snapdragonn.

/ˈsnapˌdraɡən/

Forms: Also snap dragon, snap-dragon.

Etymology: < snap v. + dragon n.¹

a. A popular name for one or other of the plants belonging to the genus Antirrhinum, esp. A. majus, a hardy plant bearing showy flowers, frequently grown in gardens.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > foxglove and allied flowers > snapdragon

calves'-snout1548

antirrhinum1551

snapdragon1573

lion's snap1597

lion's mouth1706

frog's mouth1754

dog's mouth1824

toad's mouth1839

Bunny Mouth1846

dragon's-mouth1857

bulldogs1861

poor man's torment1899

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 41 Roses of all sorts... Snap [printed snag] dragons.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 438 The flowers [are]..fashioned like..a dragons mouth; from whence the women haue taken the name Snapdragon.

1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 269 There is some diuersity in the Snapdragons, some being of a larger, and others of a lesser stature and bignesse.

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 93 Those flowers, that..shut hard and close at the top or lips,.. as Toads-flax, Snap-dragon, Fox-gloves.

1705 tr. A. Cowley Plants in Wks. (1711) III. 372 Antirrhinon..takes the Stile Of Lion's Mouth, sometimes of Calf's-Snout vile, By us Snap-Dragon call'd.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. iv. 48 Having the two lips not usually open or gaping, but closed and joined, as you may see in the Snap-dragon.

1847 G. P. R. James Convict x Those old walls, time-worn, and lichen-covered, and loaded with snapdragon.

1882 Garden 26 Aug. 183/2 Truly the Snap-dragon is one of our finest open-air flowers.

attributive and in other combinations.1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xii. 177 This raft supports the little scape of yellow snapdragon-like flowers.1872 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 4) 412 In the path of the bean is interposed this snapdragon light. Alcohol and water are here mixed with a quantity of common salt.

b. With distinctive premodifiers.

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1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 438 The purple Snapdragon hath great and brittle stalks.

1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 269 Variable Snapdragon... Yellow Snapdragon.

1713 J. Petiver Catal. Ray's Eng. Herbal Small Snap-Dragon.

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Antirrhinum The Broad-leav'd Snap-dragon.

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Antirrhinum The strip'd Snap-dragon.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 549 Ivy-leaved Snap~dragon... Round-leaved Snapdragon.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 550 Creeping Snapdragon [etc.].

1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 74 Garden Snapdragon.

c. Applied to various other plants having personate flowers (see quots.).Also dialect the foxglove, the columbine, and the common fumitory ( Eng. Dial. Dict.).

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snapdragon1753

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Linaria The species of toad flax..called by authors the lesser snapdragon... Stone snapdragon.

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. 327 Snap Dragon of America, Ruellia.

1859 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 125 Lesser Snapdragon.

1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787/2 Snapdragon, Ruellia tuberosa.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1067/2 Snapdragon,..Silene Antirrhina.

2. A figure or representation of a dragon, esp. one so constructed as to open and shut the mouth, used in mayoral or civic shows or processions. Obsolete exc. Historical.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > parade or procession > other parades or processions > specific representation or figure

snapdragon1611

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Mandúco, a disguised or vglie picture to make children afraid, as wee say, a snap-dragon, a turke, a bug-beare.

1694 L. Echard in tr. Plautus Comedies Remarks 234 Antick Figures with wide Mouths, like our Snap-dragons for Mayor's Shows.

1726 in Hist. Norfolk (1829) II. 1202 Great preparations are making in this city for the guild on Tuesday next, and the old snap dragon being dead, a young one..will make his first public appearance.

†3. ? Burnt brandy. (Cf. 4.) Obsolete.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > brandy > [noun] > types of brandy

Nants1653

French brandy1655

snapdragon1676

Cognac brandy1687

guildive1698

aguardiente1752

cognac1755

Armagnac1797

Jew brandy1817

pisco1825

Cape smoke1846

marc1848

fine champagne1864

burnt brandy1880

dop1889

grape-brandy1892

grappa1893

beno1903

V.S.O.P.1907

jackass brandy1909

fine1923

Napoleon brandy1930

Remy Martin1932

framboise1933

mampoer1934

witblits1934

Metaxa1938

Soberano1963

Napoleon1968

1676 Poor Robins Intelligence 22–29 Aug. 1/1 An old Crony..with whom he drank Snapdraggon so plentifully [etc.].

1683 J. Dryden & N. Lee Duke of Guise i. i. 5 I swallow Oaths as easie as Snap-dragon.

4. A game or amusement (usually held at Christmas) consisting of snatching raisins out of a bowl or dish of burning brandy or other spirit and eating them whilst alight; a bowl or quantity of the liquor, etc., used in this game. (Cf. flap-dragon n. 1.)

