durran.

Brit.

/ˈdʊrə/,

/ˈdʊərə/, U.S.

/ˈdʊrə/

Forms: Also dourra, doura(h, dura, doora(h, durrah, dhourra, dhurra.

Etymology: < Arabic ðurah, ðurrah.

A kind of corn, Indian Millet ( Sorghum vulgare).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > millet

millet?a1425

mill-seed1548

millet seed1567

couscous1596

dew-grass1597

Turkey hirse1597

Turkey mill1597

Turkey millet1597

milly1600

espauta1682

durra1803

Negro-corn1858

dari1892

1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) i. x. 127 A little flat cake of barley, or doura [1806: dourra].

1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 117 Panicled Millet is the species most usually cultivated..In India it is called jovaree; in Egypt and Nubia dhourra.

1867 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia 77 The dhurra..is the grain most commonly used throughout the Soudan.

1876 S. Manning Land of Pharaohs 67 Riding through some fields of doorah and vetch.

1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile vi. 140 The strip of cultivated soil, green with maize or tawny with doora.

1925 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 423/2 Largesse was forthcoming in the shape of increased rations, both meat and dura.

1926 Spectator 24 Apr. 757/1 The only agriculture carried on was the cultivation of ‘dura’.

1966 C. Sweeney Scurrying Bush xii. 177 A man from the village of Korongo Tabanya was walking along a path..to his field of dura.

attributive.1834 Penny Cycl. II. 212/1 Dates, durra-bread, and fish.1883 H. W. V. Stuart Egypt 27 Coarse, reed-like dourra straw.1885 Times 3 Jan. 12 The whole district is busy just now with the durrah harvest.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	durra
释义	durran. Brit. /ˈdʊrə/, /ˈdʊərə/, U.S. /ˈdʊrə/ Forms: Also dourra, doura(h, dura, doora(h, durrah, dhourra, dhurra. Etymology: < Arabic ðurah, ðurrah. A kind of corn, Indian Millet ( Sorghum vulgare). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > millet millet?a1425 mill-seed1548 millet seed1567 couscous1596 dew-grass1597 Turkey hirse1597 Turkey mill1597 Turkey millet1597 milly1600 espauta1682 durra1803 Negro-corn1858 dari1892 1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) i. x. 127 A little flat cake of barley, or doura [1806: dourra]. 1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 117 Panicled Millet is the species most usually cultivated..In India it is called jovaree; in Egypt and Nubia dhourra. 1867 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia 77 The dhurra..is the grain most commonly used throughout the Soudan. 1876 S. Manning Land of Pharaohs 67 Riding through some fields of doorah and vetch. 1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile vi. 140 The strip of cultivated soil, green with maize or tawny with doora. 1925 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 423/2 Largesse was forthcoming in the shape of increased rations, both meat and dura. 1926 Spectator 24 Apr. 757/1 The only agriculture carried on was the cultivation of ‘dura’. 1966 C. Sweeney Scurrying Bush xii. 177 A man from the village of Korongo Tabanya was walking along a path..to his field of dura. attributive.1834 Penny Cycl. II. 212/1 Dates, durra-bread, and fish.1883 H. W. V. Stuart Egypt 27 Coarse, reed-like dourra straw.1885 Times 3 Jan. 12 The whole district is busy just now with the durrah harvest. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1803
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