单词 | bristol |
释义 | Bristoln. 1. a. Short for ‘Bristol-stone’: see Bristol-stone n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > varieties of rainbow-stone1587 Bristol-diamond1596 Bristol1618 Bristol-stone1646 Bristol-gem1706 rainbow crystal1748 cairngorm1794 rhinestone1871 iris1874 1618 N. Field Amends for Ladies i. sig. Cv To the vnskilfull owners eies, alike The Bristow sparkles as the Diamond. 1818 Edinb. Evening Courier 22 Oct. (Jam.) Studded with what was once the vogue, bristow. b. Applied to a type of porcelain or pottery similar to Delft ware manufactured in Bristol. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > English pottery > imitating foreign wares Gombroon1698 Bristol1776 majolica1851 1776 J. Wedgwood Let. 24 Jan. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 190 I believe this to be true of nearly all our present compositions in England and France, except the Bristol. 1784 H. Walpole Descr. Villa Strawberry-Hill (new ed.) 13 A cup and saucer, white with green festoons, of Bristol porcelaine. 1787 Bristol Gaz. Jan. in W. Chaffers Marks & Monogr. Pottery & Porcelain (1863) 138 (advt.) Bristol Pottery, Temple Backs. 1869 C. Schreiber Jrnl. (1911) I. 66 There is no Bristol, no Plymouth, scarce any characteristic Bow. 1873 H. Owen Two Cent. Ceramic Art Bristol xiii. 328 Previous to the year 1859, Bristol delftware was unknown to collectors. 1900 F. Litchfield Pottery & Porcelain vii. 91 Many specimens of Bristol porcelain are unmarked. 1969 V. C. Clinton-Baddeley Only Matter of Time 28 Four milk white cups and saucers with a blue and gold band, which Mrs. Bazeley was prepared to describe as late Bristol, though..they might be early New Hall. c. Applied to an opaque coloured (esp. blue) or white glass manufactured in Bristol. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > ornamental glass-work > [noun] > glass-colouring > other decorative or coloured glass haematinon1706 ruby glass1757 gold stone1769 aventurine1811 ruby1839 millefiori1849 schmelz1849 Venetian filigree1852 Bristol1880 favrile1902 Schmelzglas1904 overlay1940 1880 C. Schreiber Jrnl. (1911) II. 292 An exquisite pair of Bristol glass candlesticks. 1882 C. Schreiber Jrnl. (1911) II. 393 Smelling bottles of fine Bristol glass. 1939 O. Lancaster Homes Sweet Homes 36 Bristol glass candlesticks. 1948 M. Allingham More Work for Undertaker xxiv. 283 Oh, is that the glass Lawrence drank from?.. They're old Bristol. 1966 J. Gloag Sentence of Life vii. 73 He glanced back at the bristol blue lamp. 2. In full Bristol aeroplane: a type of aeroplane constructed by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Co., Filton, Bristol. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > aircraft of specific manufacture Bristol1911 Fokker1913 1911 Aero May 52/1 In the new Bristol biplane all the supporting surfaces run in the slip-stream of the screw. 1913 A. E. Berriman Aviation xv. 148 The Bristol monoplane was similarly in the air in less than eighteen minutes. 1914 Aeroplane 22 Jan. 76/2 We already have machines which land fairly slowly—for example, the Avros and Sopwiths, and the latest Bristols. 1916 C. Winchester Flying Men 215 A Bristol scout. 1924 Glasgow Herald 30 June 11 Relay races were flown by Avros, Bristols and Snipes. 3. plural (with lower-case initial). Rhyming slang [elliptical for Bristol Cities = titties (titty n.2)] . The breasts. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > breast or breasts (of woman) > [noun] titOE breastOE mammaOE pysea1400 mamellec1450 dug1530 duckya1533 bag1579 pommela1586 mam1611 Milky Way1622 bubby?1660 udder1702 globea1727 fore-buttock1727 tetty1746 breastwork?1760 diddy1788 snows1803 sweets1817 titty1865 pappy1869 Charleys1874 bub1881 breastiec1900 ninny1909 pair1919 boobs1932 boobya1934 fun bag1938 maraca1940 knockers1941 can1946 mammaries1947 bazooms1955 jug1957 melon1957 bosoms1959 Bristols1961 chichi1961 nork1962 puppies1963 rack1968 knob1970 dingleberry1980 jubblies1991 1961 in E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1015/1. 