单词 | caraway |
释义 | carawayn. 1. An umbelliferous plant ( Carum carui): its small fruits, commonly called ‘caraway-seeds’, are aromatic and carminative; they are used in cakes, sweetmeats, etc., and yield a volatile oil. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > caraway plant or seed carawayc1440 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 62 Caraway herbe, carway, sic scribitur in campo florum. c1500 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe (1585) D j Suffumigacion of ye oyle of kerua. 1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. H ivv Caruwayes..the poticaries call it carui. 1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 125 Carway breaketh winde. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xvii. 243 Carraway has no proper involucrum. 1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 124 Caraway is the object of field culture in Essex, and on other stiff soils. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > caraway seed caraway-seed1548 caraway1557 saxifrage1697 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > caraway-seed sweets caraway1557 carvya1665 caraway-comfit1710 meeting seed1851 1557 F. Seager Schoole of Vertue in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 343 Bisketes or Carowayes. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health cii. 89 To eate Carawayes or Biskettes, or some other kinde of Comfittes, or seedes together with Apples. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. iii. 3 We will eate a last yeeres pippen of mine owne graffing, with a dish of carrawaies. 1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 75 A piece of Cheese, Pippins, or Carrowayes. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 162 In meates, I prefer the Carewayes before..Fennel-seeds. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 5 The Caraways that the people of Paris buy out of the Shops. Compounds caraway-comfit n. a sweetmeat containing caraway-seeds. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > caraway-seed sweets caraway1557 carvya1665 caraway-comfit1710 meeting seed1851 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 245. ⁋2 One Silver gilt [box] of a large Size for Cashu and Carraway Comfits. caraway-seed n. (see 1); also attributive, as in caraway-seed biscuit. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > caraway seed caraway-seed1548 caraway1557 saxifrage1697 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. C.vij Ye may vse carawey seede, or carot seede. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §54 Adding a little Coriander-seed and Carraway seed. 1694 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 212 Oyl of Carui-Seeds. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 84 Some sweet carrawayseed biscuits. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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