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‖ Shiraz|ˈʃɪəræz|
Forms: 7 Sheraz, Shyraz, -as, Sherash, Schiras, (Scherah), 8–9 Schiraz, 9 Sheeraz, Shiraz.
1. The name of a city in Persia (formerly the capital); used attrib.
a. as the designation of a wine made in the district; also absol. = Shiraz wine.
b. as the designation of a kind of tobacco.
c. in Shiraz lamb, the trade name of a quality of lamb fur obtained from Persia (1910 W. S. Parker in Encycl. Brit. art. Furs).
d. Denoting a rug or carpet made in the district of Shiraz; also ellipt.
a.1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 65 The name of Sheraz Wine is famous farre and neere. 1638Ibid. 78, 20 Camels load of Shyraz [1677 Shyras] wine. 1837Lockhart Scott IV. v. 162 An Oriental friend having sent him a butt of sheeraz [etc.]. 1904T. Wright Life E. FitzGerald I. 217 He liked to sit in the Major's snug parlour and talk, over a glass of Shiraz wine, about India.
b.1840N. P. Willis Loiterings of Trav. II. 224 He politely begged pardon for smoking in the Countess's presence, and filled the enamelled bowl with Shiraz tobacco. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 601 The principal kinds of Tobacco are the American,..the Shiraz or Persian [etc.].
d.1900J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs xi. 213 The Shiraz displays unusual features of finish. Ibid. 214 The true Shiraz rugs may be known almost invariably by the small checked selvage. 1920T. E. Lawrence Let. 16 Feb. (1938) 299 As for the rugs, please take any that seem worthy to you. There were two Afghans in the Arab Bureau, & a big (and not bad but thin) Shiraz, in the Savoy. 1932P. Selver tr. Čapek's Tales from Two Pockets 189 I've got piles and piles of Shiraz, Shirvan..and other common-or-garden carpets. 1968L. Durrell Tunc iii. 153 A small and lovely carpet—an authentic Shiraz according to the label. 1980G. Thompson Murder Mystery (1981) xxviii. 215 A large brandy snifter now lay on the floor on the Shiraz rug.
2. The name of a variety of grape from which red wine is made, grown orig. in the Rhône valley of France; the wine made from this grape.
The French name for the grape is syrah (scyras, sirrah are also found). The Eng. form is app. an alteration of this, influenced by the belief that the vine was brought (by Crusaders) from Iran and is therefore to be identified with that from which Shiraz (sense 1 a) is made.
[1908E. & A. Vizetelly Wines of France 140 For red Hermitage the vine..is the Ciras, Scyras, or Sirrah, a corruption, it is alleged, of Shiraz, the tradition being that the hermit of the mount brought some vine cuttings with him from the East. The Ciras is, at any rate, a distinct variety.] 1927A. I. Perold Treat. Viticulture v. 271 Shiraz, the grape of Hermitage,..produces a fine, famous red wine. 1966Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 25 Oct. 2/10 He thought his 1952 shiraz was of such vast quality there was no bottle in a restaurant cellar to equal it. 1973‘E. Ferrars’ Small World Murder viii. 102 They drank one of the Lyndon's own wines, a Shiraz. 1977A. Scholefield Venom i. 38 Replanting areas with shiraz vines. |