1962 R. Cook Crust on its Uppers ii. 30 These slag birds used to go trotting upstairs.., arses wagging and bristols going. 1969 J. Leasor They don't make them like that any More vi. 194 She was in her early twenties, with a wonderful pair of bristols; I could see their outline, firm and round, against her dress. 1969 Observer 2 Feb. 28/3 The main point (or should it be points?) of this programme is Miss Barbara Windsor's bristols which are..well-developed. Compounds C1. attributive in ordinary sense; also sometimes with reference to ‘Bristol diamonds’ ( Compounds 2). ΚΠ 1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 34 You that dim Jewells with your Bristoll-sense. C2. Bristol-board n. a kind of pasteboard with a smooth surface. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > materials made from paper or pulp > [noun] > pasteboard paste1549 paperboard1552 pasteboard1562 pasted paper1570 board1660 Bristol-board1809 1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 63, 2 Do. Royal Bristol Bds. 1883 Harper's Mag. May 861/2 Mr. Evers painted..portraits on..Bristol-board. Bristol-brick n. a siliceous material made in the form of a brick, used for cleaning cutlery. Bristol cream n. the proprietary name of a type of sherry (see quot. 1959); cf. Bristol milk n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > fortified wine, Madeira wine, and sack > [noun] > sherry > types of sherry doctor1770 antimonial wine1771 Montilla1793 Paxarete1802 pale sherry1803 amontillado1804 golden sherry1830 manzanilla1843 fino1846 Bristol milk1848 brown sherry1849 solera1851 amoroso1859 brown1862 oloroso1876 Bristol cream1886 Tio Pepe1886 cream sherry1964 1886 Trade Marks Jrnl. 23 June 580 Bristol Cream. John Harvey & Sons, Denmark Street, Bristol..Sherry. 1924 J. Buchan Three Hostages iv. 57 I had a glass of the Bristol Cream for which the club was famous. 1959 W. James Word-bk. Wine 32 Bristol Cream, an oloroso sherry blended by Harvey's of Bristol from wines imported from several sources in Spain. Bristol-diamond n. a kind of transparent rock-crystal found in the Clifton limestone near Bristol, resembling the diamond in brilliancy; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > varieties of rainbow-stone1587 Bristol-diamond1596 Bristol1618 Bristol-stone1646 Bristol-gem1706 rainbow crystal1748 cairngorm1794 rhinestone1871 iris1874 1596 T. Lodge Wits Miserie 33 A counterfeit chain..Bristow diamonds. 1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 65 Bastard pearles, Bristow diamonds, and glasse bugles. 1662 S. Patrick Brief Acct. Latitude-men in Phenix (1708) II. 517 To distinguish between a true Gem and a Bristol Diamond. 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 215 Rock crystal,..also known as ‘Bristol’..diamond, is also used by watch jewellers. Bristol-gem n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > varieties of rainbow-stone1587 Bristol-diamond1596 Bristol1618 Bristol-stone1646 Bristol-gem1706 rainbow crystal1748 cairngorm1794 rhinestone1871 iris1874 1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus II. iii. 13 The Cap..Was set with Bristol Jems. Bristol-stone n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > varieties of rainbow-stone1587 Bristol-diamond1596 Bristol1618 Bristol-stone1646 Bristol-gem1706 rainbow crystal1748 cairngorm1794 rhinestone1871 iris1874 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 78 Diamond..Chrystall, Bristoll stones . View more context for this quotation 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) IV. 353 A good-humoured lass..who wore as many diamonds as if they had been Bristol Stones. Bristol-fashion n. Nautical in good order. