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Tyrian, a. and n.|ˈtɪrɪən|
[f. L. Tyri-us (f. Tyrus Tyre) + -an.]
A. adj.
a. Of or belonging to, native of, or made in Tyre, an ancient Phœnician city on the Mediterranean, the centre of an extensive commerce.
In quot. 1634 alluding to the use of the pole-star (cynosure 1) as a guide in navigation by the merchants of Tyre.
1513Douglas æneis iv. iv. 67 The Tyrian menȝe skalis wydequhair. 1582Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 28 Of Tyrian virgins too weare thus a quiuer is vsed. 1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. ii. i. 351 My hangings all of tirian tapestry. 1634Milton Comus 342 Thou shalt be our star of Arcady, Or Tyrian Cynosure. 1746Francis tr. Horace, Sat. ii. iv. 102 What! sweep with dirty broom a floor inlaid, Or on foul couches Tyrian carpets spread? 1893M. G. Easton Illustr. Bible Dict. (1894) 677/1 Tyrian merchants were the first who ventured to navigate the Mediterranean waters.
b. spec. In reference or allusion to the purple or crimson dye anciently made at Tyre from certain molluscs: see purple B. 1 a.
1616Drummond of Hawthornden Poems i. D iij, Nor Temples spread with Flackes of Virgine Snow, Nor Snow of Cheekes with Tyrian Graine enroll'd. 1693Dryden Persius ii. 117 Another finds the way to dye in Grain, And make Calabrian Wool receive the Tyrian Stain. 1700― Secular Masque 56 The sprightly green has drunk the Tyrian dye [i.e. blood]. 1738Gentl. Mag. VIII. 211/1 'Tis true, my form no Tyrian purples grace. 1877G. F. Maclear St. Mark vii. (1879) 85 The dyes of the celebrated Tyrian purple. 1890Billings Med. Dict., Tyrian blue, aniline dye, of violet color; a nuclear stain for alcoholic preparations.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Tyre.
1513Douglas æneis i. viii. 141 Betuix ane Troiane and ane Tiriane Na difference. Ibid. xi. 82 Ȝow, my awin Tirianis. c1614Sir W. Mure Dido & æneas i. 511 Even so the Tyrians, some a stately stage On arches rais'd for comedyes ereck. 1770J. Z. Holwell Orig. Princ. Anc. Bramins viii. §125 (1770) 165 The histories of the ancient Phenicians, Tyrians, and Carthaginians. 1893M. G. Easton Illustr. Bible Dict. (1894) 677/1 In the time of David, a friendly alliance was entered into between the Hebrews and the Tyrians.
C. Comb., as Tyrian-dyed, Tyrian-hued adjs.
1847C. Brontë J. Eyre I. xi. 194 A wide arch..hung..with a Tyrian-dyed curtain. 1903A. M. Clerke Probl. Astrophysics 259 To put off its crocus-veil and shine Tyrian-hued. 1910Sat. Westm. Gaz. 19 Feb. 6/1 The Tyrian-dyed curtain. |