单词 | augusted |
释义 | † augustedadj. Obsolete. Of fruit or wood: that has ripened. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by age or cycles > [adjective] > ripe or ripened ripedOE ripeOE mature?1440 cherry-ripec1450 coct1497 thorough ripe1534 well-ripened1559 ripened1561 mellowy1612 summer-ripea1670 augusted1675 drop-ripe1829 blood-ripe1846 enripened1855 1675 C. Cotton Planters Man. 69 Prune away all the ill wood which was of the August-shoot, that never bears fruit, and does only burthen and incommodate the Tree, because it has not had heat to mature it, and (according to the Gardiners phrase) is not sufficiently Augusted. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Dict. in Compl. Gard'ner sig. av Augusted, is a Term used to signifie any thing that is Sun burnt..and is turned ripe and yellow like Corn in August... An Augusted Branch [Fr. Branche aoustée] is a Branch of a Summers growth, that is just hard'ned, and has done growing. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. vi. vi.192 There are two sorts of Citruls or Pumpions, the Green, and the Whitish ones, but neither of them are fit to be gathered till they be Augusted [Fr. aoustées], that is till they be grown Yellow, and their skin grown tough enough to resist ones nail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1675 |
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