crocusn.

Brit.

/ˈkrəʊkəs/, U.S.

/ˈkroʊkəs/

Etymology: < Latin crocus, < Greek κρόκος the crocus, and its product saffron: apparently of Semitic origin; compare Hebrew karkōm, crocus, saffron, Arabic kurkum, saffron, turmeric. See Lacaita, Etymology of Crocus and Saffron, 1886. Not known as an English name to the 16th cent. herbalists, though Old English had croh saffron, Irish and Gaelic croch, < Latin.

1. A genus of hardy dwarf bulbous plants, family Iridaceæ, natives of southern and central Europe, the Levant, and Western Asia, and commonly cultivated for their brilliant flowers, which are usually deep yellow or purple, and appear before the leaves in early spring, or in some species in autumn. The autumnal species, C. sativus, yields saffron n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > crocus

saffronc1425

autumn crocus1629

crocusa1639

Scotch crocus1731

vernal crocus1778

saffron crocus1857

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. xli. 934 Saffron hatte crocus and is an herbe.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lv. 216 Saffron is called..in latine Crocus.

1599 J. Gerard Catal. Arborum (rev. ed.) 7 Crocus vernus flore luteo, Saffron of the spring with yellow flowers.]

a1639 H. Wotton On a Bank in Poems (Aldine ed.) 101 The fields and gardens were beset With tulips, crocus, violet.

1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece iv. 318 White and Yellow Crocus grows wild here.

1728 J. Thomson Spring 27 Fair-handed Spring..Throws out the Snow-Drop, and the Crocus first.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Œnone (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 123 At their feet the crocus brake like fire.

1885 Bible (R.V.) Isa. xxxv. 1 The desert shall..blossom as the rose [margin. Or, autumn crocus].

†2. Saffron; the stigma of Crocus sativus. Obsolete. (In Old English croh.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > additive > colouring agents > [noun]

saffronc1450

crocus1659

pot marigold1760

browning1769

parsley green1845

butter colour1877

food colouring1887

c1000 Saxon Leechd. II. 244 Meng wiþ croh.

1659 E. Gayton Art Longevity 54 Half a Crown in Crocus and Squills Wine.

1710 London Gaz. No. 4658/4 Two Bales of Crocus.

a. Old Chemistry. A name given to various yellow or red powders obtained from metals by calcination; as crocus of antimony (crocus antimonii or c. metallorum), a more or less impure oxysulphide of antimony; crocus of copper (c. veneris), cuprous oxide; crocus of iron (c. martis; also in 15th cent. crokefer), sesquioxide or peroxide of iron.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > formed by calcination

spodiuma1425

spode1611

crocus1640

saffron1681

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [noun] > calcined

spodiuma1425

calxa1475

spode1611

crocus1640

saffron1681

calcination1712

1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy Adm. vi. in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 190 I provyd..the Scalys of Yern whych Smethys do of smyte, Æs Ust, and Crokefer which dyd me never good.]

1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning v. ii. 233 If iron be reduced in Crocum Martis.

1651 J. French Art Distillation v. 135 Quench it in the Oil of Crocus Martis made of the best steele.

1728 F. Nicholls in Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 481 Both these..Stones scrape into a deep Crocus.

1753 Scots Mag. 15 40/1 He had put this piece of crocus metallorum into the water.

1770 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (ed. 5) i. 21 Take..crocus veneris an ounce and a half.

1842 J. Liebig & W. Gregory E. Turner's Elements Chem. (ed. 7) 498 The pharmaceutic preparations known by the terms glass, liver, and crocus of antimony.

b. The name is still applied to the peroxide of iron obtained by calcination of sulphate of iron, and used as a polishing powder.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] > polish > types of

pumice1422

emery1481

foam of copperas1538

pumex1589

emery-stone1610

smiris1610

putty1663

rottenstone1677

tutty1731

French rouge?1745

rotstone1767

plate powder1786

emery-powder18..

rouge1808

waxing1825

black lead1830

tin-putty1839

red stuff1844

stove-polish1858

crocusa1861

crocus-powder1873

furniture cream1873

grit-emery1884

silver polish1895

Ronuk1896

Brasso1905

floor polish1907

lavender cream1926

lavender polish1961

lavender wax1970

a1861 J. Hunter MS Gloss. in S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield (1888) Crocus, a red oxide used for polishing cutlery.

1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Crocus, a polishing powder composed of peroxide of iron. It is prepared from crystals of sulphate of iron, calcined in crucibles. The portion at the bottom, which has been exposed to the greatest heat, is the hardest, is purplish in color, and is called crocus..The upper portion is of a scarlet color, and is called rouge.