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > catching raisins, etc., in mouth

chop-cherry1561

flap-dragon1601

bob-apple1681

snapdragon1704

bob-cherry1741

snap-apple1823

bob-a-cherry1899

1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub xi. 198 He bore a strange kind of Appetite to Snap-Dragon, and to the livid Snuffs of a burning Candle.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 85. ⁋2 We got into a dark Corner with a Porringer of Brandy, and threw Raisins into it, then set it on Fire... This fantastical Mirth was called Snap-Draggon.

1792 J. Wolcot More Money in Wks. (1812) II. 505 He hates snap-dragon; 'tis a game of danger.

1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage xvii. 273 The exhibition of snap-dragon..produced also great surprise.

1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. II. xi. 275 The recollections of last night's snap-dragon and blindman's-buff.

1894 Times 12 Jan. 9/2 An accident arising from an explosion of methylated spirits used in a snapdragon.

figurative.1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets (1870) v. 141 His Muse is, in fact, a giddy wanton flirt, who spends her time in playing at snap-dragon.

5. technical. (See quots.)

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society > occupation and work > equipment > clutching or gripping equipment > [noun] > tongs or pincers

tongsc725

tongsc890

pinsons1356

turkis1390

pincersa1400

twitches?a1425

pinching iron1519

pincette?1533

spinsers1539

pincher1573

twitcher1573

tenailles1597

quitch1600

tenalia1603

forceps1634

vellicle1676

snapdragon1833

society > occupation and work > equipment > glass-making equipment > [noun] > other equipment

ladle1483

frache1662

paddle1662

strocals1662

basin1728

setting-board1825

cuvette1832

sabre1832

fly-frame1835

chair1845

snapdragon1869

sand-blast1871

parallelometer1887

chevalet1890

harbour1891

hearth1898

frigger1923

drawbar1926

1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 11 A snap-dragon..is a sort of screw nippers placed in an ordinary vice, and opening horizontally to hold a horn or other scale while being flat filed.

