sorreln.¹

Brit.

/ˈsɒrəl/,

/ˈsɒrl̩/, U.S.

/ˈsɔrəl/

Forms: Middle English, 1500s–1600s sorell, Middle English–1500s sorel, 1500s–1600s sorrell (1500s sowrell), 1500s– sorrel.

Etymology: < Old French surele (12th cent.), sorele, surelle (modern French surelle ), < Old French sur adjective, an adoption of the Germanic sūr sour adj.

Botany.

a. One or other of certain small perennial plants belonging to the genus Rumex, characterized by a sour taste, and to some extent cultivated for culinary purposes; esp. the common wild species, R. acetosa.Earlier botanical names are Acedula (also Acidula), Acetosa, and Oxalis.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > dock and allies > sorrel

sour dockc1325

sorrelc1440

sourock?a1505

sheep's sorrel1578

Tours sorrel1578

green sauce1620

moonwort1697

ranty-tantya1700

tree sorrel1753

sheep-sorrel1806

sour grass1866

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > culinary herbs > edible sorrel

sour dockc1325

sharp dockc1400

acetose?a1425

sorrelc1440

sourock?a1505

green sauce1620

sour docken1697

dock-sorrel1886

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 465/1 Sorel, herbe, surella.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 272/2 Sorell an herbe, oseille.

1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. F.vij^v Oxalis, in barbarus latin Acetosa or Acidula, in englishe Sorel or sourdocke.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 558 Sorrel is commonly sowen in gardens, and is to be found also growing wylde.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xv. 222 Sorrell & burnet..may be sowen in fine ground and well manured, in the spring time especially the sorrell.

1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xlvi. 180 Going into the woods we sustained ourselves with a certain herb like unto Sorrell.

1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 259 Several Plants known by their Taste, as Sorrel.

1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry IV. 131 The seeds of the annual sorts of sorrel should be sown about the latter end of March.

1816 J. Keats I stood Tip-toe 98 Her nimble toes Patting against the sorrel as she goes.

1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 394 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV ‘Acid’ soils,..indicated by the growth of sorrel..and other sour plants.

1889 A. R. Wallace Darwinism (1890) 29 The sorrel..covers hundreds of acres with a sheet of red.

b. With distinguishing epithets, denoting various species of the genus Rumex.For sheep's, tree, Welsh sorrel see these words.

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1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Cantherinum lapathum, wilde sorell.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. ix. 559 The fifth kind, which groweth in ditches, is called..in Englishe, Great Sorrel, Water Sorrel, and Horse Sorrel.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. ix. 558 Oxalis Romana, Tours Sorrel or Romayne Sorrel.

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Ozeille sauvage, wild sorrell.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 320 Oxalis Crispa. Curled Sorrell.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 319 Oxalis tuberosa. Knobbed Sorrell.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 320 Oxalis Franca seu Romana. Round Sorrell.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 321 Oxalis minor. Small Sorrell.

1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 92 Sage, Scorpiades, and the garden Sorrell.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ozeille petite,..barren Sorrell.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Petite salette, Pettie Sorrell, sallet Sorrell.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ozeille sauvage,..sowre Sorrell, the sowre Docke.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Salette Petite salette, Pettie Sorrell, sallet Sorrell.

1681 in Thanes of Cawdor (Spalding Club) 352 French sorrell.

1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 25 Others will have the Leaf like round Sorrel.

1713 J. Petiver Catal. Ray's Eng. Herbal Common Sorrel.

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Acetosa The Northern barren Sorrel.

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Acetosa The Round-leav'd or French Sorrel.

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Acetosa The Common or Meadow Sorrel.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The great mountain-sorrel.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The round-leaved garden-sorrel.

1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry IV. 130 The common sorrel, which grows naturally in pasture lands in most parts of England.

1764 J. Mills Syst. Pract. Husb. IV. 130 The round-leafed garden, or Roman sorrel.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xviii. 260 Common..Sorrel,..growing in meadows and pastures.

1796 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening xvi. 339 The round leaved sort, commonly called the Roman, and by others, French sorrel is reckoned the more grateful acid.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 610/1 By means of the common broad-leaved sorrel an excellent black colour is..given to woollen stuffs.

1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia at Rumex R. sentatus. French sorrel.

1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 1081 The young leaves and shoots of several species of Rumex and Rheum are eaten..under the name of..French sorrel.

1845 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. ii. 327 R. acetosella... Field Sorrel.

1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 93 The best..is the Broad-leaved sorrel, of which a marked subvariety, the Golden Sorrel, is almost exclusively cultivated in the environs of Dunkirk.

1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 93 The Round-leaved sorrel..is not the kind to cultivate, except for variety.

1858 A. Irvine Handbk. Brit. Plants 379 Rumex,..Dock Sorrel.

1886 M. Linskill Haven under Hill in Good Words 301 The dock-sorrel stood with its maroon spires in the air.

2. The leaves of species of Rumex (see sense 1) used in cookery or medicine, or as a salad; a decoction or drink made from one or other of these plants.

