Jamesn.

Brit.

/dʒeɪmz/, U.S.

/dʒeɪmz/

Etymology: < Old French James (Gemmes, *Jaimes) = Spanish Jaime, Provençal, Catalan Jaume, Jacme. Italian Giacomo < popular Latin *ˈJacomus, for ˈJacobus, altered from Latin Iaˈcōbus, < Greek Ἰάκωβος, < Hebrew yaʿăqōb Jacob, a frequent Jewish name at all times, and thus the name of two of Christ's disciples (St. James the Greater and St. James the Less); whence a frequent Christian name.

I. A Christian name of men: hence in various transferred senses. (See also Jeames n.)

a. A sovereign. slang. (Cf. Jacobus n.)

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of twenty shillings

goldfinch1602

Harry sovereign1615

piece1631

jingle-boya1640

yellow boy1654

quid1661

marigold1663

broad-piece1678

pound piecea1715

gold penny1736

sovereign1817

dragon1827

sov1829

chip?1836

couter1846

thick 'un1848

monarch1851

James1858

skiv1858

Victoria1870

goblin1887

red one1890

Jimmy1899

quidlet1902

Jimmy O'Goblin1931

pound coin1931

1858 A. Mayhew Paved with Gold iii. xvii. 365 The firm..was in the habit of pricing its ‘half-James’ and ‘James’ (i.e. half and whole sovereigns) at 2s. 10d. and 7s.

1893 P. H. Emerson Signor Lippo xxi He gives him the half-James, and told him never to bother him no more.

b. James Royal n. a Scottish silver coin of James VI, the Sword dollar.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > Scottish coins > [noun] > silver coins

mark1379

noble1417

yokindale1536

Douglas groat1554

James Royal1567

leg1687

fourteen-shilling piece1695

thirteen-pence-halfpenny piece1723

spurred groata1773

sword dollar1825

1567 in R. Keith Hist. Affairs Church & State Scotl. (1734) App. 150 That thair be cunyeit ane Penny of Silver callit the James Ryall,..of Weicht an Unce Troyis-weicht,..havand on the ane Syde ane Swerd with ane Crown upoun the same.

2. A burglar's crowbar; = jemmy n. 6.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] > instruments used by burglars

tricker1591

mill1607

iron1681

Betty1700

centre-bit1746

rook1788

jemmy1811

roundabout1811

James1819

jimmy1848

stick1848

Jack-in-the-box1850

Jack1862

alderman1872

cane1930

1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 181 Jemmy or James, an iron~crow.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 May 11/2 The uses and varieties of the James will be at once understood when it is explained that it is used as a lever of the third order.

1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago 319 He wondered what had become of the james and the gimlets.

3. A sheep's head; = jemmy n. 7.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > mutton > [noun] > sheep's head

sheep's head1542

wether heada1796

James1827

jemmy1836

mutton chop1864

1827 Becher's Every Nt. Bk. 38 (Farmer) Hear us, great James, thou poetry of mutton; Delicious profile of the beast that bleats.

1870 Lond. Figaro 2 July (Farmer) Club your pence, and you may attain to the glories of Osmazome and James—that is, of baked sheep's head.

II. As a saint's name.

4. St. James n. either apostle of the name; esp. St. James the Greater, chosen as the Patron Saint of Spain, whose shrine at Compostella was a famous centre of pilgrimage. St. James's day, St. James's tide (dialect James-mass), 25 July, dedicated to St. James the Greater.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Feast of St. James (25 July) > [noun]

St. James's tidea1568

St. James's day1898

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 144 Forþi seið seint iames. Omne gaudium [etc.].

c1386 G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale 355 I thanke yow by god and by seint Iame.

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 6^v Thies yong scholers be chosen commonlie, as yong apples be chosen by children, in a faire garden about S. Iames tyde.

1641 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 47 Paid to the singing men of the Abbie towards their feast at S^t James's tide.

1701 London Gaz. No. 3718/4 The Fairs held at the City of Bristol at St. James-Tide..will not begin before the 25th of July.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 25 July 10/1 There is a popular saw that ‘Whoever eats oysters on St. James's Day will never want money’, and this is due to an indistinct connexion with the saint of the scallop shell.

5. St. James's wort n. (also James wort, James-weed) dialect Ragwort, Senecio jacobæa.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > ragwort

groundsela700

ragwortc1300

bunweeda1525

senecio1562

St. James's wort1578

rugwort1592

felon-weed1597

staggerwort1597

staverwort1597

yellow-weed1597

ragweed1610

swine's grassa1697

hogs madder1707

sea-ragwort1736

dog standard1767

Jacobaea1789

swinecress1803

benweed1823

fly-dod1826

mountain groundsel1830

cushag1843

fairies' horse1866

Oxford ragwort1884

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xlviii. 69 S. Iames worte groweth almost euery where, alongst by wayes and waterish places, and..in the borders of fieldes.

1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 581 Saint Iames wort, it hath a speciall vertue to heale wounds.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 218 Saint Iames his woort or Ragwoort.

III. Also, a surname; hence:

6. James's powder n. a febrifuge very popular during the latter part of the 18th century and at the beginning of the 19th; prepared by Dr. Robert James (1703–1776).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > febrifuge or antipyretic > [noun] > powder

fever powder1682

James's powdera1774

salol1887

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 226 Such a one has great faith in Ward's pill or James's powder.

a1776 R. James Vindic. Fever Powder in Diss. Fevers (1778) 94 Suppose a patient or his friends, should insist upon trying James's Powders, a little confederacy might easily blast all hopes.

