单词 | woodwax |
释义 | woodwaxn. ? Obsolete. = woodwaxen n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > trees or shrubs yielding dyes > [noun] > dyer's greenweed woodwaxen1367 woodwax1570 greenweed1582 greenwood1776 Kendal green1822 dyer's green-weed1854 c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 66 Wudu weaxe & hegerife gecnuwa þa togædere. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Giiiv/1 Wodwesse, glastum. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Oiv/1 Wodwosse, glastum. 1667 W. Petty in T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. 296 The Yellows are Weld, Wood-wax, and old Fustick. a1697 J. Aubrey Nat. Hist. Wilts. (1847) i. ix. 49 In Bradon Forest growes very plentifully rank wood-wax. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 241 Green-weed or Wood-wax. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 486 Wudwise, a yellow flower, which grows on bad land, and has a bitter taste. 1845 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 5 ii. 435 The wood-wax and gorse are very abundant. Derivatives ˈwoodwaxer n. one who gathers woodwax. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > woodwax gatherer woodwaxer1829 1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Naturalist 77 Our poorer people..used to collect it by cart loads..; and the season of ‘woodwaxen’ was a little harvest to them:..the old woodwaxers tell me that [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1000 |
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