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the world > food and drink > drink > decoction > [noun] > of herbs, seeds, or bark

sorrela1400

cinnamon-water1589

borage-water1620

sage drink1747

sage juice1747

seed water1747

mauby1790

sabzi1804

gentian1840

Angostura1856

gentian bitter1864

sage gargle189.

hop bitters1894

rooibos1911

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > herb > [noun] > sorrel

sorrela1400

acetose?a1425

a1400 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 51 Drynk sorell, plantayne, and chekyn-mete.

a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 54 With gynger þo pigge eton shalle be, And sorel with þo moton.

1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 24 Sorell. Being sodden, it louseth the bealy.

1575 G. Gascoigne Posies Ep. Yng. Gent., in Wks. (1907) I. 12 If the Chirurgian which should seeke Sorrell to rypen an Ulcer, will take Rewe [etc.].

1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 145 Sorell is good in hot seasons..for the cholericke.

1696 J. Floyer Preternatural State Animal Humours vi. 68 Cyder, French and Rhenish Wines, Vinegar, Sorrel, Verjuice, Limons.

1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires ii. iv. 37 Sorrel and White-Wine, if you costive prove, And Muscles, all Obstructions shall remove.

1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ii. 28 Take two Handfuls of Sorrel, pound it in a Mortar.

†a. sorrel de boys, = wood sorrel n. Obsolete.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Oxalidaceae (wood-sorrel and allies) > [noun]

sorrel de boysa1400

wood-soura1400

hallelujahc1425

cuckoobread1526

cuckoo's meat1526

wood sorrel1526

stubwort1541

sour trefoil1578

stobwort1597

salad sorrel1611

French sorrel1633

three-leaved grass1634

stab-wort1640

lujula1651

oxalis1706

goat's foot1787

sour grass1866

sour-sop1885

soursob1907

a1400 Stockholm Med. MS. f. 95 Alla .i. sorell de boye.

1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Acidula,..an herbe called sorrell de boys.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum at Alleluya herbe Otherwise called Sorrell de Boys.

1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. (Herbs) Sorell de boyes, or Cuckoes Sorell, Kockocks Suyringh.

b. With distinguishing epithets, denoting various species of Oxalis (wood sorrel).

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1647 [see sense 3a].

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Alleluja An Herb otherwise call'd Wood-sorrel, or French Sorrel.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Oxalis Wild Sorrel or Wood-Sorrel, an Herb.

1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 50 Oxalis corniculata,..‘Clover Sorrel’, or ‘Sour Grass’.

1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. s.v. Ladies' sorrel, Oxalis stricta.

4. With distinguishing epithet: One or other of various plants of other genera in some way resembling sorrel (see quots.).

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > dock and allies > sorrel > plant resembling

sorrel1697

1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 375 Acetosa (a Plant of the Family with Rhubarb, which will be called The Indian Sorrel, or Sower Docken).

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Indian Sorrel, a name sometimes given to ketmia.

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 327 Sorrel, Indian Red, Hibiscus.

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 327 Sorrel, Indian White, Hibiscus.

1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 586 H[ibiscus] Sabdariffa..in the West Indies is called Red Sorrel.

1843 C. C. Babington Man. Brit. Bot. 256 O[xyria] reniformis,..Mountain-Sorrel.

1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787/2 Climbing Sorrel, Begonia scandens.

1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787/2 Sorrel, Indian or red, Hibiscus Sabdarifa.

1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787/2 Switch Sorrel, Dodonæa viscosa.

1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 303 Switch Sorrel of Jamaica..Shrub or small tree.

1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 35 Hibiscus heterophyllus,..‘Queensland Sorrel’.

5. plural. Species of sorrel; sorrel plants.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > dock and allies > sorrel > sorrel plants

ribes?a1425

sorrels1596

1596 in Analecta Scotica (1837) II. 13 The seid of..sorrelis or sourochis.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) Alleluya..has all the same Qualities and the same Taste as the other Sorrels.

1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 221/2 Well known as troublesome weeds to the agriculturist, under the name of docks and sorrels.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 998/2 The Sorrels are considered of great importance in French cookery.

6. salt of sorrel, binoxalate of potash.

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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > salts > [noun] > salts named by atomic number > oxalates

salt of sorrel1788

salt of lemon1810

ozonide1949

1788 J. St. John tr. L. B. Guyton de Morveau et al. Method Chym. Nomencl. 38 Salt of sorrel containing copper.

1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. 209 Oxalic Acidulum, the Salt of Sorrel of the Shops.

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 192 Two drams of sal-ammoniac, and half a dram of salt of sorrel.

1887 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 5) ii. iii. 654 A potassium salt of oxalic acid, commonly termed salt of sorrel.

Compounds

C1. attributive, as sorrel-flower, sorrel genus, sorrel leaf, sorrel seed.

