单词 | fruits of the earth or the ground |
释义 | > as lemmasfruits of the earth or the ground 1. Vegetable products in general, that are fit to be used as food by men and animals. Now usually in plural. Also fruits of the earth or the ground. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > [noun] > as produce of the earth fruitc1175 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > [noun] fruitc1175 garden produce1726 green goods1856 α. β. c1374 G. Chaucer Former Age 3 They helde hem paied of the fructes þat þey ete.1568 (?a1513) W. Dunbar in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 149 Quhilk slayis þe corne, and fruct þat growis grene.figurative.c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) i. pr. i. 3 Thise ben tho that..destroyen the corn plentyuos of fruites of resone.1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Henry VI. xxxix See here the pleasaunt fruytes that many princes reape.1709 I. Watts Hymns & Spiritual Songs (ed. 2) ii. 156 Celestial Fruits on earthly Ground From Faith and Hope may grow.a1781 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip III (1783) ii. 155 The only fruit which he could reap from a victory.c1175 Lamb Hom. 135 Me saweð sed on ane time and gedereð þet frut on oðer time. c1375 Lay Folks Mass Bk. (MS. B.) 392 Þo froytes of þo erthe make plentuus. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 111 We schal beseke for ye frutte yt is on ye herthe. a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 28833 Þe pouer man es like þe felde, þat mekill fruit es wont to ȝelde. 1486 Bk. St. Albans E v Booth in wodys and feldis corne and oder frute. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 49 Yf hyt were dylygently laburyd hyt wold bryng forth frute, for the nuryschyng of man. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxxiiv That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xii. 43 The answer of our Queene Elizabeth..to some that presented unto her of the fruits of America. 1665 Orders Ld. Mayor London in D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year (1722) 46 That no..musty Corn, or other corrupt Fruits..be suffered to be sold. 1725 I. Watts Logick i. vi. §3 If the husk or seeds are eaten, they are called the fruits of the ground. 1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 196 At Aberdeen, turnips, carrots, and potatoes, pass, among the common people, by the name of fruit. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany ii. 20 The Breton peasant can turn all the fruits of the earth to account. < as lemmas |
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