4. slang. A quack doctor.[It has been surmised that this originated in the Latinized surname of Dr. Helkiah Crooke, author of a Description of the Body of Man, 1615, Instruments of Chirurgery, 1631, etc.]

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > ignorant or untrained > charlatan

quacksalver1579

medicastra1602

water-caster1603

quack1638

medicaster1639

amethodist1654

charlatana1680

quackster1709

crocus1785

Sangrado1812

sangrador1832

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Crocus or Crocus Metallorum, a nickname for the surgeons of the army and navy.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 217/2 Crocus, Doctor.

1877 W. Besant & J. Rice This Son of Vulcan I. ix. 100 Such were the ‘crocuses’, who lived by the sale of pills and drugs—a pestilent tribe.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as crocus-bag, crocus-bed, crocus-bordered adj., crocus-flower, crocus-powder (= 3b), crocus-scent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] > polish > types of

pumice1422

emery1481

foam of copperas1538

pumex1589

emery-stone1610

smiris1610

putty1663

rottenstone1677

tutty1731

French rouge?1745

rotstone1767

plate powder1786

emery-powder18..

rouge1808

waxing1825

black lead1830

tin-putty1839

red stuff1844

stove-polish1858

crocusa1861

crocus-powder1873

furniture cream1873

grit-emery1884

silver polish1895

Ronuk1896

Brasso1905

floor polish1907

lavender cream1926

lavender polish1961

lavender wax1970

1699 J. Dickenson Jrnl. Trav. 30 [For clothing] I..had a Crocus Ginger-bag.

1873 J. H. Walsh Man. Domest. Econ. (1877) 365/2 Crocus-powder is made by calcining sulphate of iron and salt.

1878 O. Wilde in Irish Monthly Apr. 211 The crocus-bed is a quivering moon of fire.

1885 J. S. Stallybrass tr. V. Hehn Wanderings Plants & Animals 198 Helena takes with her..her..crocus-bordered veil.

1885 J. S. Stallybrass tr. V. Hehn Wanderings Plants & Animals 200 When Roman luxury was at its height, crocus-scent and crocus-flowers were used as lavishly as rose-leaves.