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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Sorrel seeds..are esteemed astringent.

1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 342 Sorrel leaves are inodorous, and have a grateful austere acidulous taste.

1845 S. Judd Margaret i. xvii. 171 The snow-fields seemed to bloom with glowing sorrel flowers.

1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. 359 Polygonaceæ. The Sorrel Order.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 998/1 Rumex, the Dock and Sorrel genus.

C2. In the sense ‘made from sorrel’, as sorrel drink, sorrel jam, sorrel sauce, sorrel sops, sorrel soup, sorrel water.

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1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount f. 40^v Thre vnces of endiue water, or sorell water.

1589 in H. Hall Society in Elizabethan Age (1886) 213 For rostinge the mutton & chickens and sorell soppes for the chickens.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vinaigrette, sorrell sawce.

1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches iii. sig. F4 Here comes the payre of boyld Lovers in Sorrell sops.

a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 155 Lay it in a dish with some sorrel sauce.

1797 J. Woodforde Diary 20 Apr. (1931) V. 28 We had for Dinner to day, some Haddocks..Sorrell Soup, a boiled Tongue & Veal Cutlets.

1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 93 It is used..principally for sorrel-soup.

1862 in Veness El Dorado (1866) App. 122 Sorrel jelly,..sorrel jam, preserved papaws [etc.].

1863 Chambers's Encycl. V. 359/1 Hibiscus Sabdariffa..affords a refreshing beverage, well known in the West Indies as Sorrel Cool Drink.

C3. In the names of various plants. Also sorrel-tree n.

sorrel-thorn n.

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1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 2 80 The irritability inherent in the stamina of the flowers of the sorrel-thorn (l'épine-vinette).

sorrel-vine n.

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1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787/2 Sorrel-vine, Cissus acida.

sorrel-wood n.

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1874 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. (rev. ed.) Suppl. 1343/2 Sorrelwood (N[ew] Zeal[and]), Oxalis magellanica.

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sorreladj.n.²

Brit.

/ˈsɒrəl/,

/ˈsɒrl̩/, U.S.

/ˈsɔrəl/

Forms: Middle English–1700s (1800s archaic) sorel, Middle English sorelle, sowrell, Middle English–1700s sorell, 1500s–1600s soril; 1500s–1600s sorrell, 1600s sorrill, 1500s– sorrel.

Etymology: < Old French sorel (soreal , -eaul , -iel ), < sore sore adj.² Hence also medieval Latin sorellus.

A. adj. Of a bright chestnut colour; reddish brown:

a. Of horses (or other animals).

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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > sorrel

sorrel1469

the world > animals > mammals > [adjective] > of parts of > having coat of specific kind > defined by colour

redOE

sorrel1469

roan1530

red roan1674

1469 in F. W. Weaver Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 216 I will that my seruant William Wilson have a sorelle hackney of mine.

1543 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 175 A sorell geldinge.

1570 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 156 My sorrell meare coult.

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 39 Here, in their stable, four dainty sorrel pied horses.

1680 London Gaz. No. 1520/4 A Sorrel, or Bright Chesnut Mare, about 14 Hands and a half high.

1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 263 A sorrel Gelding of a monstrous Size.

1706 London Gaz. No. 4190/4 A sorrel chesnut Nag, a little crack winded.

1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 376 Sorrel, chestnut-coloured, as applied to a horse.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. iv. 50 How Mas'r Shelby was thinking of buying a new sorrel colt.

1884 Bible (R.V.) Zech. i. 8 Behind him there were horses, red, sorrel, and white.

b. Of hair or persons.

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the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > red

redc1275

auburn1591

Abraham?1592

sorrel1600

Abram1602

sandy-coloured1661

carrot1671

carrot-coloured1684

Judas colour1695

carroty1696

sandy1734

gingery1844

Titian1863

gingerous1864

1600 N. Breton Pasquils Fooles-cap (rev. ed.) sig. B4 Shee, in a glasse, that sees her Sorrell haire, And straight will put it to the Painters die [etc.].

1602 N. Breton Mothers Blessing lxxv A sorrell foretop, and a sowish feature.

a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman iii. i. 29 in P. Massinger 3 New playes (1655) My Sorrel slaves are of a lower price, Because the colours faint.

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 50 A Roan-Guelding.., a Lock on's hoof, A sorrel-mane.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Sorrel-pate, red Hair'd.

1708 Brit. Apollo 11–16 June Red Hair'd People, or Carrotty, Sandy, Sorrel, or what you will call them.

c. Of colour or hue.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > reddish brown

russet1428

reddish-brown1530

sorrel1534

berry-brown1575

sored1587

russetish1600

Chelidonian1601

weaselled-coloured1607

deer-coloured1611

spadiceous1646

russeted1654

testaceous1688

russety1697

mahoganya1744

red-brown1786

reddy-brown1845

fusco-testaceous1847

mahogany-brown1881

persimmon1897

1534 in F. W. Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 41 Oon mayre of sorell color.

