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tureen|təˈriːn, tjʊˈriːn|
Forms: α. 8 terrene, terene, 8–9 terrine, 9 tereen; β. 8 turen(n)e, -ein, turrene, 8– tureen.
[a. F. terrine a large circular flat-bottomed earthenware dish, as a milk-pan, in OF. therine (1412 in Godef. Compl.), fem. of OF. terrin of earth, earthen:—pop.L. *terrīn-us, f. terra earth. In English first spelt etymologically terrene, terrine, and later corrupted to turein, tureen, from phonetic equivalence of terr- and tur-, and then perh. conformed to the place-name Turin.]
A deep earthenware or plated vessel (usually oval) with a lid, from which soup is served. Also a smaller vessel of similar shape for sauce or gravy.
α1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Terrine (Fr.), an Earthen Pan. 1708W. King Cookery 298 In their gilt plate all delicates were seen And what was earth before became a rich terrene. 1745–6Mrs. Delany in Life & Corr. (1861) II. 416 Did I write you word we had got a new terene? The..chasing is mighty well done: it holds six quarts, and has a very light look. 1760H. Walpole Lett. to Montagu cxx, The house is..loaded with terreens, philigree, figures, and every thing upon earth. 1779Forrest Voy. N. Guinea 244 The contents of the small terrenes were put into eight large ones, consequently jumbled together; but, fish with fish, and fowl with fowl. 1865E. Meteyard J. Wedgwood I. 227 Ordinary jugs, globular teapots, circular terrines, and other articles. [Note.] The old term..the one preferred and always used by Josiah Wedgwood.
β1752G. White Acc. Bk. in Selborne etc. (1877) II. 323 A round China-turene. 1761Ann. Reg. 242 First service,..turrenes, fish, venison, etc. 1769De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. (ed. 7) I. i. 2 They have already made large Quantities of Tea-Cups, Saucers, Plates, Dishes, Tureins. 1771Goldsm. Haunch of Venison 82 At the bottom was tripe, in a swinging tureen. 1776Pennsylvania Even. Post 27 Apr. 212/1 Blue and white and enamelled sauce Turennes, 2 sizes. 1910Civ. Serv. Supply Assoc. Catal. 1427 Dinner Services, 61 pieces,..2 Sauce Tureens and Stands, 1 Soup Tureen and Stand.
Hence † tuˈreener, a dish of various meats, etc. baked in a closed pot or tureen; cf. hot-pot 2; tuˈreenful, as much as a tureen contains.
1728E. Smith Compl. Housewife 101 To make a Tureiner. Take a China Pot or Bowl, and fill it [with]..Beef steaks..Veal steaks..Forc'd meat..Chickens, Pigeons,.. Rabbets..; Season..every Thing as you put it in..: Then put in a quart of Gravy,..and cover it close with a Lid of Puff-paste... Eight hours will bake it. 1883‘Annie Thomas’ Mod. Housewife 58 The making of one tureenful of soup. 1895Kipling Wee Willie Winkie (1896) 3 Shovelling down his ice by tureenfuls. |