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Joseph|ˈdʒəʊzɪf|
[A proper name repr. Heb. yōˈsēph, name of one of the twelve sons of Jacob, and of later Israelites, esp. of the husband of Mary the mother of Jesus Christ (St. Joseph); hence in derived uses.]
1. In allusion to the patriarch Joseph, Gen. xli. 48–57.
1849E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 16 These evil Josephs raise the price of corn so high that the unfortunate poor are placed beyond hope.
2. A long cloak, worn chiefly by women in the eighteenth century when riding, and on other occasions; it was buttoned all the way down the front and had a small cape. [See quot. 1708.]
1659Caterpillers of this Nation anatomized, Joseph, a cloak. 1688Shadwell Sq. Alsatia ii. i. ad fin., Hide me, give me my Joseph. 1708Brit. Apollo No. 104. 2/1 Why is a great Coat call'd a Joseph? From the..upper Coat, which..Joseph left behind him. 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. xvi, Olivia would be drawn as an Amazon..dressed in a green joseph, richly laced with gold, and a whip in her hand. 1807Crabbe Par. Reg. iii. 323 In the dear fashions of her youth she dress'd; A pea-green Joseph was her favourite vest. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Joseph, a very old fashioned riding coat for women, scarcely now to be seen. 1861Geo. Eliot Silas M. xi, Seated on a pillion, and attired in a drab joseph and a drab beaver-bonnet.
3. In names of flowers, as Joseph and Mary, Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis); Joseph's coat (in ref. to Gen. xxxvii. 3), a cultivated variety of Amarantus tricolor, with variegated leaves; Joseph's flower (in ref. to the bearded figure of St. Joseph in art), Goat's-beard.
1578Lyte Dodoens ii. xvii. 167 This hearbe is now called..in English Goates barde, Iosephs floure,..and Go to bedde at Noone. 1597Gerarde Herbal ii. ccxli. 596 Goates bearde is called..in low Dutch Iosephes bloemen..in English Goats beard, Iosephs flower. 1866Treas. Bot. i. 48/1 In the gardens of the Southern United States, these hues are so richly developed as to have procured for it [Amaranthus tricolor] the appellation of Joseph's Coat.
4. A violin made by Joseph Guarnieri del Gesù (1698–1744). Cf. Guarnerius.
1875G. Hart Violin vi. 95 How is this ‘Joseph’, unaccustomed to elbow his legitimate namesakes in the world of fiddles, to maintain the character he has assumed? 1879Grove Dict. Mus. I. 637/2 The value of a good ‘Joseph’ now varies from {pstlg}150 to {pstlg}400. 1968Encycl. Brit. X. 986/2 It was not until Paganini played on the ‘Joseph’ that the taste of amateurs turned from the sweetness of the Amati and the Stradivari violins in favour of the more robust tone of the Giuseppe Guarneri. |