单词 | burnet |
释义 | burnetn.2 1. The popular name of plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium (family Rosaceæ), of which the Great or Common Burnet ( Sanguisorba officinalis) is common in meadows, and the Lesser or Salad Burnet ( Poterium Sanguisorba) on the Chalk. The old herbalists confounded with these the Burnet Saxifrage Pimpinella Saxifraga, an umbelliferous plant resembling the Burnets in foliage. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet agrimonyeOE padelion?a1300 burnetc1400 sindaw1548 liverwort1566 great sanicle1578 lady's mantle1578 pimpernel1578 goose-chite1597 philanthropos1597 Poterium1597 lion's foot1611 salading-burnet1766 burnet blood-wort1776 dew-cup1799 sanguisorb1846 salad burnet1854 c1265 Anglo-Norm. Voc. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. 557 Burneta, sprungwurt.] c1400 MS. Sloane 2457, f. 6 (Halliw.) Pympurnolle..Englysch y-called is burnet. c1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 25 Burnete [uel burnette]. 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Cj The other is named the greate Pympinella or burnet. 1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 109 Bvrnet openeth the stoppings of the liuer..and helpeth the Jaundes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. ii. 49 The euen Meade, that erst brought sweetly forth The freckled Cowslip, Burnet, and greene Clouer. View more context for this quotation 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. vi. vi. 188 Burnet, called in French Pimprenelle, or Pimpernelle, is a very Common and ordinary Sallet furniture. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 41 Mix'd with the greens of burnet, mint, and thyme. 1796 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening xvi. 328 Burnet is a warm perennial sallad herb, propagated in spring or autumn. 1882 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 9 No. 3. 461 By the waysides..the common burnet was growing. 2. In the names of species of moths belonging to the genus Zygæna; cf. burnet-moth n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Zygaenidae > member of (burnet fly) zygaenidan1837 burnet-moth1842 burnet-fly1885 burnet1921 1775 M. Harris Eng. Lepidoptera 15 English Names... Burnet, sphinx..six spots of scarlet, inferiors scarlet. Burnet, companion... Brown clouded, inferior yellow vein'd with brown. 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 22 The Melilot Burnet... The Trefoil Burnet... The Five Spot Burnet. 1921 19th Cent. Feb. 273 The Zygaenidae, or Burnets. 1961 R. South Moths Brit. Isles 334 The Six-spot Burnet..is the most generally common of our Burnets. Compounds burnet blood-wort n. Sanguisorba officinalis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet agrimonyeOE padelion?a1300 burnetc1400 sindaw1548 liverwort1566 great sanicle1578 lady's mantle1578 pimpernel1578 goose-chite1597 philanthropos1597 Poterium1597 lion's foot1611 salading-burnet1766 burnet blood-wort1776 dew-cup1799 sanguisorb1846 salad burnet1854 1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. (1801) II. 197 Burnet Blood-wort, a hard woody plant with winged leaves and a 4-cleft blossom. burnet-buttons n. the flower-heads of Burnet. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet > flower-head burnet-buttons1821 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 124 On the pis~mire's castle hill While the burnet-buttons quak'd. burnet-fly n. Anthrocera (or Zygæna) filipendulæ a greenish black moth, with crimson spots on its wings. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Zygaenidae > member of (burnet fly) zygaenidan1837 burnet-moth1842 burnet-fly1885 burnet1921 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 June 5/1 A good burnett fly, and some harelips hovering overhead. burnet-moth n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Zygaenidae > member of (burnet fly) zygaenidan1837 burnet-moth1842 burnet-fly1885 burnet1921 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 345/2 The six-spotted Burnet moth (Anthrocera Filipendulæ)..has six red spots on the superior wings. burnet-rose n. the Scotch Rose ( Rosa spinosissima). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > brier or wild rose-bush > [noun] brierc1000 eglaterea1400 eglantinec1400 hound's thornc1420 dogberry1527 dog-briar1530 sweet-briar1538 brier-bush1562 dog bramble1567 canker1582 dog rose1597 canker rose1606 dog-thorn1694 cynorrhodon1706 bramble-rose1713 Scotch rose1731 white dog rose1770 brier-rose1810 bull-brier1860 missionary1881 burnet-rose1884 1884 Worsley-Benison in Evang. Mag. June 251 The little Burnet-Rose of our chalk-hills and sandy shores..has white flowers. burnet saxifrage n. Pimpinella Saxifraga (cf. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > burnet saxifrage morecrop?a1450 pimpernel1526 bibenella1631 burnet saxifrage1668 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. iv. §4 Burnet saxifrage. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. v. 60 Most of them have their little flowers white. As..Burnet Saxifrage. burnet-sphinx n. = burnet-moth n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Zygaenidae > member of (burnet fly) > kinds of burnet-sphinx1870 New Forest Burnet1895 1870 J. Clifford in Eng. Mech. 21 Jan. 449 3 In February..the caterpillars of the Six Spotted Burnet Sphinx (Zygæna Filipendulæ). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021). † burnetadj.n.1 Obsolete. A. adj. a. Of a dark brown colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > dark brown burnetc1200 fusk1599 fusky1610 chocolate-coloured1736 brunneous1815 chocolate1819 ustulate1826 scorched1832 fuscescent1881 forest-brown1892 burnt-coloured1896 Jacobean1918 mocha1977 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 163 Hire mentel grene oðer burnet. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 56 Burnet colowre, burnetum. a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 569 Burnetus, burnet, color quidam est. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. Prol. 106 Sa mony diuerss hew, Sum perss, sum paill, sum burnet, and sum blew. b. absol. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > dark brown burneta1450 chocolate colour1729 chocolate-brown1766 chocolate1785 mocha1895 mocha brown1895 nigger1914 nigger-brown1915 tête de nègre1916 cocoa1923 charcoal brown1959 peat1971 a1450 Syr Peny v, in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 108 He may gar them trayle syde In burnet and in grene. 1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 232 The roabes..of Greene or Burnet. B. n.1 a. A wool-dyed cloth of superior quality, originally of dark brown colour. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > of specific colour > brown burnet1284 1284 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (1866) (modernized text) II. 536/3. c1325 Love song in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 19 Of a blak bornet al wos hir wede. c1400 Rom. Rose 4759 As well be amourettes In mourning blak, as bright burnettes. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Burnet, in middle age writers, denotes brown cloth made of dyed wool. b. See quot. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hood hooda700 caprona1477 stroup1579 burnet1616 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Burnet, a hood, or attire for the head. 1623 in H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) 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