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▪ I. † poly, poley, n.1 Obs.|ˈpəʊlɪ|
[ad. L. polium, polion (Plin.), a. Gr. πόλιον (Theophr.) an aromatic herb, perh. f. πολιός hoary.]
A species of Germander, Teucrium Polium, an aromatic herb of Southern Europe; also extended to other species of Teucrium, as Golden P. (T. aureum), Yellow P. (T. flavescens).
In quot. 1527 erroneously for puliol.
1527Andrew Brunswyke's Distyll. Waters C iv, Water of poley. Pulegium in latyn. The best tyme of hys dystylacyon is all the herbe chopped whan it bereth floures, and so dystylled. 1578Lyte Dodoens ii. lxvi. 233 Poley..is of two sortes, whereof one may be named..Poley of the Mountaine: and the other..small Poley. 1608Topsell Serpents (1658) 618 The herb called Poley, Fern, and all other things that have a strong or vehement ill savour. 1866Treas. Bot., Poly, Teucrium Polium.
b. grass poly: see grass n.1 14.
c. poly-mountain, also poly of the mountain, mountain poly [ad. L. polium montanum], name of an aromatic herb: identified in Treas. Bot. with Bartsia alpina; by Britten and Holland with Calamintha Acinos; by earlier writers app. also with Teucrium Polium (= poly). See also pellamountain, pulimountain in puliol.
1578Lyte Dodoens ii. lxvi. 233 Poley of the Mountayne is a little, small, tender, base, and sweete smelling herbe, having small stemmes, and slender branches. Ibid., It is called..in English Poley and Poley mountayne. 1633Johnson Gerarde's Herbal 676, I haue sometimes seene it [Calamintha Acinos] brought to Cheapside market, where the herbe women called it Poley mountaine, some it may bee that haue taken it for Polium montanum [Teucrium Polium, L.] mis-informing them. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 244 Where..grew the Mountain-Poly, which struck our Scent. 1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 82 Poley Mountain..is a Plant of the Height of half a Foot; having small, thick indented Leaves. 1866Treas. Bot. 913/1 Poly mountain, Bartsia alpina. 1886Britten & Holland Plant-n. 385 Poley Mountain, Calamintha Acinos.
▪ II. poly, n.2|ˈpɒlɪ|
colloq. abbrev. of polytechnic n. 2
1858M. Tuckett Diary 30 Sept. (c 1975) 9 We came into Falmouth..and then went with Aunt to the Poly. 1882Q. Hogg Let. Sept. in E. M. Hogg Quintin Hogg (1904) vi. 145 Our Poly. boys came to speak their word in the matter. 1892Scribner's Mag. Feb. 170/1 The Young Men's Polytechnic Institute, which is universally known among young people in London as the ‘Poly’. 1932E. M. Wood Polytechnic & its Founder Quintin Hogg (rev. ed.) 16, I have just tried to keep out of the light and let the Poly tell its own history. 1967Times Rev. Industry May 115/2 The new polys will come into being largely as regroupings of existing colleges. 1970Guardian 19 Aug. 9/2 Fowler..is taking the poly job and saying a regretful ‘no thanks’ to LSE. 1978I. Murdoch Sea 226 When he left school he went into the poly, you know, the polytechnic... He had a student grant. 1979Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts July 489/1 So what we should like is for those institutions such as polys throughout the Commonwealth that are already running business management courses to devote part of them to the skills of publishing.
▪ III. poly, n.3|ˈpɒlɪ|
colloq. abbrev. of polythene and polyethylene b. Chiefly attrib. and Comb., as poly bag (polybag), poly-wrapped adj.
1965Supermarket & Self-Service (Johannesburg) June/July 13/3 Quick-frozen polywrapped broilers. 1968Punch 12 June 858/1 Little poly-wrapped trays in the frozen food counter. 1971C. Bonington Annapurna South Face ix. 103 Tom and I finished packing our rucksacks, leaving a proportion of our gear in polybags outside the boxes to reduce our loads. 1976Canad. Forces Sentinel (Ottawa) XII. iii. 6/3 One three-pound polybag of the stuff served as a week-long protein supplement for..six. 1976Southern Even. Echo (Southampton) 11 Nov. (Advt. Suppl.) 7/1 Fresh meat from the farm for your freezer:..All poly wrapped and cut to your requirements. 1977Undercurrents June—July 34/3 Find an old boiler suit,..a small shovel, and a big thick poly bag or a cut away poly jerry can. 1978Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. (Spring Fashion Suppl.) 14/1 (Advt.), Sleek soft sandals..latest styles, Spring colors, and the newest poly bottoms.
▪ IV. poly
obs. form of pulley. |