sweet-watern.

Forms: Also sweet water.

1. (as two words) Fresh water (see sweet adj. 3b); attributive (usually with hyphen or as one word), living in or consisting of fresh water.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > water > [noun] > fresh

fresh waterOE

sweet-water1608

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 287 There was a magicall..vse of these Sweete-water-Tortoyces agaynst Hayle.

1861 Chambers's Encycl. II. 668/2 [Catabrosa] is sometimes called Whorl Grass, and sometimes Sweet Water Grass.

1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 11 Sweet-water springs.

1895 P. Hemingway Out of Egypt ii. 149 A party of women washing linen in some sweetwater canal.

†2.

a. (as two words, or with hyphen) A sweet-smelling liquid preparation; a liquid perfume or scent. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume

pimentc1300

odoramentc1384

savouringc1384

odoura1425

aromatica1513

smella1533

fume1541

perfume1542

sweet-water?1543

scent1596

pomander1600

sweets1603

bisse1608

sweet-ball1617

plash1649

suffition1656

essence1661

odoratea1682

otto1822

aroma1830

nosegay1855

foo-foo1880

?1543 T. Phaer tr. N. de Houssemaine Treat. Pestilence vii. f. xxiii, in tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe As concernyng swete waters to spryncle vpon your clothes.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. iv. 6 Call for sweet water wash thy hands.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii.398/1 A small Chafer (which they [sc. barbers] use to carry about with them..) to carry their sweet water..in.

1769 Lady M. Coke Jrnl. 27 Nov. All sorts of sweet waters & fine pomatums.

1859 Habits Good Society (new ed.) ii. 125 Banish..every essence, cosmetic, or sweet-water from your toilet.

b. Technically applied to sweet liquids obtained as by-products in certain manufactures.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > [noun] > liquids

intinction1559

liquor1583

steep-water1838

sweet-water1885

process water1927

1885 W. L. Carpenter Treat. Manuf. Soap xiii. 295 (Glycerin) The whole is then blown out into a tank, and the ‘sweet-water’ is run off.

1910 Encycl. Brit. V. 178/2 [article Candles] On standing the product separates into two layers—‘sweet water’ containing glycerin below, and the fatty acids with a certain amount of lime soap above.

3. (with hyphen, or as one word) A variety of white grape, of specially sweet flavour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > grape-vine > types of

wild vinea1382

malmsey1511

malvoisie1517

raisin1573

parsley vine1648

winter grape1670

morillon1691

summer grape1709

Pineau1763

tresseau1763

frost grape1771

muscadinec1785

sweet-water1786

chicken grape1807

scuppernong1811

Marsanne1824

Merlot1825

Cabernet1833

Isabella1835

mustang1846

Traminer1851

labrusca1854

Pinot1854

Catawba1857

Isabel1858

Trebbiano1860

aglianico1862

Canaiolo1862

verdelho1883

vinifera1888

Durif1897

Chardonnay1911

Chenin Blanc1913

Sylvaner1928

Syrah1928

Tokay wine1959

Mourvedre1967

1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 15 in Gardeners Daily Assistant Grapes... White sweet-water. Black sweet-water.

1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. p. xvi He affirmed that..he had never seen a sweet-water on a trellis growing so fairly..as a fox-grape over a scrub-oak in a swamp.

1865 G. A. Sala My Diary in Amer. II. v. 159 The black Hambros, or the juicy sweet~waters, or the fragrant muscatels.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sweet-water
释义	sweet-watern. Forms: Also sweet water. 1. (as two words) Fresh water (see sweet adj. 3b); attributive (usually with hyphen or as one word), living in or consisting of fresh water. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > water > [noun] > fresh fresh waterOE sweet-water1608 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 287 There was a magicall..vse of these Sweete-water-Tortoyces agaynst Hayle. 1861 Chambers's Encycl. II. 668/2 [Catabrosa] is sometimes called Whorl Grass, and sometimes Sweet Water Grass. 1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 11 Sweet-water springs. 1895 P. Hemingway Out of Egypt ii. 149 A party of women washing linen in some sweetwater canal. †2. a. (as two words, or with hyphen) A sweet-smelling liquid preparation; a liquid perfume or scent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume pimentc1300 odoramentc1384 savouringc1384 odoura1425 aromatica1513 smella1533 fume1541 perfume1542 sweet-water?1543 scent1596 pomander1600 sweets1603 bisse1608 sweet-ball1617 plash1649 suffition1656 essence1661 odoratea1682 otto1822 aroma1830 nosegay1855 foo-foo1880 ?1543 T. Phaer tr. N. de Houssemaine Treat. Pestilence vii. f. xxiii, in tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe As concernyng swete waters to spryncle vpon your clothes. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. iv. 6 Call for sweet water wash thy hands. View more context for this quotation 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii.398/1 A small Chafer (which they [sc. barbers] use to carry about with them..) to carry their sweet water..in. 1769 Lady M. Coke Jrnl. 27 Nov. All sorts of sweet waters & fine pomatums. 1859 Habits Good Society (new ed.) ii. 125 Banish..every essence, cosmetic, or sweet-water from your toilet. b. Technically applied to sweet liquids obtained as by-products in certain manufactures. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > [noun] > liquids intinction1559 liquor1583 steep-water1838 sweet-water1885 process water1927 1885 W. L. Carpenter Treat. Manuf. Soap xiii. 295 (Glycerin) The whole is then blown out into a tank, and the ‘sweet-water’ is run off. 1910 Encycl. Brit. V. 178/2 [article Candles] On standing the product separates into two layers—‘sweet water’ containing glycerin below, and the fatty acids with a certain amount of lime soap above. 3. (with hyphen, or as one word) A variety of white grape, of specially sweet flavour. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > grape-vine > types of wild vinea1382 malmsey1511 malvoisie1517 raisin1573 parsley vine1648 winter grape1670 morillon1691 summer grape1709 Pineau1763 tresseau1763 frost grape1771 muscadinec1785 sweet-water1786 chicken grape1807 scuppernong1811 Marsanne1824 Merlot1825 Cabernet1833 Isabella1835 mustang1846 Traminer1851 labrusca1854 Pinot1854 Catawba1857 Isabel1858 Trebbiano1860 aglianico1862 Canaiolo1862 verdelho1883 vinifera1888 Durif1897 Chardonnay1911 Chenin Blanc1913 Sylvaner1928 Syrah1928 Tokay wine1959 Mourvedre1967 1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 15 in Gardeners Daily Assistant Grapes... White sweet-water. Black sweet-water. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. p. xvi He affirmed that..he had never seen a sweet-water on a trellis growing so fairly..as a fox-grape over a scrub-oak in a swamp. 1865 G. A. Sala My Diary in Amer. II. v. 159 The black Hambros, or the juicy sweet~waters, or the fragrant muscatels. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1543
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