† cucurbitn.¹

Brit.

/kjuːˈkəːbɪt/, U.S.

/kjuˈkərbət/

Forms: Middle English concurbite, cocurbite, Middle English–1800s cucurbite, 1500s–1800s cucurbit.

Etymology: < French cucurbite, < Latin cucurbita a gourd, also a cupping-glass, in medieval or modern Latin, as in French and English. (The living French descendant of late Latin curbita is courde , changed in modern French to courge , gourd n.¹)

Obsolete.

1. A vessel or retort, originally gourd-shaped, used in distillation and other chemical (or alchemical) processes, or for keeping liquids, etc., in; forming the lower part of an alembic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] > general vessels > retorts or stills

limbeckc1350

cucurbitc1386

alembicc1405

serpentaryc1450

pelican1527

retort1527

gourd1582

cucurbittel1605

horse-belly1660

long neck1660

philosophical egg1660

infuser1688

chapel1694

rencounter1694

c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 241 Cucurbites [v.r. concurbites, cocurbites] and Alambikes eek.

1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health i. f. 7 The same substance closed vppe in a Cucurbite or Glasse bodie.

1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall Digress. 368 To distill Liquors out of tall Cucurbits.

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. II. xii. 16 The alembic consists of two pieces, a boiler or cucurbit, and a covering called a capital or head.

1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 25 Other substances..are..charred in cylinders or cucurbits.

2. A cupping-glass.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other surgical equipment > [noun] > cupping-glassor -horn

box?a1425

bleeding-boistc1440

ventose1500

cucurbit?1541

cucurbitule?1541

cupping-glass1545

boxing glass1562

ventosa1562

wind-glass1585

cupping box1592

boxing cup1605

cup-glass1616

cup1617

bleeding-bowl1911

?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Eiij, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens The sayd medycament draweth to it from all the body in y^e maner as cucurbyte and ventose doth the excrementes and superfluytees.

Compounds

cucurbit-glass n.

ΚΠ

1666 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 2) 60 Setting the new invented Cucurbit-Glasses of Beer mingled with Honey to entice Wasps, Flies, &c.

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

cucurbitn.²

Etymology: modern < Latin cucurbita gourd. (In the sense ‘gourd’ Latin curbita was already adopted in Old English in the form cyrfet.)

A cucurbitaceous plant; a gourd.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible gourds > gourd plant

gourdc1400

cucurbit1866

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 358 Cucurbitaceæ..Cucurbits, the Cucumber and Gourd family.

1880 F. W. Burbidge Gardens of Sun 81 We saw a pretty white-flowered cucurbit growing over bushes here and there.

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

单词	cucurbit
释义	† cucurbitn.¹ Brit. /kjuːˈkəːbɪt/, U.S. /kjuˈkərbət/ Forms: Middle English concurbite, cocurbite, Middle English–1800s cucurbite, 1500s–1800s cucurbit. Etymology: < French cucurbite, < Latin cucurbita a gourd, also a cupping-glass, in medieval or modern Latin, as in French and English. (The living French descendant of late Latin curbita is courde , changed in modern French to courge , gourd n.¹) Obsolete. 1. A vessel or retort, originally gourd-shaped, used in distillation and other chemical (or alchemical) processes, or for keeping liquids, etc., in; forming the lower part of an alembic. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] > general vessels > retorts or stills limbeckc1350 cucurbitc1386 alembicc1405 serpentaryc1450 pelican1527 retort1527 gourd1582 cucurbittel1605 horse-belly1660 long neck1660 philosophical egg1660 infuser1688 chapel1694 rencounter1694 c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 241 Cucurbites [v.r. concurbites, cocurbites] and Alambikes eek. 1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health i. f. 7 The same substance closed vppe in a Cucurbite or Glasse bodie. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall Digress. 368 To distill Liquors out of tall Cucurbits. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. II. xii. 16 The alembic consists of two pieces, a boiler or cucurbit, and a covering called a capital or head. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 25 Other substances..are..charred in cylinders or cucurbits. 2. A cupping-glass. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other surgical equipment > [noun] > cupping-glassor -horn box?a1425 bleeding-boistc1440 ventose1500 cucurbit?1541 cucurbitule?1541 cupping-glass1545 boxing glass1562 ventosa1562 wind-glass1585 cupping box1592 boxing cup1605 cup-glass1616 cup1617 bleeding-bowl1911 ?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Eiij, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens The sayd medycament draweth to it from all the body in y^e maner as cucurbyte and ventose doth the excrementes and superfluytees. Compounds cucurbit-glass n. ΚΠ 1666 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 2) 60 Setting the new invented Cucurbit-Glasses of Beer mingled with Honey to entice Wasps, Flies, &c. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cucurbitn.² Etymology: modern < Latin cucurbita gourd. (In the sense ‘gourd’ Latin curbita was already adopted in Old English in the form cyrfet.) A cucurbitaceous plant; a gourd. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible gourds > gourd plant gourdc1400 cucurbit1866 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 358 Cucurbitaceæ..Cucurbits, the Cucumber and Gourd family. 1880 F. W. Burbidge Gardens of Sun 81 We saw a pretty white-flowered cucurbit growing over bushes here and there. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1386n.²1866
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Compounds

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