| 单词 | sura-house |
| 释义 | > as lemmassura-house The fermented sap of various species of palm, as the wild date, the coco-nut, and the palmyra; = toddy n. 1. Also attributive, as sura-house, sura-tree. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > non-grape and home-made wines > [noun] > palm-wine nipa1588 palmetto wine1589 palm wine1598 sura1598 date wine1603 toddy?1611 tuba1704 pardon1705 pardon-wine1705 Palm1712 sagwire1792 itaa1832 tembo1850 tuak1852 palm-toddy1857 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. lvi. 101/2 The pot in short space is full of water, which they call Sura, & is very pleasant to drinke like sweet whay. ?1611 W. Finch in S. Purchas Pilgrims (1625) I. iv. iv. 436 A goodly Countrey..abounding with wild Date Trees..whence they draw a liquor called Tarrie or Sure. 1623 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 314 The elephantes hath destroyed many hundreds of coques and sura trees. 1684 J. Phillips tr. J. B. Tavernier Trav. I. 90 Nor could they drink either Wine, or Sury, or Strong Water. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 47 This [juice from the Coco-Nut Tree] they call Suri, which is to be sold at the Suri-houses. 1874 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Suppl. < as lemmas |
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