1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 72 How they color change, From blacke to browne, from browne to sorrel bay.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Saurir, to..turne into a Sorrell colour.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vntill they [sc. herrings] haue gotten their Sorrell hue.

B. n.²

a. A horse of a bright chestnut or reddish brown colour; also as the name of a horse. (So Old French Sorel.)

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > colour or marking > [noun] > sorrel bay or chestnut

bayard1330

sorrelc1430

bay1535

chestnut1636

dapple-bay1835

alezan1848

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 202 But on them she wyl have a bonde, As weel of bayard as of brende, And yit for sorelle she wyl stonde.

1482 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) (Camden) 109 Grett sorell ys in good plyght.

1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. vi. i. 91 Saint Georges Sorrell, or his crosse of blood.

1600 J. M. New Metamorphosis Noe holla Jacke, nor Sorrell, hola boye, Will make them stay.

1708 Brit. Apollo 17–22 Dec. O'er Hill and Dale on Sorrel, Noble Steed.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. ix. 60 Sure my Lord's Sorrel is not resty!

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. ix. 60 Sorrel disdaining the rein, sprung forward.

1783–9 T. Day Sandford & Merton (1851) 442 I can assure you they are the true Suffolk sorrels, the first breed of working horses in the kingdom.

1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain III. xix. 368 The horse was small, but beautiful, a sorrel with long mane and tail.

1894 Outing 24 383/2 At the easy, comfortable pace with which old sorrel jogs him to town on court days.

in extended use.1803 J. Davis Trav. U.S.A. 378 I am no half-and-half breed; no chesnut-sorrel of a mulatto.

b. In allusive use: (see quot. 1710).

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?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. viii. 82 Those that (Profanely if not Traiterously) Drink a Health to Sorrel.

1710 Answ. to Sacheverell's Serm. 15 The King [William III] having..a fall from his Horse (called Sorrel),..which was thought to be the cause of his Death, they rejoyced at it, and did usually drink a Health to Sorrel.

2. A buck in its third year. Now Obsolete or archaic.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > in its third year

spayarda1425

sorrel1486

spire1856

1486 Bk. St. Albans, Hunting e iv And ye speke of the Bucke, the fyrst yere he is A fawne,..The secunde yere a preket, the iii. yere a sowrell.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 272/2 Sorell, a yonge bucke.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. ii. 59 The Dogges did yell,..then Sorell iumps from thicket.

1616 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1884) II. John Turner presented for breaking the chase of the R^t Hon. Lord Burghley and shooting a sorell there.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1654 (1955) III. 117 I went to Hunting of a Sorel deare.

1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 232 If any Deer come out that is not weighty, or a Deer of Antlier, which is Buck, Sore, or Sorrel.

1865 G. F. Berkeley My Life & Recoll. II. 256 Doe or buck, pricket, sor or sorel, my orders from the Crown were that every one should be destroyed.

in extended use.1612 R. Daborne Christian turn'd Turke sig. E^v I am but a pricket, a meere sorrell, my head's not hardened yet.

3. A sorrel or reddish-brown colour. Frequently with reference to horses.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > reddish brown

russet1422

red-brown?a1450

reddish-brown1530

sorrel1530

mordoré1791

alezan1820

mahogany1822

henna1911

teak1934

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 272/2 Sorrell, colour of an horse, sorrel.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xii. sig. Pp4^v His horse was of a fierie sorrell, with blacke feete.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Alezan toustade, a darke reddish colour, as of mettall burnt in the fire; a burnt sorrell.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 155/1 Sorrel, is more lighter than a light Bay, inclining to a Yellow.

1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i Alazán dorádo, betwixt Roan and Sorrel.

1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 11 The best colours for lines are sorell, white, and grey.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Sorrel, a colour between a chestnut and a red.

1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner ix. 106 She was of the shade we call sorrel, or, as an Englishman would perhaps say, chestnut.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

sorrel-coloured adj.

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1887 W. B. Yeats Let. 13 Aug. in Lett. to K. Tynan (1953) 37 I enclose these trivial verses... The Fairy Doctor. The fairy doctor comes our way Over the sorrel-coloured wold.

C2.

sorrel-top n. colloquial (originally U.S.) a red-haired person.

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the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [noun] > red > person having

redhead1510

ginger1823

Titian1839

bricktop1841

rufus1846

sorrel-top1863

ginger nob1878

coppernob1880

bluey1892

ginge1911

ranga2003

1863 ‘E. Kirke’ My Southern Friends iv. 58 ‘Har, you lousy sorrel-top,’ said the trader to the red-faced and red-headed bar tender.

1904 ‘O. Henry’ in Everybody's Mag. Feb. 187/1 I guess they don't raise 74-inch sorrel-tops with romping ways down in his precinct.

