单词 | aaron |
释义 | aaronn.1 Now historical and rare. The wild arum or cuckoo pint, Arum maculatum. Cf. arum n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Araceae (wake-robin and allies) > [noun] dragonsc1000 cuckoo-pintlea1400 yekestersea1400 aaron?c1425 calf's-footc1450 cuckoo-spitc1450 rampa1500 priest's hood1526 wake-robin1530 green dragon1538 arum1551 cuckoo-pint1551 dragonwort1565 priest's pintle1578 tarragon1591 starch root1596 friar's cowl1597 friar's-hood1597 starchwort1597 dragon serpentine1598 dragon's-herb1600 small dragonwort1674 dumb cane1696 skunk weed1735 polecat weed1743 lords and ladies1755 mucka-mucka1769 skunk cabbage1778 bloody man's finger1787 green dragon1789 swamp-cabbage1792 priest in the pulpit1837 orontiad1846 arad1853 cows and calves1853 bulls and cows1863 skunk cabbage1869 aroid1876 Adam and Eve1877 stallion1878 cunjevoi1889 ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 431 Þere were put to with ham þe drye rootes of lilye..of aaron [L. iarri] (i. calues foote). 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon i. xxiii. sig. cii/1 The .v. [water is] of the herbes that be not to hote nor to moyste..as..water of cokowpyntell or aaron. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Jarrus, Wake-robin, Starch-wort, Rampe, Aaron, Calues-foot, Cuckoe-Pint. 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) iii. 1296 After which commeth forth a cluster of red berries, thrust hard together as those of Aaron or priests pint. 1736 Compl. Family-piece i. iv. 176 Take..Aaron Root 2 Pounds,..Nutmegs 1 Ounce. 1786 C. Vallancey Collectanea de Rebus Hibern. III. 598 Tuffa, in Arabic, not only signifies an apple, but also chamomile, the apricot, the herb aaron, or wake robin, the peach, the golden apple, the apple of the mandrake. 1879 R. C. A. Prior Pop. Names Brit. Plants (ed. 3) 266 Arum Maculatum, L. Cuckoo-pint. Lords and Ladies. Wake-pintle. Wake Robin. Aaron. Bloody-man's-finger. Calves-foot. Rampe. Starch-wort. 1911 C. M. Skinner Myths & Legends Flowers 52 It [sc. arum] has many other names, however, such as snake's foot (which of course it isn't),..poison berries, Aaron, Aaron's root, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). Aaronn.2 Now rare. A person resembling the Jewish high priest Aaron, esp. a high priest, a leader. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > [noun] bishopc893 prelate?c1225 prince of priests?c1225 high priestc1400 pontificala1450 emperor clerkc1475 gentleman untrial1486 dignitya1525 Aaron1565 hierarch1574 presul1577 monsignor1579 church governor1588 pontiff1589 archbishop1600 monseigneur1601 monsignor1611 sheikh1613 protomist1619 Mar1622 hyperochality1637 protarch1654 pontifex1655 prelatical1658 dignitary1672 hierophanta1676 Monsig.1698 ecclesiarch1781 arch-pontiff1790 Mgr1848 Msgr.1868 patriarch- 1565 A. Nowell Reproufe f. 95 You will needes haue an Aaron, or high priest in the saide churche. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes Ep. Ded. sig. A3v Aarons, and such as sit at the Helme of the Church,..I meane both Bishops and Doctors. 1666 Duorum Unitas 17 A Brotherly Converse betwixt a Moses and an Aaron. 1766 W. Cowper Let. 20 Oct. (1979) I. 154 Had I the Zeal of a Moses I should want an Aaron to be my Spokesman. 1829 Christian Repository Apr. 100 Where there is an Aaron and a Hur to stay up the hand of their minister, the victory will turn on Zion's side. 1875 W. T. Wilson Ideal Humanity (1892) xxi. 311 Whenever the Aarons and their families are chiefly concerned in vindicating their rights to the priesthood, we may be sure those rights will be questioned. 1928 W. C. Williams 7 July in Embodiment of Knowl. (1974) 38 The Aristotelian, the Aaron, the priest of knowledge, the select—the good, the true and the beautiful—do not exist. 2007 T. Nolan Faith Fuel xiv. 62 Lately I sense God leading me to be an Aaron for you and your band. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1?c1425n.21565 |
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