amboynan.

Brit.

/amˈbɔɪnə/, U.S.

/æmˈbɔɪnə/

Forms: 1600s– amboyna, 1800s– amboina.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Amboyna.

Etymology: < †Amboyna, the former name of an island (now Ambon) of the Moluccas (see Ambonese n. and adj.).

1. As a modifier (with capital initial): designating the torture and execution of English and other traders on the Dutch colony of Amboyna (now Ambon Island) in Indonesia in 1623; relating to or reminiscent of this. Esp. in Amboyna massacre.Agents of the Dutch East India Company arrested, tortured, and executed twenty traders (ten English, nine Japanese, and one Portuguese) for allegedly plotting to take over the island. The incident soured Anglo-Dutch relations during a period of bitter trade rivalries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [noun] > instance of > specific

the (Spanish) Fury1576

Bartholomew1646

Amboyna massacre1654

final solution1947

nuclear holocaust1954

the Shoah1967

1626 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 4) ix. vii. 927 The Relation of the Amboyna Tragedy.

1652 Two Terrible Sea-fights 4 They were forced to do it by the exceeding torture they were put to... It is very probable there will shortly be more discoveries of this kind of Amboyna usage.

1654 R. Wylde Humble Petition 29 They would under-hand let fall all their complaints of the Amboyna Massacre, and other wrongs offered our people in India.

1668 D. Lloyd Memoires 689 Sir R. Canterell..had his Servants put to more than Amboyna Cruelties in Chancery-lane.

1857 Sepoy Rebellion Bristol Sel. Pamphlets 3 ‘The Amboyna massacre’..was, comparatively speaking, upon so small a scale, that we can hardly conceive how it should have excited so great a commotion.

1909 Econ. Rev. 19 378 The appointment of Van Speult, who had been implicated in the Amboyna affair, as admiral, excited much indignation.

2008 H. Pierce Unseemly Pictures 202 Memories of the Amboyna massacre were revived during the 1650s as political hostilities flared between the English and the Dutch.

a. amboyna wood n. the hard reddish wood, often obtained from burrs, of the narra or angsana tree, Pterocarpus indicus (or its relative P. macrocarpus), used especially for veneers; also as a modifier.This wood is known by many other names, such as Burmese rosewood, kyabuka, lingoa, padauk, etc. See also angsana n. and narra n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > dammar tree

amboyna wood1738

kauri1823

dammar tree1832

wax-pine1891

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other Asian woods

agalloch1543

amboyna wood1738

satinwood1773

sal1789

sissoo1810

bilian1812

haldu1836

kempas1839

saj1839

Trincomalee wood1842

rosetta wood1843

model-wood1857

keyaki1863

Macassar ebony1885

lauan1894

pyinkado1896

keruing1921

ramin1953

kapur1963

1738 in Diary & Consultation Bk. 1739 (1930) (Rec. Fort St. George) 6 Amboyna Wood Tea Box with Canisters.

1770 A. Young Six Months Tour N. Eng. II. vii. 50 The cabinet of Amboyna wood is very elegant.

1876 Art Jrnl. 2 306/2 The body is of black-walnut, with mouldings of ebony, and trimmed with French walnut and Amboina-wood veneers.

1910 Wood Craft Oct. 14/3 The treatment can also be applied with advantage to the burr veneers used in cabinet work, including burr walnut, burr yew, amboyna wood and olivewood.

1999 Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair: 1999 Handbk. 140 (caption) A Regency period games table veneered with amboyna wood and cross-banded with rosewood on end supports standing on ormolu winged lion's paw feet.

b. Amboyna wood. Frequently as a modifier.

ΚΠ

1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. iv. 38 It appears extremely clear likewise, that the beautiful East Indian wood, called both kiabooca and Amboyna, is, in like manner, the excrescence of a large timber tree.

1914 H. Cescinsky & M. R. Webster Eng. Domest. Clocks (ed. 2) 226 The carving of the friezes is also in mahogany, applied on amboyna veneer.