1869 Our Young Folks V. 85 This was taken up by a second boy on a ‘snap-dragon’,—a rod something like a ponty, but with a socket at the end for holding articles of glass,—and carried to a glory-hole.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2229/1 Snap~dragon, a kind of tongs used by glass-blowers to hold their hot hollow ware.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	snapdragon
释义	snapdragonn. /ˈsnapˌdraɡən/ Forms: Also snap dragon, snap-dragon. Etymology: < snap v. + dragon n.¹ 1. a. A popular name for one or other of the plants belonging to the genus Antirrhinum, esp. A. majus, a hardy plant bearing showy flowers, frequently grown in gardens. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > foxglove and allied flowers > snapdragon calves'-snout1548 antirrhinum1551 snapdragon1573 lion's snap1597 lion's mouth1706 frog's mouth1754 dog's mouth1824 toad's mouth1839 Bunny Mouth1846 dragon's-mouth1857 bulldogs1861 poor man's torment1899 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 41 Roses of all sorts... Snap [printed snag] dragons. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 438 The flowers [are]..fashioned like..a dragons mouth; from whence the women haue taken the name Snapdragon. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 269 There is some diuersity in the Snapdragons, some being of a larger, and others of a lesser stature and bignesse. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 93 Those flowers, that..shut hard and close at the top or lips,.. as Toads-flax, Snap-dragon, Fox-gloves. 1705 tr. A. Cowley Plants in Wks. (1711) III. 372 Antirrhinon..takes the Stile Of Lion's Mouth, sometimes of Calf's-Snout vile, By us Snap-Dragon call'd. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. iv. 48 Having the two lips not usually open or gaping, but closed and joined, as you may see in the Snap-dragon. 1847 G. P. R. James Convict x Those old walls, time-worn, and lichen-covered, and loaded with snapdragon. 1882 Garden 26 Aug. 183/2 Truly the Snap-dragon is one of our finest open-air flowers. attributive and in other combinations.1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xii. 177 This raft supports the little scape of yellow snapdragon-like flowers.1872 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 4) 412 In the path of the bean is interposed this snapdragon light. Alcohol and water are here mixed with a quantity of common salt. b. With distinctive premodifiers. ΚΠ 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 438 The purple Snapdragon hath great and brittle stalks. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 269 Variable Snapdragon... Yellow Snapdragon. 1713 J. Petiver Catal. Ray's Eng. Herbal Small Snap-Dragon. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Antirrhinum The Broad-leav'd Snap-dragon. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Antirrhinum The strip'd Snap-dragon. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 549 Ivy-leaved Snap~dragon... Round-leaved Snapdragon. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 550 Creeping Snapdragon [etc.]. 1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 74 Garden Snapdragon. c. Applied to various other plants having personate flowers (see quots.).Also dialect the foxglove, the columbine, and the common fumitory ( Eng. Dial. Dict.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > foxglove and allied flowers > snapdragon > flower similar to the snapdragon snapdragon1753 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Linaria The species of toad flax..called by authors the lesser snapdragon... Stone snapdragon. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. 327 Snap Dragon of America, Ruellia. 1859 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 125 Lesser Snapdragon. 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787/2 Snapdragon, Ruellia tuberosa. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1067/2 Snapdragon,..Silene Antirrhina. 2. A figure or representation of a dragon, esp. one so constructed as to open and shut the mouth, used in mayoral or civic shows or processions. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > parade or procession > other parades or processions > specific representation or figure snapdragon1611 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Mandúco, a disguised or vglie picture to make children afraid, as wee say, a snap-dragon, a turke, a bug-beare. 1694 L. Echard in tr. Plautus Comedies Remarks 234 Antick Figures with wide Mouths, like our Snap-dragons for Mayor's Shows. 1726 in Hist. Norfolk (1829) II. 1202 Great preparations are making in this city for the guild on Tuesday next, and the old snap dragon being dead, a young one..will make his first public appearance. †3. ? Burnt brandy. (Cf. 4.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > brandy > [noun] > types of brandy Nants1653 French brandy1655 snapdragon1676 Cognac brandy1687 guildive1698 aguardiente1752 cognac1755 Armagnac1797 Jew brandy1817 pisco1825 Cape smoke1846 marc1848 fine champagne1864 burnt brandy1880 dop1889 grape-brandy1892 grappa1893 beno1903 V.S.O.P.1907 jackass brandy1909 fine1923 Napoleon brandy1930 Remy Martin1932 framboise1933 mampoer1934 witblits1934 Metaxa1938 Soberano1963 Napoleon1968 1676 Poor Robins Intelligence 22–29 Aug. 1/1 An old Crony..with whom he drank Snapdraggon so plentifully [etc.]. 1683 J. Dryden & N. Lee Duke of Guise i. i. 5 I swallow Oaths as easie as Snap-dragon. 4. A game or amusement (usually held at Christmas) consisting of snatching raisins out of a bowl or dish of burning brandy or other spirit and eating them whilst alight; a bowl or quantity of the liquor, etc., used in this game. (Cf. flap-dragon n. 1.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > catching raisins, etc., in mouth chop-cherry1561 flap-dragon1601 bob-apple1681 snapdragon1704 bob-cherry1741 snap-apple1823 bob-a-cherry1899 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub xi. 198 He bore a strange kind of Appetite to Snap-Dragon, and to the livid Snuffs of a burning Candle. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 85. ⁋2 We got into a dark Corner with a Porringer of Brandy, and threw Raisins into it, then set it on Fire... This fantastical Mirth was called Snap-Draggon. 1792 J. Wolcot More Money in Wks. (1812) II. 505 He hates snap-dragon; 'tis a game of danger. 1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage xvii. 273 The exhibition of snap-dragon..produced also great surprise. 1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. II. xi. 275 The recollections of last night's snap-dragon and blindman's-buff. 1894 Times 12 Jan. 9/2 An accident arising from an explosion of methylated spirits used in a snapdragon. figurative.1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets (1870) v. 141 His Muse is, in fact, a giddy wanton flirt, who spends her time in playing at snap-dragon. 5. technical. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > clutching or gripping equipment > [noun] > tongs or pincers tongsc725 tongsc890 pinsons1356 turkis1390 pincersa1400 twitches?a1425 pinching iron1519 pincette?1533 spinsers1539 pincher1573 twitcher1573 tenailles1597 quitch1600 tenalia1603 forceps1634 vellicle1676 snapdragon1833 society > occupation and work > equipment > glass-making equipment > [noun] > other equipment ladle1483 frache1662 paddle1662 strocals1662 basin1728 setting-board1825 cuvette1832 sabre1832 fly-frame1835 chair1845 snapdragon1869 sand-blast1871 parallelometer1887 chevalet1890 harbour1891 hearth1898 frigger1923 drawbar1926 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 11 A snap-dragon..is a sort of screw nippers placed in an ordinary vice, and opening horizontally to hold a horn or other scale while being flat filed. 1869 Our Young Folks V. 85 This was taken up by a second boy on a ‘snap-dragon’,—a rod something like a ponty, but with a socket at the end for holding articles of glass,—and carried to a glory-hole. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2229/1 Snap~dragon, a kind of tongs used by glass-blowers to hold their hot hollow ware. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1573
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