单词 | creamjug |
释义 | > as lemmascream-jug cream-jug n. a small jug for holding cream at table. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > jug > for milk or cream cream-jug1773 pourie1787 milk jug1820 1773 London Chron. 7 Sept. 248/3 The following articles..were assayed and marked..castors, ice pails, cream jugs. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xv. 18 I observe another fly in the cream-jug. cream-jug a. A deep vessel, of varying shape and size, for holding liquids, usually with a cylindrical or swelling body, or one that tapers upward, having a handle on one side, and often a spout. Frequently with qualification denoting use or kind, as brown-jug, claret-jug, cream-jug, milk-jug, water-jug, etc.The name is applied locally with various extensions or restrictions to vessels, commonly of earthenware, also of glass or metal, sometimes even of wood or leather, occasionally, as in a hot-water jug, furnished with a lid; in U.S. having ‘a narrow neck or orifice, usually stopped by a cork’ ( Cent. Dict.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] canOE quart?c1335 pota1382 jug1538 Jack1567 noggin pot1663 gotch1691 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > pouring vessel > [noun] > jug jug1538 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Cantharus, a pot or a iugge. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. viii. f. 38 They haue sundry kyndes of water pottes, iugges, and drinckinge cuppes made of earthe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) Induct. ii. 87 You would present her at the Leete, Because she brought stone-Iugs, and no seal'd quarts. View more context for this quotation 1678 A. Behn Sir Patient Fancy v. i. 82 You're a Dutch Butter-ferkin, a Kilderkin, a Double Jugg. 1756 T. Nugent Grand Tour II. 403 There is a great sale of stone juggs and pitchers at Andernach. 1783 J. O'Keeffe Brown Jug (song) in Poor Soldier i This brown jug that now foams with mild ale..Was once Toby Filpot. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. iv. 68 A small jug, which he replenished with ale from a large black jack. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxiii. 115 Common brown Toby Philpot jugs. 1885 J. Martineau Types Ethical Theory I. 131 A jug is said to be empty when it has no water. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. Jug, a stone bottle, such as is used for wine or spirits, not such as a Milk-Jug, which is called a Pitcher. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. Pitcher,..the term Jug is applied to large stoneware jars. < as lemmas |
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