blashford gardener, Bower by name, whose feats at drinking Ringwood ale are not yet forgotten.
1986 P. Sibley & R. Fletcher Discovering New Forest 39 Locally its [sc. Ringwood's] most famous product was Ringwood Ale, dispensed from twenty inns and brewed by the Carter family in West Street.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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