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Hamburg, -burgh|ˈhæmbɜːg, -bərə|
[Hamburg, a city of North Germany.]
1. (Also Hamburg grape) Name of a black variety of the grape, of German origin, which is specially adapted to hothouse cultivation.
1838Penny Cycl. X. 500/2 Grapes..The following are suitable for a vinery:—Black Frontignan, Black Prince, Black Hamburg. 1892Barron Vines & Vine Cult. (ed. 3) 139 The Black Hamburgh Grape is stated to have been imported from Hamburgh in the early part of the last century by Mr. John Warner..Hence it became known as Warner's Black Hamburgh, i.e. Mr. Warner's Black Grape from Hamburgh..The best known [of its German names, are] Trollinger, and Frankenthaler, which, of late years, has been much adopted in this country by some as synonymous with Black Hamburgh, by others as representing a larger and coarser variety.
2. Name of a small variety of the domestic fowl.
1857Chambers' Inform. People I. 647/2 True-bred Hamburgs never shew any inclination to sit..The Hamburgs are very timid, shy fowls, and easily distressed. 1885Tegetmeier in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 645/1 The Hamburghs, erroneously so called from a name given them in the classification adopted at the early Birmingham shows, are chiefly breeds of English origin.
3. Hamburg steak: see steak 2 c. |