1918 G. Frankau One of Them xix. 145 Once more released to lavish wealth and name On head or blonde or sorrel-top or raven.

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单词	sorrel
释义	sorreln.¹ Brit. /ˈsɒrəl/, /ˈsɒrl̩/, U.S. /ˈsɔrəl/ Forms: Middle English, 1500s–1600s sorell, Middle English–1500s sorel, 1500s–1600s sorrell (1500s sowrell), 1500s– sorrel. Etymology: < Old French surele (12th cent.), sorele, surelle (modern French surelle ), < Old French sur adjective, an adoption of the Germanic sūr sour adj. Botany. 1. a. One or other of certain small perennial plants belonging to the genus Rumex, characterized by a sour taste, and to some extent cultivated for culinary purposes; esp. the common wild species, R. acetosa.Earlier botanical names are Acedula (also Acidula), Acetosa, and Oxalis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > dock and allies > sorrel sour dockc1325 sorrelc1440 sourock?a1505 sheep's sorrel1578 Tours sorrel1578 green sauce1620 moonwort1697 ranty-tantya1700 tree sorrel1753 sheep-sorrel1806 sour grass1866 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > culinary herbs > edible sorrel sour dockc1325 sharp dockc1400 acetose?a1425 sorrelc1440 sourock?a1505 green sauce1620 sour docken1697 dock-sorrel1886 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 465/1 Sorel, herbe, surella. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 272/2 Sorell an herbe, oseille. 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. F.vij^v Oxalis, in barbarus latin Acetosa or Acidula, in englishe Sorel or sourdocke. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 558 Sorrel is commonly sowen in gardens, and is to be found also growing wylde. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xv. 222 Sorrell & burnet..may be sowen in fine ground and well manured, in the spring time especially the sorrell. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xlvi. 180 Going into the woods we sustained ourselves with a certain herb like unto Sorrell. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 259 Several Plants known by their Taste, as Sorrel. 1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry IV. 131 The seeds of the annual sorts of sorrel should be sown about the latter end of March. 1816 J. Keats I stood Tip-toe 98 Her nimble toes Patting against the sorrel as she goes. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 394 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV ‘Acid’ soils,..indicated by the growth of sorrel..and other sour plants. 1889 A. R. Wallace Darwinism (1890) 29 The sorrel..covers hundreds of acres with a sheet of red. b. With distinguishing epithets, denoting various species of the genus Rumex.For sheep's, tree, Welsh sorrel see these words. ΚΠ 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Cantherinum lapathum, wilde sorell. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. ix. 559 The fifth kind, which groweth in ditches, is called..in Englishe, Great Sorrel, Water Sorrel, and Horse Sorrel. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. ix. 558 Oxalis Romana, Tours Sorrel or Romayne Sorrel. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Ozeille sauvage, wild sorrell. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 320 Oxalis Crispa. Curled Sorrell. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 319 Oxalis tuberosa. Knobbed Sorrell. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 320 Oxalis Franca seu Romana. Round Sorrell. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 321 Oxalis minor. Small Sorrell. 1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 92 Sage, Scorpiades, and the garden Sorrell. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ozeille petite,..barren Sorrell. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Petite salette, Pettie Sorrell, sallet Sorrell. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ozeille sauvage,..sowre Sorrell, the sowre Docke. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Salette Petite salette, Pettie Sorrell, sallet Sorrell. 1681 in Thanes of Cawdor (Spalding Club) 352 French sorrell. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 25 Others will have the Leaf like round Sorrel. 1713 J. Petiver Catal. Ray's Eng. Herbal Common Sorrel. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Acetosa The Northern barren Sorrel. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Acetosa The Round-leav'd or French Sorrel. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Acetosa The Common or Meadow Sorrel. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The great mountain-sorrel. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The round-leaved garden-sorrel. 1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry IV. 130 The common sorrel, which grows naturally in pasture lands in most parts of England. 1764 J. Mills Syst. Pract. Husb. IV. 130 The round-leafed garden, or Roman sorrel. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xviii. 260 Common..Sorrel,..growing in meadows and pastures. 1796 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening xvi. 339 The round leaved sort, commonly called the Roman, and by others, French sorrel is reckoned the more grateful acid. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 610/1 By means of the common broad-leaved sorrel an excellent black colour is..given to woollen stuffs. 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia at Rumex R. sentatus. French sorrel. 1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 1081 The young leaves and shoots of several species of Rumex and Rheum are eaten..under the name of..French sorrel. 