单词 | st andrew |
释义 | St Andrewn. 1. St Andrew's Day n. (also St Andrew Day) (the date of) the feast of St Andrew, 30th November.Quot. OE shows use of sanctus Andreas mæssandæg, lit. ‘St Andrew mass-day’ or ‘St Andrew's mass-day’, with reference to the feast of the saint. For the name form Andreas see Andrew n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > of saint > martyr passion day1646 society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > St. Andrew's Day (30 November) > [noun] St Andrew's Day1389 Andrewmas1495 OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 1010 Ða ætforan sanctus Andreas messandæg þa com se here to Hamtune.] 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 116 (MED) The first mornspeche, of Trinite sunday..the thred, on sunday after seint andrewes day; the fourt, on midlentene sunday. 1455 J. Gresham in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 126 Oon Doktour Grene, a preest, hath kalked and reporteth þat by-fore Seynt Andreu Day next comyng shall be þe grettest bataill þat was sith þe bataill of Shrewisbury. ?1463 R. Cutler in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 259 I was at Blofeld on Sent Andruys Day wyt þe parson, and he vnderstode non noder but þat I cam to se is master-chepe for it was hese cheue day. a1525 (?1424) Coventry Leet Bk. (1907) I. 97 But neuer-the-later apon..saynt Andrew day..hit was said he was not licenciate, nor noo lycens had to preche. 1556 J. Harpsfield (title) A notable and learned Sermon or Homilie, made vpon saint Andrewes daye. a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xxix. 90 Against S. Andrews day..I observed (saith he) many yeares together, to invite two or three..preachers. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 86 Those closes..have beene ayred from St Andrewe-day..till the time that the Ewes come in. 1710 Acct. Late Proc. Council Royal Soc. 8 They mov'd that the Debate should be adjourn'd to St. Andrew's-Day. 1851 Titan 6 208/1 On St Andrew's day, in Kent, there took place a yearly diversion called squirrel-hunting. 1919 E. Macleod Seances with Carlyle x. 59 We had been up until past midnight, celebrating good old Saint Andrew's Day in hospitable Scotch fashion. 2003 Ireland's Own Christmas Issue 39/1 Puddings should be traditionally made before or by the Sunday nearest to St. Andrew's Day or November 30. 2. St Andrew's cross n. (with or without article) a cross in the shape of a letter X; a saltire; cf. Andrew's cross n.Earliest in St Andrew's cross-wise: in the manner of a St Andrew's cross; in the form of a letter X.St Andrew is said to have been crucified on such a cross; cf. Andrew n. and the note in the etymology at that entry.The cross is sometimes used specifically as a symbol of Scotland and Scottishness, as St Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland and the Scottish flag consists of a white St Andrew's cross on a blue background. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > cross > [noun] > saltire or St. Andrew's cross saltire?a1400 pinion1486 Burgonian cross1578 saltorel1780 ?c1425 Recipe in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Arun. 334) (1790) 455 (MED) Take a barre of golde foyle and another of sylver foyle and laye hom on Seint Andrews crosse wyse above the potage. 1472 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 6 Item A Seynt Andrewis crosse of silver. c1500 in J. Harley et al. Rep. MSS R. R. Hastings (1928) I. 419 (MED) A Demy of Scotland, on the on syde a lebard with in..and on the odir sid a litill sent Andrews crosse. 1591 Hortop's Trauailes Eng. Man (rev. ed.) 28 Euery one of vs hauing a candle in his hande, and the Cote with S. Andrewes crosse on our backes. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 350 [They] doe mutually intersect themselues in the manner of a Saint Andrewes crosse, or this letter X. 1703 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. at Pot To pot the five march stones following on the fifteen stones, all marked with St Andrews cross. 1771 A. Baxter in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 77 45 Directly opposite to the sun was a luminous cross, in the shape of a St. Andrew's Cross. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles v. xxxii. 215 Saint Andrew's cross, in blazonry Of silver, waving wide! 1952 B. Beatty Unique to Aust. 63 The St. Andrew's Cross spider superimposes upon the web proper..a broad St. Andrew's Cross. 2002 R. Mackenzie Public Sculpt. Glasgow 340/2 A pilastered aedicule, which has..capitals incorporating miniature St Andrew's crosses overlaid with thistles. 2014 Scotsman (Nexis) 24 Oct. 23 One recurring theme in coverage of Scotland's independence referendum..was the image of the woad-painted warrior with a St Andrew's cross painted on his (or her) face. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > of saint > martyr passion day1646 OE De Diebus Festis (Harl.) 72 Ðæs ymbe vii niht bið Sancte andreas mæsse.] 1480 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 76/2 Þe termes of saintandrosmes & Candilmes last. 1488 in C. P. Stewart Hist. Mem. Stewarts of Fothergill (1870) 77 The said Neill sall..pay..fifty pundis at the feist of Sanct Androwmess nixt. 1581 Kirton-in-Lindsey Church Accts. in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (1877) at Andremas For the servese bouke at sant andrames. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 80 The best time for frost and snowe is aboute a weeke afore St Andrewemasse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022; most recently modified version published online December 2022). < |
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