单词 | harrogate |
释义 | Harrogaten. a. Harrogate water n. medicinal water originating in Harrogate. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > [noun] > taking medicinal waters > a medicinal spring > water of Bath water1673 Bristol-water1739 Harrogate water1771 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 95 Harrigate-water, so celebrated for its efficacy in the scurvy..is supplied from a copious spring. 1867 C. L. Bloxam Chemistry 45 The Harrowgate water is eminently sulphureous. 1867 C. L. Bloxam Chemistry Index 654/1 Harrogate water. 1938 Harrogate Spa Med. Jrnl. Apr. 17 All the Harrogate waters are chemically unstable in contact with oxygen, indicating a measure of activity not common to most mineral springs. 1967 H. Johnson in C. Ray Compleat Imbiber IX. 141 Harrogate water is bottled to this day. 1967 E. S. Turner Taking Cure iii. 40 Knaresborough..was to become eclipsed in reputation by the near-by ‘stinking’ wells, the source of ‘Harrogate water’. b. Harrogate toffee n. the proprietary name of a kind of toffee. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > toffee taffy1817 Everton toffee1822 toffeea1825 hardbake1825 stickjaw1827 tom trot1829 tameletjie1838 butterscotch1847 peanut candy1856 caramel1884 treacle toffee1885 Harrogate toffee1890 brittle1892 peanut brittle1892 saltwater taffy1894 brickle1907 spin1913 hokey-pokey1939 1890 in A. Davis Package & Print (1967) 64 (advt.) Farrah's Original Harrogate Toffee. 1910 Trade Marks Jrnl. 28 Dec. 2069 Farrah's Harrogate Toffee... John Farrah, Limited..Harrogate; Toffee Manufacturers. 1931 W. Holtby Poor Caroline vii. 278 Eleanor came..bringing..the caramels and Harrogate toffee that Caroline loved. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1771 |
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