1845 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. ii. 327 R. acetosella... Field Sorrel. 1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 93 The best..is the Broad-leaved sorrel, of which a marked subvariety, the Golden Sorrel, is almost exclusively cultivated in the environs of Dunkirk. 1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 93 The Round-leaved sorrel..is not the kind to cultivate, except for variety. 1858 A. Irvine Handbk. Brit. Plants 379 Rumex,..Dock Sorrel. 1886 M. Linskill Haven under Hill in Good Words 301 The dock-sorrel stood with its maroon spires in the air. 2. The leaves of species of Rumex (see sense 1) used in cookery or medicine, or as a salad; a decoction or drink made from one or other of these plants. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > decoction > [noun] > of herbs, seeds, or bark sorrela1400 cinnamon-water1589 borage-water1620 sage drink1747 sage juice1747 seed water1747 mauby1790 sabzi1804 gentian1840 Angostura1856 gentian bitter1864 sage gargle189. hop bitters1894 rooibos1911 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > herb > [noun] > sorrel sorrela1400 acetose?a1425 a1400 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 51 Drynk sorell, plantayne, and chekyn-mete. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 54 With gynger þo pigge eton shalle be, And sorel with þo moton. 1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 24 Sorell. Being sodden, it louseth the bealy. 1575 G. Gascoigne Posies Ep. Yng. Gent., in Wks. (1907) I. 12 If the Chirurgian which should seeke Sorrell to rypen an Ulcer, will take Rewe [etc.]. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 145 Sorell is good in hot seasons..for the cholericke. 1696 J. Floyer Preternatural State Animal Humours vi. 68 Cyder, French and Rhenish Wines, Vinegar, Sorrel, Verjuice, Limons. 1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires ii. iv. 37 Sorrel and White-Wine, if you costive prove, And Muscles, all Obstructions shall remove. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ii. 28 Take two Handfuls of Sorrel, pound it in a Mortar. 3. †a. sorrel de boys, = wood sorrel n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Oxalidaceae (wood-sorrel and allies) > [noun] sorrel de boysa1400 wood-soura1400 hallelujahc1425 cuckoobread1526 cuckoo's meat1526 wood sorrel1526 stubwort1541 sour trefoil1578 stobwort1597 salad sorrel1611 French sorrel1633 three-leaved grass1634 stab-wort1640 lujula1651 oxalis1706 goat's foot1787 sour grass1866 sour-sop1885 soursob1907 a1400 Stockholm Med. MS. f. 95 Alla .i. sorell de boye. 1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Acidula,..an herbe called sorrell de boys. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum at Alleluya herbe Otherwise called Sorrell de Boys. 1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. (Herbs) Sorell de boyes, or Cuckoes Sorell, Kockocks Suyringh. b. With distinguishing epithets, denoting various species of Oxalis (wood sorrel). ΚΠ 1647 [see sense 3a]. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Alleluja An Herb otherwise call'd Wood-sorrel, or French Sorrel. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Oxalis Wild Sorrel or Wood-Sorrel, an Herb. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 50 Oxalis corniculata,..‘Clover Sorrel’, or ‘Sour Grass’. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. s.v. Ladies' sorrel, Oxalis stricta. 4. With distinguishing epithet: One or other of various plants of other genera in some way resembling sorrel (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > dock and allies > sorrel > plant resembling sorrel1697 1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 375 Acetosa (a Plant of the Family with Rhubarb, which will be called The Indian Sorrel, or Sower Docken). 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Indian Sorrel, a name sometimes given to ketmia. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 327 Sorrel, Indian Red, Hibiscus. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 327 Sorrel, Indian White, Hibiscus. 1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 586 H[ibiscus] Sabdariffa..in the West Indies is called Red Sorrel. 1843 C. C. Babington Man. Brit. Bot. 256 O[xyria] reniformis,..Mountain-Sorrel. 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787/2 Climbing Sorrel, Begonia scandens. 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787/2 Sorrel, Indian or red, Hibiscus Sabdarifa. 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787/2 Switch Sorrel, Dodonæa viscosa. 1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 303 Switch Sorrel of Jamaica..Shrub or small tree. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 35 Hibiscus heterophyllus,..‘Queensland Sorrel’. 5. plural. Species of sorrel; sorrel plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > dock and allies > sorrel > sorrel plants ribes?a1425 sorrels1596 1596 in Analecta Scotica (1837) II. 13 The seid of..sorrelis or sourochis. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) Alleluya..has all the same Qualities and the same Taste as the other Sorrels. 1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 221/2 Well known as troublesome weeds to the agriculturist, under the name of docks and sorrels. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 998/2 The Sorrels are considered of great importance in French cookery. 6. salt of sorrel, binoxalate of potash. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > salts > [noun] > salts named by atomic number > oxalates salt of sorrel1788 salt of lemon1810 ozonide1949 1788 J. St. John tr. L. B. Guyton de Morveau et al. Method Chym. Nomencl. 38 Salt of sorrel containing copper. 