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▪ I. Brunswick1|ˈbrʌnzwɪk|
[LG. Brunswîk, -swyk; Ger. Braunschweig.]
1. The name of a town and imperial province (formerly a duchy = Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel) of Germany. In earlier times Hanover constituted the electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg, whence the name ‘line of Brunswick’ = ‘line of Hanover’ applied to the English sovereigns from George I.
2. Hence the name of an obsolete textile fabric.
1480Privy Purse Exp. Eliz. of York 130 Brussell clothe dcc vij elles iij quarters: Browneswyke iiijxx ix elles.
3. attrib.
a. Brunswick black, a black varnish made of turpentine and asphalt or lamp-black; Brunswick green, a green pigment consisting of oxychloride of copper (Watts Dict. Chem.).
b. Brunswick Club Irish Hist. [f. the name of Charles, Duke (1823-31) of Brunswick, who founded the first club in 1828], any of a number of Irish Protestant organizations opposing the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829.
1828Times 8 Sept. 2/5 Lord Belzebub much questions whether He ever yet saw, mixed together, As 'twere in one capacious tub, Such a mess of noble silly-bub As the twenty Peers of the Brunswick Club. 1829T. Wyse Hist. Sketch Cath. Assoc. II. 13 The Catholic Association on one hand, and Brunswick Clubs on the other. 1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 813/1 The Brunswick clubs..were sprigs from the original Orange tree. 1942, etc. [see Brunswicker.]
▪ II. Brunswick2|ˈbrʌnzwɪk|
The name of Brunswick County, Virginia, used attrib. of a kind of stew first made there, orig. of squirrel and onion, now freq. of game or chicken and containing other vegetables.
1856H. Davis Farm Bk. 56 Our dinner consisted of..Soup Gumbo Brunswick stew. 1909F. B. Calhoun Miss Minerva iii. 23 Me an' Wilkes Booth Lincoln been eatin'..Brunswick stew ever sence we's born. 1936M. Mitchell Gone with Wind vi. 93 The succulent odors of barbecue sauce and Brunswick stew. 1954J. Walker Pardon my Parka iv. 64 ‘That's a very good-smelling stew... What's in it?’ ‘Squirrel... Brunswick stew they call it.’ 1983P. B. Foster Classic Amer. Cooking iv. 130 (heading) Brunswick stew. |