| 单词 | star-falling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstar-falling (a) In names for a gelatinous material found on the ground, vegetation, etc., once popularly supposed to result from the fall of meteors (see star jelly n.), as †star-fallen, †star-falling, star-slough, †star-slubber, †star-slutch. See also star shot n. Now chiefly historical.Now generally identified as colonies of the cyanobacteria Nostoc. See further star jelly n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > [noun] > nostoc star slime1440 slime1471 nostoc?1609 star shot1653 star1666 star jelly1702 shot star1811 witches' meat1849 will-o'-the-wisp1863 witches' butter1922 1666 C. Merrett Pinax Rerum Naturalium Britannicarum 219 Est substantia quaedam alba & glutinosa plurimis in locis conspicua quam nostrates star faln nuncupant. 1691–2 J. Dunton Athenian Oracle (1728) I. 363/1 Whether there be any Jelly, or as some call it, Star-slough, or according to others, Star-shoot, that falls down from the middle region of the air, we shan't be positive. 1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. 353 That gelatinous Body call'd Star-Gelly, Star-shot, or Star-fall'n, so named because vulgarly believ'd to fall from a Star. 1757 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1756 (Royal Soc.) 49 860 Our country people call it Tar-slough [? read Star-slough] and some of them, as it is principally seen after rain, suppose..that it drops from the clouds. 1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 96 Starslubber, frog spawn. 1791 Gentleman's Mag. May 467 Tremella Nostoch..is in that county [Cheshire] called star-slutch. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 80 Star-slough. 1851 T. Sternberg Dial. & Folk-lore Northants. 105 Star-shot, star-jelly, star-falling, masses of clear viscid and tenacious matter, often found in fields, or on the tops of hedges, &c, so called from its being supposed by the country people to fall from the stars. 2005 Guardian 13 Jan. (Life section) 10/5 This [1846] description of a spectacular meteorite fall is a fine example of the phenomenon named by Welsh shepherds, pwdre (sometimes powdre) ser or ‘the rot of the stars’ and also known as star slough, star shot, star spawn or star jelly. < as lemmas |
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