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Dead Sea
[transl. L. mare mortuum, Gr. ἡ νεκρὰ θάλασσα (Aristotle). By the Greeks and Romans the same name was given also to the Arctic Ocean in the North of Europe: ? as devoid of the presence of life, or of motion, currents, etc.]
a. The lake or inland sea in the south of Palestine, into which the Jordan flows; it has no outlet, and its waters are intensely salt and bitter.
c1250Genesis & Exod. 1123 Ðe swarte flum, ðe dede se. c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 1020 Þer faure citees wern set, nov is a see called, Þat ay is drouy and dym, and ded in hit kynde, Blo, blubrande, and blak..Forþy þe derk dede see hit is demed. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 105 (Mätz.) Iudea..haþ in þe souþe side þe dede Se. 1559W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 144 It is also called the dead sea, because the water moveth not..nether can..any fishe live there. 1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan II. 350 Deader than the dead-sea itself.
b. attrib., as in Dead Sea apple, Dead Sea fruit = Apple of Sodom: see apple n. 3; Dead Sea Scrolls, the collective name for a series of fragmentary manuscripts dating from the third century bc to the first century ad, which contain a unique historical and social record of Palestine and early Jewish and Christian traditions, discovered since 1947 in caves to the west of the Dead Sea; occas. in sing.; cf. Qumran.
1817Moore Lalla Rookh 222 Like Dead Sea fruits, that tempt the eye, But turn to ashes on the lips! 1868M. E. Braddon (title), Dead Sea Fruit. 1869Eng. Mech. 24 Dec. 354/1 Dead Sea apples, Sodom apples, or mad apples..are occasionally imported from Bussorah. 1882The Garden 1 Apr. 220/1 The Asclepias above alluded to is what has been called the Dead Sea Fruit. 1883L. Wingfield A. Rowe III. vi. 119 The baked meats were Dead Sea fruit, and stuck in her throat. 1949Palestine Exploration Q. 112 (title) The Dead Sea Scrolls. 1956J. M. Allegro (title) The Dead Sea Scrolls. Ibid. i. 31 A small piece of Dead Sea Scroll may look very nice..hung over the mantelpiece. 1965A. Christie At Bertram's Hotel vii. 76 A pleasant acrimonious discussion on..the dating of the Dead Sea scrolls. 1986N.Y. Times 1 Jan. i. 9/5 Among the most important are the Habakkuk Commentary, the first found and the best-preserved of the Dead Sea Scrolls. |