1891 ‘M. O'Rell’ Frenchman in Amer. 60 A..crocus-bed effect.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	crocus
释义	crocusn. Brit. /ˈkrəʊkəs/, U.S. /ˈkroʊkəs/ Etymology: < Latin crocus, < Greek κρόκος the crocus, and its product saffron: apparently of Semitic origin; compare Hebrew karkōm, crocus, saffron, Arabic kurkum, saffron, turmeric. See Lacaita, Etymology of Crocus and Saffron, 1886. Not known as an English name to the 16th cent. herbalists, though Old English had croh saffron, Irish and Gaelic croch, < Latin. 1. A genus of hardy dwarf bulbous plants, family Iridaceæ, natives of southern and central Europe, the Levant, and Western Asia, and commonly cultivated for their brilliant flowers, which are usually deep yellow or purple, and appear before the leaves in early spring, or in some species in autumn. The autumnal species, C. sativus, yields saffron n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > crocus saffronc1425 autumn crocus1629 crocusa1639 Scotch crocus1731 vernal crocus1778 saffron crocus1857 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. xli. 934 Saffron hatte crocus and is an herbe. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lv. 216 Saffron is called..in latine Crocus. 1599 J. Gerard Catal. Arborum (rev. ed.) 7 Crocus vernus flore luteo, Saffron of the spring with yellow flowers.] a1639 H. Wotton On a Bank in Poems (Aldine ed.) 101 The fields and gardens were beset With tulips, crocus, violet. 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece iv. 318 White and Yellow Crocus grows wild here. 1728 J. Thomson Spring 27 Fair-handed Spring..Throws out the Snow-Drop, and the Crocus first. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Œnone (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 123 At their feet the crocus brake like fire. 1885 Bible (R.V.) Isa. xxxv. 1 The desert shall..blossom as the rose [margin. Or, autumn crocus]. †2. Saffron; the stigma of Crocus sativus. Obsolete. (In Old English croh.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > colouring agents > [noun] saffronc1450 crocus1659 pot marigold1760 browning1769 parsley green1845 butter colour1877 food colouring1887 c1000 Saxon Leechd. II. 244 Meng wiþ croh. 1659 E. Gayton Art Longevity 54 Half a Crown in Crocus and Squills Wine. 1710 London Gaz. No. 4658/4 Two Bales of Crocus. 3. a. Old Chemistry. A name given to various yellow or red powders obtained from metals by calcination; as crocus of antimony (crocus antimonii or c. metallorum), a more or less impure oxysulphide of antimony; crocus of copper (c. veneris), cuprous oxide; crocus of iron (c. martis; also in 15th cent. crokefer), sesquioxide or peroxide of iron. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > formed by calcination spodiuma1425 spode1611 crocus1640 saffron1681 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [noun] > calcined spodiuma1425 calxa1475 spode1611 crocus1640 saffron1681 calcination1712 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy Adm. vi. in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 190 I provyd..the Scalys of Yern whych Smethys do of smyte, Æs Ust, and Crokefer which dyd me never good.] 1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning v. ii. 233 If iron be reduced in Crocum Martis. 1651 J. French Art Distillation v. 135 Quench it in the Oil of Crocus Martis made of the best steele. 1728 F. Nicholls in Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 481 Both these..Stones scrape into a deep Crocus. 1753 Scots Mag. 15 40/1 He had put this piece of crocus metallorum into the water. 1770 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (ed. 5) i. 21 Take..crocus veneris an ounce and a half. 1842 J. Liebig & W. Gregory E. Turner's Elements Chem. (ed. 7) 498 The pharmaceutic preparations known by the terms glass, liver, and crocus of antimony. b. The name is still applied to the peroxide of iron obtained by calcination of sulphate of iron, and used as a polishing powder. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] > polish > types of pumice1422 emery1481 foam of copperas1538 pumex1589 emery-stone1610 smiris1610 putty1663 rottenstone1677 tutty1731 French rouge?1745 rotstone1767 plate powder1786 emery-powder18.. rouge1808 waxing1825 black lead1830 tin-putty1839 red stuff1844 stove-polish1858 crocusa1861 crocus-powder1873 furniture cream1873 grit-emery1884 silver polish1895 Ronuk1896 Brasso1905 floor polish1907 lavender cream1926 lavender polish1961 lavender wax1970 a1861 J. Hunter MS Gloss. in S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield (1888) Crocus, a red oxide used for polishing cutlery. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Crocus, a polishing powder composed of peroxide of iron. It is prepared from crystals of sulphate of iron, calcined in crucibles. The portion at the bottom, which has been exposed to the greatest heat, is the hardest, is purplish in color, and is called crocus..The upper portion is of a scarlet color, and is called rouge. 4. slang. A quack doctor.[It has been surmised that this originated in the Latinized surname of Dr. Helkiah Crooke, author of a Description of the Body of Man, 1615, Instruments of Chirurgery, 1631, etc.] ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > ignorant or untrained > charlatan quacksalver1579 medicastra1602 water-caster1603 quack1638 medicaster1639 amethodist1654 charlatana1680 quackster1709 crocus1785 Sangrado1812 sangrador1832 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Crocus or Crocus Metallorum, a nickname for the surgeons of the army and navy. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 217/2 Crocus, Doctor. 1877 W. Besant & J. Rice This Son of Vulcan I. ix. 100 Such were the ‘crocuses’, who lived by the sale of pills and drugs—a pestilent tribe. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as crocus-bag, crocus-bed, crocus-bordered adj., crocus-flower, crocus-powder (= 3b), crocus-scent. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] > polish > types of pumice1422 emery1481 foam of copperas1538 pumex1589 emery-stone1610 smiris1610 putty1663 rottenstone1677 tutty1731 French rouge?1745 rotstone1767 plate powder1786 emery-powder18.. rouge1808 waxing1825 black lead1830 tin-putty1839 red stuff1844 stove-polish1858 crocusa1861 crocus-powder1873 furniture cream1873 grit-emery1884 silver polish1895 Ronuk1896 Brasso1905 floor polish1907 lavender cream1926 lavender polish1961 lavender wax1970 1699 J. Dickenson Jrnl. Trav. 30 [For clothing] I..had a Crocus Ginger-bag. 1873 J. H. Walsh Man. Domest. Econ. (1877) 365/2 Crocus-powder is made by calcining sulphate of iron and salt. 1878 O. Wilde in Irish Monthly Apr. 211 The crocus-bed is a quivering moon of fire. 1885 J. S. Stallybrass tr. V. Hehn Wanderings Plants & Animals 198 Helena takes with her..her..crocus-bordered veil. 1885 J. S. Stallybrass tr. V. Hehn Wanderings Plants & Animals 200 When Roman luxury was at its height, crocus-scent and crocus-flowers were used as lavishly as rose-leaves. 1891 ‘M. O'Rell’ Frenchman in Amer. 60 A..crocus-bed effect. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1000
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