单词 | thitsi |
释义 | thitsin. East India. The ‘black varnish tree’, Melanorrhœa usitatissima, N.O. Anacardiaceæ, of Burma (Myanmar); also applied to the varnish obtained from it. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > Asian > other Asian gum trees asafœtida1607 gamboge1752 rose malloes1752 rasamala1817 thitsi1832 wood-apple1858 cattimandoo1880 gurjun1892 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > varnish > types of lac1598 lacquer1697 amber varnish1731 spirit varnish1738 fern-oil1753 Venetian varnish1755 Brunswick black1791 thitsi1832 Japan lacquer1835 nashiji1880 1832 G. Don Gen. Syst. Gardening & Bot. II. 67/1 M[elanorrhœa] usitata... Native of Hindostan..where it is called Theet-tsee or Zitsi. 1835 J. F. Royle Illustr. Bot. Himalayan Mts. (1840) I. 178 Melanorrhœa usitata of Dr. Wallich,..the theet-see, or varnishing-tree of the Burmese,..abounds in a thick and viscid, greyish-brown fluid, which turns black soon after coming into contact with the air. 1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 244 The Black Varnish-Tree..grows..in the Burmese empire, on the banks of the Irrawadi, where it is called Theet-tsee, or Zit-si. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Thetsee, a varnish obtained from Melanorrhœa usitata, in Arracan, and used for lacquering. 1890 H. S. Hallett 1000 Miles 284 A plain in which many great thyt-si (black-varnish trees) were growing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2022). < n.1832 |
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