单词 | squill |
释义 | squilln. 1. a. A bulb or root of the sea-onion or other related plant (see 2). Chiefly in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > squill or sea-onion > bulb or root squillc1400 scilla1548 squilla1562 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 195 Froting wiþ squillis is good þerfore. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 196 Þou schalt frote wel þe place with squillis in a stewe. 1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 20 Thrust a squill dipped in oyle into hys throte, to cause him perbreake. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxiii. 143 As for cornes and apostumes they must be killed with strong leauens, onions, lillies, or squils and vineger. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §445 Put them into a Squill, (which is like a great Onion,) and they will come up much earlier than in the Earth it self. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 116 Add to these..Hellebore, and Squills deep rooted in the Seas. View more context for this quotation 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Venice-Treacle In the other part of the Wine infuse..green Squills for some time. 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Scilla There are two kinds of squills, the male and female,..also distinguished by the appellations of white squills, scilla albæ, and red squills scilla rubræ. 1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca iii. iv. 211 By drawing round the person purified a squill, or sea-onion. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 716 Macerate dry squills in alcohol, decant, and distil. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1194/2 It has been supposed that the Red Squills are the produce of another species, Urginea Pancration, but this seems doubtful. b. In the names of various preparations made from these bulbs. ΚΠ 1652 J. French York-shire Spaw ix. 82 Let him..take some easie vomit, as of Oxymel, or wine of Squils. 1684 Earl of Roscommon Ess. Translated Verse 9 And all goes down Like Oxymel of Squills. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Scillites acetum Vinegar of Squills. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 172 Galen..gave it to a Dram in Oxymel or Honey of Squills. 1778 Encycl. Brit. I. 311 A solution of gum ammoniac in vinegar of squills. 1810 G. Crabbe Borough vii. 101 A potent Thing, 'twas said to cure the Ills Of ailing Lungs—the Oxymel of Squills. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 551 Oxymel of squills and compound tinct. of camphor. c. Pharmacology. Without article, as a substance. 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 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) Vinegar made of Squill or Scillitick Oximel. 1836 Pharmacopoeia Royal Coll. Physicians 56 Squill contains a peculiar vegetable product to which the name of scillitin has been given. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 480 Clinical experience has established the fact that in small repeated doses squill is diuretic as well as expectorant. 1947 Federation Proc. (Federation Amer. Soc. Exper. Biol.) 6 333/1 The identity of the cardiac and the convulsant properties of red squill receives support from an experiment. 1963 Times 25 Jan. 13/7 The poisons are principally red squill, sodium fluoro-acetate, and rodenticides containing elemental phosphorus. 1974 M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. iii. 57 Strychnine and red squill have been used as rat poisons. 2. Botany. a. The bulbous-rooted sea-shore plant Scilla (or Urginea) maritima; the sea-onion; also, any other species of the genus Scilla. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > squill or sea-onion onion?a1425 squillc1440 sea onion1526 squilla1526 French onion1548 scilla1629 vernal squill1796 c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 856 Eek figtre askis oon on rukul throwith, Another hangith vp or sowith squylle. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 340 To sowe ek squylle is kynde On euery side. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 471/1 Sqwylle, herbe, cepa maris, bulbus. 1526 Grete Herball ccccxiii. sig. Yiv/1 A squyll or see onyon. 1562 W. Turner Herball (1568) ii. 62 It is meruelus that chanseth vnto the Squill or se vnyon & to Narcissus. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole xi. 134 The Squill or Sea Onion is wholly vsed physically with us, because wee can receiue no pleasure from the sight of the flowers. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) Squill is of a sharp and corrosive Nature; they wrap up its Root in Paste or Fullers Earth, and bake it in an Oven. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 328 Squill, scilla. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands ii. viii. 177 The picturesque little squill (scilla autumnalis), will be found on the high ground. 1868 D. Gorrie Summers & Winters in Orkneys v. 222 The field-gentian, the bird's-eye primrose, and the squill. b. With distinctive premodifiers.white squill: see the first element. ΚΠ 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole (1656) 133 To taste of the red Squil. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Scilla Common Red Squil. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 338 Autumnal Squill. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 338 Vernal Squill. 1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 354 There are two varieties of the officinal squill, one with a white bulb, and the other with a reddish bulb. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 396/1 Squilla maritima, the maritime squill, has large roundish ovate bulbs. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 396/1 Roxburgh's Indian Squill (Scilla Indica). 1848 C. A. Johns Week at Lizard 279 Scilla autumnalis, Autumnal Squill, a plant very like the vernal species. 1901 Speaker 20 Apr. 86/2 The meagre turf was spangled with the vernal squill. c. A plant of the sea-onion or related species. Chiefly plural as a collective term. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > squill or sea-onion > collectively squill1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 19 These Squilles or Sea-onions grow in exceeding great abundance..throughout all Spaine. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 178 Near the Sea grow Squills, or Sea-Onions. 1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant I. 152 The rest of the Mountain is spread with Cretan Thyme,..Lentisques, Squills. 1773 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener (ed. 6) 727/2 Squills, lily hyacinth,..with a lily root and blue flower. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 202 With the Scilleæ or Squills, we reach a division of the Order [etc.]. 1882 Garden 4 Mar. 139/3 The early Squills, too, assert themselves boldly. 3. One or other of certain plants resembling the squill (see quots.). ΚΠ 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 317/2 Squill, Lesser white, Pancratium. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1089/2 Chinese Squill, Barnardia. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1089/2 Roman Squill, Bellevalia. 4. Zoology. The mantis-shrimp, Squilla mantis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Stomatopoda > member of family Squillidae squilla1658 sea grasshopper1668 squill-fish1681 squill1710 sea mantis1835 squillian1842 mantis crab1850 locust shrimp1867 mantis shrimp1871 mantid1941 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. iii. 54 The Crustate Animals comprehend under them several Species, such as the Squills, the Crabs, the Lobsters, and the Sea-Urchine. 1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 536 Here would be placed the curious Squill, so common in the Mediterranean (Squilla mantis). Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as squill bulb, squill pill, squill vinegar; squill-like. ΚΠ 1790 Encycl. Brit. (Dublin ed.) I. 622/2 Ammoniac..is an ingredient also in the squill pills. 1790 Encycl. Brit. (Dublin ed.) I. 622/2 A plaster made of it and squill vinegar. 1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 354 The squill bulb is inodorous. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 402 When mixed, however, with the squill pill..it often succeeds. 1824 J. C. Loudon Green-house Compan. i. 109 I[xia] scillaris, squill-like flowers. C2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Stomatopoda > member of family Squillidae squilla1658 sea grasshopper1668 squill-fish1681 squill1710 sea mantis1835 squillian1842 mantis crab1850 locust shrimp1867 mantis shrimp1871 mantid1941 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. vii. iii. 176 The Squill-Insect... So called from some similitude to the Squill-Fish. ΚΠ 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 7 Sirnaming him Joult-head and Onions head, or as we should say Squil-head. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > unspecified > resembling squill-fish or mantis-shrimp squilla1658 squill-insect1681 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. vii. iii. 176 The Squill-Insect... So called from some similitude to the Squill-Fish. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400 |
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