Blue Johnn.

Brit.

/ˈbluː ˌdʒɒn/, U.S.

/ˈblu ˌdʒɑn/

Forms: 1600s Blew Iohn, 1600s (1800s historical) Blew John, 1700s– Blue John. Also with lower-case initial(s).

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: blue adj., proper name John.

Etymology: < blue adj. + the male forename John (see John n.). The precise motivation for the name is not clear in either sense 1 or sense 2. In sense 3, with reference to the bluish tinge of the milk.

†1. = after-wort n. Also figurative. Obsolete (historical in later use).

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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > wort > from former brewing

brackwoort1577

Blue John1639

after-wort1653

return wort1830

returns1835

1639 Distiller of London 15 No Afterworts or Wash (made by Brewers, &c.) called Blew-Iohn..shall henceforth bee distilled, extracted, or drawne into Small-spirits.

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 82 His Defence was but the blew-John of his Ecclesiastical Policy, and this Preface the Tap-droppings of his Defence.

1683 W. Salmon Doron Medicum i. 242 Brewers Afterworts, or Wash, called ‘Blew-John’.

1884 S. Dowell Hist. Taxation in Eng. IV. ii. 99 In their endeavours to produce a cheap spirit to compete in the market with brandy, some of our distillers now began to use brewers' afterwort or wash, termed ‘Blew John’.

2. A blue or purple banded variety of fluorite found in Derbyshire, often used for ornaments.

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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > halides > [noun] > fluorite group > others

Blue John1768

tachhydrite1866

carnallite1876

nocerite1882

terlinguaite1900

jarlite1933

1768 M. Boulton Let. 28 Dec. in N. Goodison Ormolu (1974) ii. 30 I have found a use for Blew John which will consume some quantity of it. I mean that sort which is proper for turning into vases.

1786 W. Gilpin Observ. Mountains & Lakes Cumberland II. xxvii. 217 It..is known in London by the name of the Derbyshire drop. But on the spot it is called Blue John, from the beautiful blue veins, which overspread the finest parts of it.

1803 Ann. Reg. 1802 780 When the blue John is to be made into a vase, or any other ornamental form that renders the use of the lathe necessary, it is carved..into a rude resemblance of the object intended to be produced.

1845 E. Nussey Let. 6 Aug. in Lett. C. Brontë (1995) I. 417 I shall get you some Blue John..if I can.

1870 ‘Ouida’ Puck I. iii. 51 I picked him out a atom of cawke, and a mossel or two of Blue-John.

1938 R. Hum Chem. for Engin. Students xxii. 604 Calcium Fluoride..occurs naturally as fluorspar and as a coloured form, Blue John, the colour probably being due to organic impurity.

1955 Times 13 May 12/6 I never descended the Blue John Mine, but I remember returning to Bolsterstone that day clutching a piece of rough Blue John which I had picked up in the Winnats Pass.

2003 C. Oldershaw Firefly Guide Gems 71 Splendid examples of blue john ornaments are on display at Windsor Castle, England.

3. U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland). Skimmed milk. Cf. blue milk n. at blue adj. and n. Compounds 1d.

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the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [noun] > milk > skimmed milk

skim-milk1598

skimmed milka1722

Blue John1869

skim1885

scald milk1886

semi-skimmed1981

1869 Overland Monthly Aug. 129/2 North Carolinians call skim-milk ‘blue John’.

1891 Amer. Notes & Queries 12 Dec. 62/2 Blue-john is a thin blue milk that has been skimmed.

1935 Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men i. vii. 159 De white folks all got faces look lak blue-John and de niggers had de white mouf.

2000 A. Scott Whobrey in K. Tate & J. Tate Good Old Days remembers working on Farm 61/1 I'd bet my bottom dollar that that salesman was a city slicker who didn't know cream from blue john.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blue john
释义	Blue Johnn. Brit. /ˈbluː ˌdʒɒn/, U.S. /ˈblu ˌdʒɑn/ Forms: 1600s Blew Iohn, 1600s (1800s historical) Blew John, 1700s– Blue John. Also with lower-case initial(s). Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: blue adj., proper name John. Etymology: < blue adj. + the male forename John (see John n.). The precise motivation for the name is not clear in either sense 1 or sense 2. In sense 3, with reference to the bluish tinge of the milk. †1. = after-wort n. Also figurative. Obsolete (historical in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > wort > from former brewing brackwoort1577 Blue John1639 after-wort1653 return wort1830 returns1835 1639 Distiller of London 15 No Afterworts or Wash (made by Brewers, &c.) called Blew-Iohn..shall henceforth bee distilled, extracted, or drawne into Small-spirits. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 82 His Defence was but the blew-John of his Ecclesiastical Policy, and this Preface the Tap-droppings of his Defence. 1683 W. Salmon Doron Medicum i. 242 Brewers Afterworts, or Wash, called ‘Blew-John’. 1884 S. Dowell Hist. Taxation in Eng. IV. ii. 99 In their endeavours to produce a cheap spirit to compete in the market with brandy, some of our distillers now began to use brewers' afterwort or wash, termed ‘Blew John’. 2. A blue or purple banded variety of fluorite found in Derbyshire, often used for ornaments. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > halides > [noun] > fluorite group > others Blue John1768 tachhydrite1866 carnallite1876 nocerite1882 terlinguaite1900 jarlite1933 1768 M. Boulton Let. 28 Dec. in N. Goodison Ormolu (1974) ii. 30 I have found a use for Blew John which will consume some quantity of it. I mean that sort which is proper for turning into vases. 1786 W. Gilpin Observ. Mountains & Lakes Cumberland II. xxvii. 217 It..is known in London by the name of the Derbyshire drop. But on the spot it is called Blue John, from the beautiful blue veins, which overspread the finest parts of it. 1803 Ann. Reg. 1802 780 When the blue John is to be made into a vase, or any other ornamental form that renders the use of the lathe necessary, it is carved..into a rude resemblance of the object intended to be produced. 1845 E. Nussey Let. 6 Aug. in Lett. C. Brontë (1995) I. 417 I shall get you some Blue John..if I can. 1870 ‘Ouida’ Puck I. iii. 51 I picked him out a atom of cawke, and a mossel or two of Blue-John. 1938 R. Hum Chem. for Engin. Students xxii. 604 Calcium Fluoride..occurs naturally as fluorspar and as a coloured form, Blue John, the colour probably being due to organic impurity. 1955 Times 13 May 12/6 I never descended the Blue John Mine, but I remember returning to Bolsterstone that day clutching a piece of rough Blue John which I had picked up in the Winnats Pass. 2003 C. Oldershaw Firefly Guide Gems 71 Splendid examples of blue john ornaments are on display at Windsor Castle, England. 3. U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland). Skimmed milk. Cf. blue milk n. at blue adj. and n. Compounds 1d. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [noun] > milk > skimmed milk skim-milk1598 skimmed milka1722 Blue John1869 skim1885 scald milk1886 semi-skimmed1981 1869 Overland Monthly Aug. 129/2 North Carolinians call skim-milk ‘blue John’. 1891 Amer. Notes & Queries 12 Dec. 62/2 Blue-john is a thin blue milk that has been skimmed. 1935 Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men i. vii. 159 De white folks all got faces look lak blue-John and de niggers had de white mouf. 2000 A. Scott Whobrey in K. Tate & J. Tate Good Old Days remembers working on Farm 61/1 I'd bet my bottom dollar that that salesman was a city slicker who didn't know cream from blue john. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1639
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