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. 209 Oxalic Acidulum, the Salt of Sorrel of the Shops. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 192 Two drams of sal-ammoniac, and half a dram of salt of sorrel. 1887 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 5) ii. iii. 654 A potassium salt of oxalic acid, commonly termed salt of sorrel. Compounds C1. attributive, as sorrel-flower, sorrel genus, sorrel leaf, sorrel seed. ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Sorrel seeds..are esteemed astringent. 1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 342 Sorrel leaves are inodorous, and have a grateful austere acidulous taste. 1845 S. Judd Margaret i. xvii. 171 The snow-fields seemed to bloom with glowing sorrel flowers. 1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. 359 Polygonaceæ. The Sorrel Order. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 998/1 Rumex, the Dock and Sorrel genus. C2. In the sense ‘made from sorrel’, as sorrel drink, sorrel jam, sorrel sauce, sorrel sops, sorrel soup, sorrel water. ΚΠ 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount f. 40^v Thre vnces of endiue water, or sorell water. 1589 in H. Hall Society in Elizabethan Age (1886) 213 For rostinge the mutton & chickens and sorell soppes for the chickens. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vinaigrette, sorrell sawce. 1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches iii. sig. F4 Here comes the payre of boyld Lovers in Sorrell sops. a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 155 Lay it in a dish with some sorrel sauce. 1797 J. Woodforde Diary 20 Apr. (1931) V. 28 We had for Dinner to day, some Haddocks..Sorrell Soup, a boiled Tongue & Veal Cutlets. 1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 93 It is used..principally for sorrel-soup. 1862 in Veness El Dorado (1866) App. 122 Sorrel jelly,..sorrel jam, preserved papaws [etc.]. 1863 Chambers's Encycl. V. 359/1 Hibiscus Sabdariffa..affords a refreshing beverage, well known in the West Indies as Sorrel Cool Drink. C3. In the names of various plants. Also sorrel-tree n. sorrel-thorn n. ΚΠ 1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 2 80 The irritability inherent in the stamina of the flowers of the sorrel-thorn (l'épine-vinette). sorrel-vine n. ΚΠ 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787/2 Sorrel-vine, Cissus acida. sorrel-wood n. ΚΠ 1874 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. (rev. ed.) Suppl. 1343/2 Sorrelwood (N[ew] Zeal[and]), Oxalis magellanica. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). sorreladj.n.² Brit. /ˈsɒrəl/, /ˈsɒrl̩/, U.S. /ˈsɔrəl/ Forms: Middle English–1700s (1800s archaic) sorel, Middle English sorelle, sowrell, Middle English–1700s sorell, 1500s–1600s soril; 1500s–1600s sorrell, 1600s sorrill, 1500s– sorrel. Etymology: < Old French sorel (soreal , -eaul , -iel ), < sore sore adj.² Hence also medieval Latin sorellus. A. adj. Of a bright chestnut colour; reddish brown: a. Of horses (or other animals). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > sorrel sorrel1469 the world > animals > mammals > [adjective] > of parts of > having coat of specific kind > defined by colour redOE sorrel1469 roan1530 red roan1674 1469 in F. W. Weaver Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 216 I will that my seruant William Wilson have a sorelle hackney of mine. 1543 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 175 A sorell geldinge. 1570 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 156 My sorrell meare coult. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 39 Here, in their stable, four dainty sorrel pied horses. 1680 London Gaz. No. 1520/4 A Sorrel, or Bright Chesnut Mare, about 14 Hands and a half high. 1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 263 A sorrel Gelding of a monstrous Size. 1706 London Gaz. No. 4190/4 A sorrel chesnut Nag, a little crack winded. 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 376 Sorrel, chestnut-coloured, as applied to a horse. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. iv. 50 How Mas'r Shelby was thinking of buying a new sorrel colt. 1884 Bible (R.V.) Zech. i. 8 Behind him there were horses, red, sorrel, and white. b. Of hair or persons. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > red redc1275 auburn1591 Abraham?1592 sorrel1600 Abram1602 sandy-coloured1661 carrot1671 carrot-coloured1684 Judas colour1695 carroty1696 sandy1734 gingery1844 Titian1863 gingerous1864 1600 N. Breton Pasquils Fooles-cap (rev. ed.) sig. B4 Shee, in a glasse, that sees her Sorrell haire, And straight will put it to the Painters die [etc.]. 1602 N. Breton Mothers Blessing lxxv A sorrell foretop, and a sowish feature. a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman iii. i. 29 in P. Massinger 3 New playes (1655) My Sorrel slaves are of a lower price, Because the colours faint. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 50 A Roan-Guelding.., a Lock on's hoof, A sorrel-mane. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Sorrel-pate, red Hair'd. 1708 Brit. Apollo 11–16 June Red Hair'd People, or Carrotty, Sandy, Sorrel, or what you will call them. c. Of colour or hue. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > reddish brown russet1428 reddish-brown1530 sorrel1534 berry-brown1575 sored1587 russetish1600 Chelidonian1601 weaselled-coloured1607 deer-coloured1611 spadiceous1646 russeted1654 testaceous1688 russety1697 mahoganya1744 red-brown1786 reddy-brown1845 fusco-testaceous1847 mahogany-brown1881 persimmon1897 1534 in F. W. Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 41 Oon mayre of sorell color. 