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单词 bristol
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Bristoln.

/ˈbrɪstəl/
Forms: In Old English Brycgstów, Middle English Brigestou, Brycstoue, Middle English–1600s Bristow.
Etymology: < the name of Bristol, a city of England upon the Wiltshire or Lower Avon, famous since early times for its maritime trade and manufactures.
1.
a. Short for ‘Bristol-stone’: see Bristol-stone n. at Compounds 2.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Bristol-red n. Obsolete a dye.
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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.
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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.
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