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Smyrna|ˈsmɜːnə|
[A place-name (see def.); L. Smyrna, Gr. σµύρνα.]
a. The chief port of Asia Minor, situated at the head of the gulf of the same name, used attrib. in the names of various things produced in the vincinity of or connected with the city, as Smyrna carpet, Smyrna cotton, Smyrna earth, Smyrna fig, Smyrna kingfisher, Smyrna opium, Smyrna rug, Smyrna runt, Smyrna wheat (see quots.).
1735J. Moore Columbarium 44 The Smyrna Runt..is middle siz'd and feather-footed. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl., Saponacea terra,..a kind of native alkali salt, of the nature of the nitre,..called by some Smyrna earth. Ibid. s.v. Wheat, Smyrna Wheat, a peculiar kind of Wheat that has an extremely large ear. 1782Latham Gen. Synop. Birds I. ii. 615 Smyrna Kingfisher..inhabits the environs of Smyrna. 1840Penny Cycl. XVII. 203/2 The physical characters of the best Smyrna opium. 1877Encycl. Brit. VI. 482/2 One of these [Indian cottons] is cultivated to a considerable extent in the Levant, and is known in the market as Smyrna cotton. 1881C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork iii. 165 Curtains of French make, stamped with patterns taken from Turkish or Smyrna rugs. 1897Sears, Roebuck Catal. 12/2 Imported Smyrna Figs, very choice. 1904W. D. Ellwanger Oriental Rug 153 Smyrna carpets, 97, 98. 1956S. Bedford Legacy iii. vi. 198 Smyrna figs, grapes in cotton-wool, Turkish delight. 1966N. Freeling Dresden Green i. 16 Two smyrna rugs on the polished wooden floor, that he had made on winter evenings. 1977‘R. Player’ Month of Mangled Models vii. 125 They were treading silently on the best Aubusson in Paris although..the little Smyrna carpet in the boudoir was worth three times as much.
b. ellipt. A Smyrna raisin. Also, a Smyrna carpet.
1845G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. V. 102 The ‘Black Smyrnas’ [produce] a strong-bodied wine, and the ‘Red Smyrnas’ and ‘Valencias’ a rich and full wine. 1904W. D. Ellwanger Oriental Rug 97 Most other carpets are of Turkish weaving..and come under the general title of Smyrnas. |