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Barbados|bɑːˈbeɪdəʊz, -dɒs|
Also Barbadoes.
Name of an island (formerly a British colony) in the West Indies, believed to be derived from Pg. las barbadas ‘bearded,’ epithet applied by the Portuguese to the Indian fig-trees growing there; whence formerly ‘the Barbadoes’. Hence: Barbados-cherry, the tart fruit, resembling a cherry, of the Malpighia urens. Barbados gooseberry (see quot. 1876). Barbados leg, a form of elephantiasis incident to hot climates. Barbados nuts, the seeds or fruit, used as a purgative, of the Jatropha Curcas, or Curcas purgans, growing in S. America. Barbados pride, a beautiful plant (Poinciana pulcherrima) used for fences in tropical lands. Barbados tar, a kind of greenish petroleum. Barbados-water, a cordial flavoured with orange- and lemon-peel. Also † barbados v., to transport (convicts) to Barbados (obs.).
1902Daily Chron. 15 May 5/1 Attention is again called..to the want of uniformity in the spelling of Barbados, many papers spelling it Barbadoes... All official documents emanating from the Colony, and all the stamps for upwards of half a century, have the word Barbados. 1858W. Ellis Vis. Madagascar iv. 95 The greatest rarity to me was a fruit called Barbadoes cherry. 1756P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica 237 Cactus 1..The Gooseberry, or Barbadoes Gooseberry Bush. 1876Encycl. Brit. IV. 626/2 Pereskia aculeata, or Barbados Gooseberry, the Cactus Pereskia of Linnæus. 1849Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. IV. 1097/1 The enlargement of the extremities commonly known by the name of Barbadoes leg. 1885A. Brassey In Trades 323 Among the flowers may be mentioned..acacias, Barbadoes pride. 1698Congreve Way of World iv. v, I banish..all aniseed, cinnamon, citron and Barbadoes-waters. 1655W. Gouge in Thurloe State Papers (1742) III. 495 The prisoners of the Tower shall, 'tis sayd, be Barbadozz'd. 1845Carlyle Cromwell (1871) IV. 115 Be barbadoesed or worse. |