单词 | sang |
释义 | sangn.1 Scottish and northern. Used in the asseverative phrase (by) my sang; also shortened to sang. ΚΠ 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Sang is't, indeed it is. N. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 87 But, by my sang! now gin we meet, We'll ha'e a tramp right clever. 1894 A. Robertson Nuggets 70 ‘Ma sang!’ said McKeel, ‘ye've come to the richt shop.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sangn.2 U.S. colloquial. = ginseng n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > general plant-derived medicines savineOE liquoricec1275 verjuice1302 sandragon1334 sugar roset1363 acaciaa1398 agnus castusa1398 sebestenc1400 socotrine aloesa1425 tapsimelc1425 valencec1425 aconitum?a1450 hypericum1471 cassia1543 guaiacum1553 guaiac1558 butcher's broom1578 solanum1578 liquorice-stick1580 symphonia1597 tabasheer1598 diascord1605 orange-bead1626 oxymel of squills1654 Japonic earth1673 terebinthina1693 terebinthinate1696 pareira brava1698 rhabarbarate1716 Japan earth1718 buglossate1725 squill1725 phytolacca1730 nettle juice1747 xanthoxyloïn1767 mustard whey1769 Jesuits' drops1783 digitalis1785 arnica1788 mel-rose1790 gallic acid1791 valerian1794 sacred elixir1797 drosera1801 Spanish juice1803 mudar1819 sabadilla1821 parillin1825 mudarin1829 salicin1830 sang1843 peppermint camphor1854 pareira1855 savanilla1856 euonymin1862 menthol1862 phytolaccin1864 alstonia1868 agoniadin1870 guimauve1870 gelsemium1875 iridin1879 hazeline1880 tub-camphor1880 echinacea1887 jacaranda1887 hamamelin1890 quillain1890 vieirin1893 thiolin1894 mentha camphor1902 hamamelis1910 phytohaemagglutinin1949 adaptogen1966 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > ginseng ginseng1677 Chinese mandragora1728 sang1843 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > root > specific roots zedoaryOE madderOE setwall?c1225 liquoricec1275 rhubarba1400 ireosc1400 liquorice-racec1400 sage root14.. maple root1523 liquorice-root1530 rhabarbarum1533 orris1545 turmeric1545 cypressc1550 pyrethrum1562 china1582 China root1588 orris root1598 red squill1629 ginseng1654 ague root1676 poke root1687 cassumunar1693 nettle root1707 valerian root1747 belly-ache-root1775 Indian root1775 Turkey rhubarb1789 sumbul1791 serpentaria1803 Honduras sarsaparilla1818 serpentary1837 sang1843 savanilla1856 manaca1866 gelsemium1875 sanguinaria1875 Indian turmeric1890 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. xxvii. 256 The storekeeper was obliged to book the nine and a quarter cents, to be paid in ‘sang’. 1886 Harper's Mag. June 58/2 Formerly, digging ‘sang’, as they call ginseng, was a general occupation. 1897 W. E. Barton Sim Galloway's Daughter-in-Law 20 The sang was short this year. 1948 E. N. Dick Dixie Frontier 32 He spent some time digging ginseng, or ‘sang’ as they called it. 1978 Nat. Parks & Conservation Mag. Feb. 18/1 Hunters of ‘sang’, as ginseng is known in Virginia and West Virginia, can tell..exciting stories about finding the ‘big root’ or ‘patch’. Compounds attributive. ΚΠ 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Sang-hoe, the implement used in gathering ginseng. 1878 C. B. Coale Life & Adventures Wilburn Waters xxi. 124 These hill-sides are a godsend to ‘sang-diggers’. 1899 M. G. Kains Ginseng 31 The average ‘sang’ digger has very little conscience. 1927 K. Eubank Horse & Buggy Days 53 The trail of death which lasted for twenty years started over the ownership of a ‘sang-digger’ hog. 1949 ‘J. Nelson’ Backwoods Teacher xxii. 233 Thar I was in them deep woods huntin' sang roots. 1975 C. Bogue in E. Wigginton Foxfire 3 247 A man could go ‘sang’ hunting and return with a fortune. Derivatives sang v. intransitive, to gather ginseng. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [verb (intransitive)] > gather ginseng sang1848 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Sang,..is or was also used in Virginia as a verb. 1877 Field & Forest 3 40 Why, I have sanged all over it [sc. the mountain]. ˈsanging n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > ginseng gathering sanging1848 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms To go a sanging, is to be engaged in gathering ginseng. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 379 In Alleghany Co., Maryland, is Sang Run near which is a well-known ‘sanging ground’. 1892 J. L. Allen Blue-grass Region Kentucky 249 In the wildest parts of the country..entire families may still be seen ‘out sangin’. 1975 C. Bogue in E. Wigginton Foxfire 3 247 With some domestic sale, as well as a continuing foreign market, ‘sanging’ became a business. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sangn.3 A former Tibetan unit of currency, consisting of 100 sho; a coin or note of this value. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > specific Tibetan sang1902 sho1902 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > coins of Tibet sang1902 sho1902 1902 S. C. Das Journey to Lhasa & Central Tibet vii. 182 The Government revenue for each kang is, on an average, fifty srang (125 rupees), or about one hundred and fifty khal of grain. 1947 Whitaker's Almanack 886/2 The present currency [of Tibet] is reckoned in sangs... The 1939 value was about 8 sangs = 1 rupee. 1962 R. A. G. Carson Coins 545 Since 1935 on various srang values in silver..has been the lion with a background of mountains. 1962 L. Davidson Rose of Tibet ix. 174 The current yuan went 330 to the Tibetan sang: the sang six and a half to the rupee. 1970 R. D. Taring Daughter of Tibet xviii. 242 Thubtenla lent me six hundred sangs (about £6). 1974 D. Norbu Red Star over Tibet ii. 36 His profits and premium from Chang Thang amounted to 600 sang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.11787n.21843n.31902 |
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