1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 72 How they color change, From blacke to browne, from browne to sorrel bay. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Saurir, to..turne into a Sorrell colour. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vntill they [sc. herrings] haue gotten their Sorrell hue. B. n.² 1. a. A horse of a bright chestnut or reddish brown colour; also as the name of a horse. (So Old French Sorel.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > colour or marking > [noun] > sorrel bay or chestnut bayard1330 sorrelc1430 bay1535 chestnut1636 dapple-bay1835 alezan1848 c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 202 But on them she wyl have a bonde, As weel of bayard as of brende, And yit for sorelle she wyl stonde. 1482 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) (Camden) 109 Grett sorell ys in good plyght. 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. vi. i. 91 Saint Georges Sorrell, or his crosse of blood. 1600 J. M. New Metamorphosis Noe holla Jacke, nor Sorrell, hola boye, Will make them stay. 1708 Brit. Apollo 17–22 Dec. O'er Hill and Dale on Sorrel, Noble Steed. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. ix. 60 Sure my Lord's Sorrel is not resty! 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. ix. 60 Sorrel disdaining the rein, sprung forward. 1783–9 T. Day Sandford & Merton (1851) 442 I can assure you they are the true Suffolk sorrels, the first breed of working horses in the kingdom. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain III. xix. 368 The horse was small, but beautiful, a sorrel with long mane and tail. 1894 Outing 24 383/2 At the easy, comfortable pace with which old sorrel jogs him to town on court days. in extended use.1803 J. Davis Trav. U.S.A. 378 I am no half-and-half breed; no chesnut-sorrel of a mulatto. b. In allusive use: (see quot. 1710). ΚΠ ?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. viii. 82 Those that (Profanely if not Traiterously) Drink a Health to Sorrel. 1710 Answ. to Sacheverell's Serm. 15 The King [William III] having..a fall from his Horse (called Sorrel),..which was thought to be the cause of his Death, they rejoyced at it, and did usually drink a Health to Sorrel. 2. A buck in its third year. Now Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > in its third year spayarda1425 sorrel1486 spire1856 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Hunting e iv And ye speke of the Bucke, the fyrst yere he is A fawne,..The secunde yere a preket, the iii. yere a sowrell. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 272/2 Sorell, a yonge bucke. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. ii. 59 The Dogges did yell,..then Sorell iumps from thicket. View more context for this quotation 1616 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1884) II. John Turner presented for breaking the chase of the R^t Hon. Lord Burghley and shooting a sorell there. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1654 (1955) III. 117 I went to Hunting of a Sorel deare. 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 232 If any Deer come out that is not weighty, or a Deer of Antlier, which is Buck, Sore, or Sorrel. 1865 G. F. Berkeley My Life & Recoll. II. 256 Doe or buck, pricket, sor or sorel, my orders from the Crown were that every one should be destroyed. in extended use.1612 R. Daborne Christian turn'd Turke sig. E^v I am but a pricket, a meere sorrell, my head's not hardened yet. 3. A sorrel or reddish-brown colour. Frequently with reference to horses. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > reddish brown russet1422 red-brown?a1450 reddish-brown1530 sorrel1530 mordoré1791 alezan1820 mahogany1822 henna1911 teak1934 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 272/2 Sorrell, colour of an horse, sorrel. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xii. sig. Pp4^v His horse was of a fierie sorrell, with blacke feete. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Alezan toustade, a darke reddish colour, as of mettall burnt in the fire; a burnt sorrell. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 155/1 Sorrel, is more lighter than a light Bay, inclining to a Yellow. 1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i Alazán dorádo, betwixt Roan and Sorrel. 1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 11 The best colours for lines are sorell, white, and grey. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Sorrel, a colour between a chestnut and a red. 1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner ix. 106 She was of the shade we call sorrel, or, as an Englishman would perhaps say, chestnut. Compounds C1. General attributive. sorrel-coloured adj. ΚΠ 1887 W. B. Yeats Let. 13 Aug. in Lett. to K. Tynan (1953) 37 I enclose these trivial verses... The Fairy Doctor. The fairy doctor comes our way Over the sorrel-coloured wold. C2. sorrel-top n. colloquial (originally U.S.) a red-haired person. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [noun] > red > person having redhead1510 ginger1823 Titian1839 bricktop1841 rufus1846 sorrel-top1863 ginger nob1878 coppernob1880 bluey1892 ginge1911 ranga2003 1863 ‘E. Kirke’ My Southern Friends iv. 58 ‘Har, you lousy sorrel-top,’ said the trader to the red-faced and red-headed bar tender. 1904 ‘O. Henry’ in Everybody's Mag. Feb. 187/1 I guess they don't raise 74-inch sorrel-tops with romping ways down in his precinct. 1918 G. Frankau One of Them xix. 145 Once more released to lavish wealth and name On head or blonde or sorrel-top or raven. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹a1400adj.n.²c1430
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