2009 Vanity Fair Sept. 314/2 There were mahogany, walnut, and amboyna inlays all over the place.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	amboyna
释义	amboynan. Brit. /amˈbɔɪnə/, U.S. /æmˈbɔɪnə/ Forms: 1600s– amboyna, 1800s– amboina. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Amboyna. Etymology: < †Amboyna, the former name of an island (now Ambon) of the Moluccas (see Ambonese n. and adj.). 1. As a modifier (with capital initial): designating the torture and execution of English and other traders on the Dutch colony of Amboyna (now Ambon Island) in Indonesia in 1623; relating to or reminiscent of this. Esp. in Amboyna massacre.Agents of the Dutch East India Company arrested, tortured, and executed twenty traders (ten English, nine Japanese, and one Portuguese) for allegedly plotting to take over the island. The incident soured Anglo-Dutch relations during a period of bitter trade rivalries. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [noun] > instance of > specific the (Spanish) Fury1576 Bartholomew1646 Amboyna massacre1654 final solution1947 nuclear holocaust1954 the Shoah1967 1626 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 4) ix. vii. 927 The Relation of the Amboyna Tragedy. 1652 Two Terrible Sea-fights 4 They were forced to do it by the exceeding torture they were put to... It is very probable there will shortly be more discoveries of this kind of Amboyna usage. 1654 R. Wylde Humble Petition 29 They would under-hand let fall all their complaints of the Amboyna Massacre, and other wrongs offered our people in India. 1668 D. Lloyd Memoires 689 Sir R. Canterell..had his Servants put to more than Amboyna Cruelties in Chancery-lane. 1857 Sepoy Rebellion Bristol Sel. Pamphlets 3 ‘The Amboyna massacre’..was, comparatively speaking, upon so small a scale, that we can hardly conceive how it should have excited so great a commotion. 1909 Econ. Rev. 19 378 The appointment of Van Speult, who had been implicated in the Amboyna affair, as admiral, excited much indignation. 2008 H. Pierce Unseemly Pictures 202 Memories of the Amboyna massacre were revived during the 1650s as political hostilities flared between the English and the Dutch. 2. a. amboyna wood n. the hard reddish wood, often obtained from burrs, of the narra or angsana tree, Pterocarpus indicus (or its relative P. macrocarpus), used especially for veneers; also as a modifier.This wood is known by many other names, such as Burmese rosewood, kyabuka, lingoa, padauk, etc. See also angsana n. and narra n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > dammar tree amboyna wood1738 kauri1823 dammar tree1832 wax-pine1891 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other Asian woods agalloch1543 amboyna wood1738 satinwood1773 sal1789 sissoo1810 bilian1812 haldu1836 kempas1839 saj1839 Trincomalee wood1842 rosetta wood1843 model-wood1857 keyaki1863 Macassar ebony1885 lauan1894 pyinkado1896 keruing1921 ramin1953 kapur1963 1738 in Diary & Consultation Bk. 1739 (1930) (Rec. Fort St. George) 6 Amboyna Wood Tea Box with Canisters. 1770 A. Young Six Months Tour N. Eng. II. vii. 50 The cabinet of Amboyna wood is very elegant. 1876 Art Jrnl. 2 306/2 The body is of black-walnut, with mouldings of ebony, and trimmed with French walnut and Amboina-wood veneers. 1910 Wood Craft Oct. 14/3 The treatment can also be applied with advantage to the burr veneers used in cabinet work, including burr walnut, burr yew, amboyna wood and olivewood. 1999 Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair: 1999 Handbk. 140 (caption) A Regency period games table veneered with amboyna wood and cross-banded with rosewood on end supports standing on ormolu winged lion's paw feet. b. Amboyna wood. Frequently as a modifier. ΚΠ 1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. iv. 38 It appears extremely clear likewise, that the beautiful East Indian wood, called both kiabooca and Amboyna, is, in like manner, the excrescence of a large timber tree. 1914 H. Cescinsky & M. R. Webster Eng. Domest. Clocks (ed. 2) 226 The carving of the friezes is also in mahogany, applied on amboyna veneer. 2009 Vanity Fair Sept. 314/2 There were mahogany, walnut, and amboyna inlays all over the place. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1626
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