1801 H. Swinburne in Crts. Europe (1841) II. 304 They say his [Geo. III's] illness was brought on by his taking a most extraordinary dose of James's powders of his own accord.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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释义	Jamesn. Brit. /dʒeɪmz/, U.S. /dʒeɪmz/ Etymology: < Old French James (Gemmes, Jaimes) = Spanish Jaime, Provençal, Catalan Jaume, Jacme. Italian Giacomo* < popular Latin ˈJacomus, for ˈJacobus, altered from Latin Iaˈcōbus, < Greek Ἰάκωβος, < Hebrew yaʿăqōb* Jacob, a frequent Jewish name at all times, and thus the name of two of Christ's disciples (St. James the Greater and St. James the Less); whence a frequent Christian name. I. A Christian name of men: hence in various transferred senses. (See also Jeames n.) 1. a. A sovereign. slang. (Cf. Jacobus n.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of twenty shillings goldfinch1602 Harry sovereign1615 piece1631 jingle-boya1640 yellow boy1654 quid1661 marigold1663 broad-piece1678 pound piecea1715 gold penny1736 sovereign1817 dragon1827 sov1829 chip?1836 couter1846 thick 'un1848 monarch1851 James1858 skiv1858 Victoria1870 goblin1887 red one1890 Jimmy1899 quidlet1902 Jimmy O'Goblin1931 pound coin1931 1858 A. Mayhew Paved with Gold iii. xvii. 365 The firm..was in the habit of pricing its ‘half-James’ and ‘James’ (i.e. half and whole sovereigns) at 2s. 10d. and 7s. 1893 P. H. Emerson Signor Lippo xxi He gives him the half-James, and told him never to bother him no more. b. James Royal n. a Scottish silver coin of James VI, the Sword dollar. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > Scottish coins > [noun] > silver coins mark1379 noble1417 yokindale1536 Douglas groat1554 James Royal1567 leg1687 fourteen-shilling piece1695 thirteen-pence-halfpenny piece1723 spurred groata1773 sword dollar1825 1567 in R. Keith Hist. Affairs Church & State Scotl. (1734) App. 150 That thair be cunyeit ane Penny of Silver callit the James Ryall,..of Weicht an Unce Troyis-weicht,..havand on the ane Syde ane Swerd with ane Crown upoun the same. 2. A burglar's crowbar; = jemmy n. 6. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] > instruments used by burglars tricker1591 mill1607 iron1681 Betty1700 centre-bit1746 rook1788 jemmy1811 roundabout1811 James1819 jimmy1848 stick1848 Jack-in-the-box1850 Jack1862 alderman1872 cane1930 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 181 Jemmy or James, an iron~crow. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 May 11/2 The uses and varieties of the James will be at once understood when it is explained that it is used as a lever of the third order. 1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago 319 He wondered what had become of the james and the gimlets. 3. A sheep's head; = jemmy n. 7. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > mutton > [noun] > sheep's head sheep's head1542 wether heada1796 James1827 jemmy1836 mutton chop1864 1827 Becher's Every Nt. Bk. 38 (Farmer) Hear us, great James, thou poetry of mutton; Delicious profile of the beast that bleats. 1870 Lond. Figaro 2 July (Farmer) Club your pence, and you may attain to the glories of Osmazome and James—that is, of baked sheep's head. II. As a saint's name. 4. St. James n. either apostle of the name; esp. St. James the Greater, chosen as the Patron Saint of Spain, whose shrine at Compostella was a famous centre of pilgrimage. St. James's day, St. James's tide (dialect James-mass), 25 July, dedicated to St. James the Greater. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Feast of St. James (25 July) > [noun] St. James's tidea1568 St. James's day1898 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 144 Forþi seið seint iames. Omne gaudium [etc.]. c1386 G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale 355 I thanke yow by god and by seint Iame. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 6^v Thies yong scholers be chosen commonlie, as yong apples be chosen by children, in a faire garden about S. Iames tyde. 1641 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 47 Paid to the singing men of the Abbie towards their feast at S^t James's tide. 1701 London Gaz. No. 3718/4 The Fairs held at the City of Bristol at St. James-Tide..will not begin before the 25th of July. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 25 July 10/1 There is a popular saw that ‘Whoever eats oysters on St. James's Day will never want money’, and this is due to an indistinct connexion with the saint of the scallop shell. 5. St. James's wort n. (also James wort, James-weed) dialect Ragwort, Senecio jacobæa. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > ragwort groundsela700 ragwortc1300 bunweeda1525 senecio1562 St. James's wort1578 rugwort1592 felon-weed1597 staggerwort1597 staverwort1597 yellow-weed1597 ragweed1610 swine's grassa1697 hogs madder1707 sea-ragwort1736 dog standard1767 Jacobaea1789 swinecress1803 benweed1823 fly-dod1826 mountain groundsel1830 cushag1843 fairies' horse1866 Oxford ragwort1884 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xlviii. 69 S. Iames worte groweth almost euery where, alongst by wayes and waterish places, and..in the borders of fieldes. 1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 581 Saint Iames wort, it hath a speciall vertue to heale wounds. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 218 Saint Iames his woort or Ragwoort. III. Also, a surname; hence: 6. James's powder n. a febrifuge very popular during the latter part of the 18th century and at the beginning of the 19th; prepared by Dr. Robert James (1703–1776). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > febrifuge or antipyretic > [noun] > powder fever powder1682 James's powdera1774 salol1887 a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 226 Such a one has great faith in Ward's pill or James's powder. a1776 R. James Vindic. Fever Powder in Diss. Fevers (1778) 94 Suppose a patient or his friends, should insist upon trying James's Powders, a little confederacy might easily blast all hopes. 1801 H. Swinburne in Crts. Europe (1841) II. 304 They say his [Geo. III's] illness was brought on by his taking a most extraordinary dose of James's powders of his own accord. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1225
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