单词 | dunder |
释义 | dundern.1 Originally Jamaican. In the production of rum: the lees or dregs from the fermentation of a batch of cane juice or molasses, which contains active yeasts and is typically reserved and left to ferment in a vat or pit before being used to start the fermentation of fresh batches. In early use also: †refuse or dregs from the process of sugar production, used in the fermentation of rum (obsolete).The use of dunder to start fermentation is characteristically associated with Jamaican rum. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > dregs or lees in vessel or cask drastc1000 drosenc1000 drega1300 lagsa1525 bottom1563 snuff1592 tilta1603 tilting1611 heeltap1753 dunder1774 tops and bottoms1905 the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > syrup > [noun] > in sugar manufacture > juice of sugar cane > dregs or refuse of trash1707 dunder1774 cane trash1790 sugar-wash1812 bagasse1833 megass1833 dabs1858 pummy1877 1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica II. vi. 564 A proportion of volatile oil is likewise produced..in form of what is generally called dunder. 1788 P. Marsden Acct. Island Jamaica 27 The skimmings of the cane juice and the refuse of the two first coppers, called dunder, are carried by lead gutters to the still-house. 1795 J. Dalrymple Let. to Admiralty 5 The miserable ferment called Dunder, which is the only one used in the West Indies. 1823 T. Roughley Jamaica Planter's Guide iv. 210 The dunder should remain for some hours to cool and clarify. 1876 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 22 Dec. 96/1 When they are fermented and distilled these salts remain in the dunder. 1949 Year Bk. Caribbean Res. 1948 i. 5 To determine whether dunder as produced in Jamaica, can yield any products of economic value, or whether it is capable of use in any form as a soil improver or fertilizer. 2016 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) (Nexis) 13 Apr. 8 The best are from Jamaica, where dunder..is used, very much like a sourdough starter is used for bread. Compounds attributive, designating a vessel or pit in which dunder is left to ferment naturally before being used in subsequent fermentations, as (originally) dunder cistern, (now) dunder pit. ΚΠ 1790 W. Beckford Descriptive Acct. Jamaica II. 32 A large butt for the deposit of the low wines is likewise a necessary appendage of this part of the building, as are a dunder-cistern and a tank for the reception of the worms, in, or at the back of, the still-house. 1872 P. Soames Treat. Manuf. Sugar 100 The spent wash, or ‘dunder’, is run out into the dunder cistern. 1895 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 22 Jan. 7/5 The funny part is that the rum manufactured in the clean and renovated Dunder pit was universally pronounced to be vastly inferior. 1971 H. Johnson World Atlas of Wine vii. 250/2 The residue is stored in ‘dunder pits’ where it ferments slowly and continuously. 2014 A. Rogers Proof iii. 73 As far as I can tell, no one has tried to sort through the microbiome of a dunder pit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). dundern.2 Scottish and Irish English (northern). 1. A loud, reverberating noise; a loud rumble. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [noun] > loud sound or noise chirma800 dina1000 utas1202 noise?c1225 nurthc1225 dinninga1400 glama1400 glavera1400 reer?a1400 reirdc1400 dunch1440 steveningc1440 rebound1457 bruit?1473 alarm1489 yell1509 gild?a1513 shout?a1513 reveriea1522 routa1522 thundering1560 rumouringc1563 dinrie?1566 rear1567 fray1568 thunder-crack1595 thunder1600 fanfarea1605 fragor1605 clamour1606 thunder-clap1610 obstrepency1623 tonitruation1658 randana1661 clarion1667 leden1674 bluster1724 salvoa1734 ding1750 row1753 tonance1778 dunder1780 chang1788 blare1807 flare1815 detonation1830 trump1848 trumpeting1850 foghorn1875 yammer1932 1780 J. Mayne Silver Gun ii, in Edinb. Mag. 5 July 373/2 Be this time now, wi' mony a dunner, Auld guns gae'd brattlin' aff like thunner. 1850 J. Struthers Poet. Wks. I. Autobiog. 129 The dunner of the engine..has ceased. 1929 Banffshire Jrnl. 29 Jan. 2/3 A chance we'd like to vent oor wae An' mak' a dinnir. 1983 W. L. Lorimer & R. L. C. Lorimer New Test. in Scots (2010) Rev. xix. 443 The dunner o dinnlin thunder. 2002 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 19 Nov. 17 I could hear the dunder through the walls. 2. A resounding, heavy blow. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > striking heavily > a heavy blow > and resounding bouncea1529 bang?c1550 dunder1789 plunk1809 crack1836 1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 18 His Maggy on his mind, Did sometimes gie a dunner. 1897 S. R. Crockett Lads' Love xxii. 243 I wad hae gi'en him a dunner on the side o' the heid. 1977 J. Morrow Confessions Proinsias O'Toole 78 Would y'ever wait till he gits this length an' hit him a good dunder up the balls, Francie? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). dunderv. Chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern). 1. a. intransitive. To make a loud, deep resounding noise; to reverberate, rumble. ΚΠ 1724 [implied in: Battle of Harlaw in A. Ramsay Ever Green 85 The dandring Drums alloud did touk. (at dundering adj.1)]. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. Gloss. Dunner, dunder, to make a noise like thunder. 1820 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. June 533/2 It gard the divots stour off the house riggins and every caber dunner. 1919 G. Rae 'Tween Clyde & Tweed 106 The tacket drivin' dunners nevermair. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 91/2 Dunder, to rumble, as thunder; to give out a loud thundering noise. 2005 C. De Luca Smootie comes ta Lerrick 4 Da cars cam on, an a truck. Da starn wis hauled up. Da engines dundered. Dey wir aff. b. intransitive. To knock, bang, or fall on something with a loud, resounding noise, esp. to knock loudly and repeatedly on a door. Followed by a prepositional phrase, esp. with on or at. ΚΠ 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 180 As down he dunner'd on the ground. 1904 Dennison's Orcadian Sketches (new ed.) 2 The men rooted, and bogled, an' dundered on de roothes o' the boats wi' their ayres. 1913 A. F. Irvine My Lady of Chimney-corner vi. 121 I dundthered at his doore till he opened it. a1967 C. M. Costie Coll. Orkney Dial. Tales (1976) 127 I dundered on the closet door whar aald Merran sleepid. 2005 P. Dante Dooble Veesion in New Shetlander No. 233. 10/2 Reeseled frae his bed wi roars An rongs dat dundered on da door Da panic stricken Doctor raise An fled doonstairs. ΚΠ 1793 T. Scott Poems 365 The thrawn-fac't politicians, now as thick I' mony spats as paddocks in a pool, Wad aften in a jiffie to auld Nick Sen' ane anither dunnerin' saul an' hool. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 189 She tuk alang the road hersel', As fast as she could dunner. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 119 Dunner, to move in a noisy manner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.11774n.21780v.1724 |
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