单词 | rockahominy |
释义 | rockahominyn. U.S. (originally North American). Roasted and finely ground maize, often carried as a provision by travellers. Also called nocake, parched corn, pinole. Cf. hominy n.In later use (as in quots. 1901 and 2006) often used erroneously for hominy n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > porridges > [noun] polentaOE papelotec1400 pottagea1500 crowdy-mowdy?a1513 drowsen1519 pease porridge?1548 plum pottage1574 sowens1582 grout1587 orgementa1590 plum porridge1591 loblolly1597 pease pottage1600 girt-brew1620 washbrew1620 lentil-porridge1622 hominy1630 porridgea1643 samp1643 nettle-pottage1659 nettle-porridge1661 crowdie1668 suppawn1670 mush1671 rockahominy1674 stirabouta1691 praiseach1698 sagamité1698 brochan1700 atole1716 burgoo1750 purry1751 fungee1789 pepper porridge1803 kasha1808 mamaliga1808 skilligalee1819 bean-porridge1821 skilly1839 sap porridge1842 corn-mush1846 oatmeal mush1850 pap1858 ugali1860 oatmeal1873 mealie-meal1880 mealie-pap1880 uji1889 sadza1899 nsima1907 putu papa1910 posho1927 putu1949 ogi1957 whey-porridge- 1674 in C. W. Albord & L. Bidgood First Explor. Trans-Allegheny Region (1912) 223 They..gave him Rokahamony for his journey. 1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia iii. v. 18 Sometimes also in their Travels, each man takes with him a pint or quart of Rockahomonie, that is, the finest Indian Corn, parched, and beaten to powder. 1737 J. Brickell Nat. Hist. N.-Carolina 288 Rockahomine meal which is made of their maize or Indian corn. 1743 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina Account p. x They thicken their Broths with Roccahomony. 1847 C. Campbell Introd. Hist. Virginia viii. 28/2 In their journies they would provide themselves with rockahominy or corn parched and reduced to a powder. 1901 M. Johnston Audrey i Platters of smoking venison and turkey, flanked by rockahominy and sea biscuit. 2006 N. Dupree Shrimp & Grits Cookbk. 8 Some form of grits have been around since before the Native Americans greeted the first white man with ‘rockahominie’ (the Native American name for cracked corn). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1674 |
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