bluepointn.¹

Brit.

/ˈbluːpɔɪnt/, U.S.

/ˈbluˌpɔɪnt/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Blue Point.

Etymology: < the name of Blue Point, a hamlet on the south shore of Long Island, New York.

Chiefly U.S.

Originally: an Atlantic oyster, Crassostrea virginica, obtained from a bed off Blue Point (in early use chiefly attributive). In later use: an Atlantic oyster obtained from various locations on the Atlantic coast of the United States, or from cultivation elsewhere.

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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > shell-fish or mollusc > oyster

oystereOE

Colchesterc1625

green oyster1667

mangrove oyster1683

pandore1701

Milton1749

sickle-oyster1758

bluepoint1789

native1815

powldoody1819

Red Bank oyster1830

raccoon oyster1834

sauce oyster1851

Portuguese oyster1881

relay1889

Portugal oyster1890

Malpeque1901

Marennes1905

Belon1908

Olympia oyster1908

Pacific oyster1912

Whitstable1940

Portugaise1942

Olympia1961

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > member of (oyster)

oystereOE

oysterfish1611

sentry fish1664

sickle-oyster1758

lion's claw1759

bluepoint1789

ostracean1839

1789 in Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc. (1869) XI. 24 Judge Hobart..treated us with Blue Point oysters from the shell.

1832 J. F. Watson Hist. Tales N.Y. 165 He remembered well when abundance of the largest ‘Blue-Point’ oysters could be bought.

1868 G. Rose Great Country 25 [Oysters] are called by many names; ‘saddle rocks’, ‘blue points’, and ‘Shrewsburys’, being the most popular.

1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xx. 343 He got along fine with the olives and celery and the bluepoints.

1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 578/1 The large American Blue Points (now cultivated in the British Isles)..are bought for cooking.

2006 Time Out N.Y. 28 Sept. 34/2 Plan to consume raw and fried bluepoints, oyster stew..and pints of stout.

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

单词	bluepoint
释义	bluepointn.¹ Brit. /ˈbluːpɔɪnt/, U.S. /ˈbluˌpɔɪnt/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Blue Point. Etymology: < the name of Blue Point, a hamlet on the south shore of Long Island, New York. Chiefly U.S. Originally: an Atlantic oyster, Crassostrea virginica, obtained from a bed off Blue Point (in early use chiefly attributive). In later use: an Atlantic oyster obtained from various locations on the Atlantic coast of the United States, or from cultivation elsewhere. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > shell-fish or mollusc > oyster oystereOE Colchesterc1625 green oyster1667 mangrove oyster1683 pandore1701 Milton1749 sickle-oyster1758 bluepoint1789 native1815 powldoody1819 Red Bank oyster1830 raccoon oyster1834 sauce oyster1851 Portuguese oyster1881 relay1889 Portugal oyster1890 Malpeque1901 Marennes1905 Belon1908 Olympia oyster1908 Pacific oyster1912 Whitstable1940 Portugaise1942 Olympia1961 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > member of (oyster) oystereOE oysterfish1611 sentry fish1664 sickle-oyster1758 lion's claw1759 bluepoint1789 ostracean1839 1789 in Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc. (1869) XI. 24 Judge Hobart..treated us with Blue Point oysters from the shell. 1832 J. F. Watson Hist. Tales N.Y. 165 He remembered well when abundance of the largest ‘Blue-Point’ oysters could be bought. 1868 G. Rose Great Country 25 [Oysters] are called by many names; ‘saddle rocks’, ‘blue points’, and ‘Shrewsburys’, being the most popular. 1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xx. 343 He got along fine with the olives and celery and the bluepoints. 1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 578/1 The large American Blue Points (now cultivated in the British Isles)..are bought for cooking. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 28 Sept. 34/2 Plan to consume raw and fried bluepoints, oyster stew..and pints of stout. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1789
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