| 单词 | soul-mass loaf |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoul-mass loaf soul-mass loaf n. English regional (northern) now historical a loaf baked for and given away on All Souls' Day; (as a mass noun) a quantity of this. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > consumables > bread > [noun] > given away on All Souls' Day soul-mass loafa1800 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > cake for specific occasion > All Souls' soul cake1593 soul-mass cake1661 soul-mass loafa1800 a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Solmas-loaf, bread given away on All Souls day. North. 1817 G. Young Hist. Whitby II. 882 A lady in Whitby has a soul mass loaf about 100 years old. 1948 E. Radford & M. A. Radford Encycl. Superstitions 16 Down to the middle nineteenth century Whitby, in Yorkshire, made soul mass loaves—small, round loaves which were sold for a farthing each, and bought mostly as presents for children. < as lemmas |
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