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > in proper order uprighta1529 untumbled1675 square1825 straight1831 Bristol-fashion1840 kempt1929 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xx. 61 Everything on board ‘ship-shape and Bristol fashion’. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Bristol fashion and shipshape. Said when Bristol was in its palmy commercial days..and its shipping was all in proper good order. Bristol milk n. (a) slang. sherry (Obsolete); (b) spec. a style of medium sherry. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > fortified wine, Madeira wine, and sack > [noun] > sherry sherris1600 sherry1608 Bristol milk1644 Xeres winea1661 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > fortified wine, Madeira wine, and sack > [noun] > sherry > types of sherry doctor1770 antimonial wine1771 Montilla1793 Paxarete1802 pale sherry1803 amontillado1804 golden sherry1830 manzanilla1843 fino1846 Bristol milk1848 brown sherry1849 solera1851 amoroso1859 brown1862 oloroso1876 Bristol cream1886 Tio Pepe1886 cream sherry1964 1644 W. Prynne & C. Walker True Relation Prosecution N. Fiennes 78 Good store of Bristoll milk, strong wines and waters. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Bristol 34 Bristol Milk..this Metaphorical Milk, whereby Xeres or Sherry-Sack is intended. 1848 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. i. iii A rich beverage made of the best Spanish wine, and celebrated..as Bristol milk. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 31 Dec. 1/1 Pale sherry (Bristol cream) realised £7 per dozen, and 95s. was the price per dozen of the sherry known as Bristol milk. Bristol Non-such n. a plant, Lychnis Chalcedonica. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > campions and catchflies rose campion1530 jagged pink1574 cuckoo-gilliflower1578 flower Constantinople1578 marsh gilliflower1578 wild William1578 crow-flower1597 gardener's delight1597 nonsuch1597 cuckoo-flower1629 fair maid of France1629 meadow pink1660 Bristol Non-such1668 flower of Bristol1672 knight-cross1725 ragged robin1731 fair maid of Kent1813 flower of Jove1840 mullein pink1840 fire pink1848 sticky catchfly1908 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 102 London Tuft, Sweet John, Sweet William; Bristow Nonsuch. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs madderOE grain1335 alkanet1343 Brazilc1386 crop-maddera1399 red-scarletc1400 alcanna?a1425 lac?c1425 madder root?c1450 incarnationa1475 jarecork1483 orchil1483 mull1507 orcanet1548 Bristol-red1551 red sanders1553 cochineal1582 safflower1583 chay1588 Pernambuco1595 red sanderswood1598 redwood1634 peach woodc1638 scarlet1653 mesteque1667 bow-dye1676 sylvester1697 corkir1703 gamene1703 orchilla1703 crap1721 saffranon1731 kino1788 Turkey red1789 lizary1791 granilla1812 munjeet1813 rubiate1835 orcein1838 purpurin1839 ruby wood1843 sassafrid1852 aal1853 pink salt1853 magenta1860 fuchsine1865 paeonin1865 safranine1868 corallin1873 marina1874 Magdala red1875 alizarin1878 eosin1879 Turkey red oil1879 roccelline1880 ponceau1885 amarant1888 phloxine1890 hypernic1897 Turkish red1900 Lithol red1930 1551 Will in Peacock N.-W. Linc. Gloss. (E.D.S.) (at cited word) One kyrtyll of bristowe read whiche were her mothers. Bristol-water n. the water of warm springs at Clifton near Bristol, used medicinally. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > [noun] > taking medicinal waters > a medicinal spring > water of Bath water1673 Bristol-water1739 Harrogate water1771 1739 J. Byrom Let. 26 Apr. in Private Jrnl. & Lit. Remains (1856) II. i. 243 I wish I could drink a glass of Bristol water in uncle Josiah's company. 1817 T. J. Pettigrew Mem. J. C. Lettsom III. 314 Bristol Water is most proper for the patient's common drink. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1551 |
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