单词 | calfs-foot |
释义 | calf's-footn. 1. literal. The foot of a calf; hence, calf's-foot jelly. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [noun] > veal > cuts or parts calf's-foot1620 veal cutlet1728 windpipe sweetbreada1756 noix1845 schnitzel1854 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > jelly > [noun] > meat jelly meat jelly1381 cow heel1655 calf's-foot jelly1775 aspic1789 shank-jelly1824 1620 T. Venner Via Recta iii. 70 The vse of them (especially of Calues feete) is very profitable in consumptions. 1775 Nourse in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 438 I now allowed him chicken broth..calves-feet jelly. 1785 W. Scott in Med. Communications 2 85 I procured some calf's foot jelly. 1879 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 28 June What purported to be mock-turtle soup..with pieces of calves-foot or cow-heel in it. 2. Herbalism. The Cuckoo-pint or Wake-robin ( Arum maculatum): see arum n. [So French pied-de-veau.] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araceae (wake-robin and allies) > [noun] dragonsc1000 cuckoo-pintlea1400 yekestersea1400 aaron?c1425 calf's-footc1450 cuckoo-spitc1450 rampa1500 priest's hood1526 wake-robin1530 green dragon1538 arum1551 cuckoo-pint1551 dragonwort1565 priest's pintle1578 tarragon1591 starch root1596 friar's cowl1597 friar's-hood1597 starchwort1597 dragon serpentine1598 dragon's-herb1600 small dragonwort1674 dumb cane1696 skunk weed1735 polecat weed1743 lords and ladies1755 mucka-mucka1769 skunk cabbage1778 bloody man's finger1787 green dragon1789 swamp-cabbage1792 priest in the pulpit1837 orontiad1846 arad1853 cows and calves1853 bulls and cows1863 skunk cabbage1869 aroid1876 Adam and Eve1877 stallion1878 cunjevoi1889 c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 588 Jarus, Cokkupyntel et Calvysfote. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. vii. 322 Calfes foote or Cockowpynt. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 38 The herbe Arum, commonly called in English Wake-Robbin or Calues-foot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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