单词 | mad dog |
释义 | mad dogn. Strong ale; = huff-cap adj. 1. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > ale > [noun] > strong ale merry-go-downa1500 king's ale1574 nippitatum1576 angels' food1577 huff-cap1577 mad dog1577 lift-leg1587 barley-broth1593 huma1625 stitchback1671 bummocka1688 hum-cap1699 Burton1738 stitch1742 old boy1743 barley-bree1786 huff1790 Morocco1792 old1884 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. xi. f. 85v, in R. Holinshed Chron. I I finde..such headdy ale and beere in most of them, as for the mightynesse thereof..is commonlye called huffecappe, the madde Dogge, father whoresonne, Aungels food, Dragons milke. 1860 G. A. Sala in Cornhill Mag. Feb. 189 Lachrymose with potations of ‘mad dog’, ‘angel's food’, ‘dragon's milk’, and ‘go-by-the-wall’. 1971 R. Howe Mrs Groundes-Peace's Old Cookery Notebk. 86 Some of the local ales of his day had curious names,..‘father whoreson’, ‘mad-dog’, and ‘angel's milk’. Compounds C1. attributive (now chiefly with hyphen). That resembles a mad dog; wild, reckless, or hare-brained, esp. dangerously so. ΚΠ 1648 Mad Dog Rebellion (title) The mad dog rebellion, worm'd and muzzl'd, with some reasons why a personall treaty with his Majesty is delayed why held in doubt or suspence and why never like to be, if some can withstand it. 1824 ‘A. Singleton’ Lett. from South & West 70 Near Loretto, they have a reputed remedy against canine rabiosity; two mad-dog stones, of long-extolled efficacy. 1904 Collier's 7 May 4/1 With the only successful trust curber a Republican and President, and the Democratic party full of mad-dog policies..it is impossible to draw this line. 1946 Ess. & Stud. 31 60 She knows..the divine patience of a Viola, the mad-dog fury of a Constance. 1962 S. E. Finer Man on Horseback x. 162 Mad-dog acts like..the Japanese February mutiny and the generals' revolt in France. 1987 R. R. McCammon Swan Song i. i. 11 The arms brokers had fed..mad-dog leaders thirsting for power. C2. mad-dog skullcap n. U.S. the skullcap Scutellaria lateriflora, formerly reputed to cure hydrophobia. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > hooded willow-herb willow-herb1597 skull-cap1760 mad-dog skullcap1822 1822 Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. 2nd Ser. IX. 156 Scutellaria lateriflora, Mad dog scull-cap. 1894 Outing Nov. 180/1 A delicate little herb with dainty, blue flowers is called mad-dog skull cap, from its imputed power of curing hydrophobia. 1968 R. T. Peterson & M. McKenny Field Guide Wildflowers Northeastern & North-central N. Amer. 346 Mad-dog Skullcap... Easily recognized because the flowers are in slender 1-sided racemes in the leaf axils. mad-dog weed n. (a) U.S. = mad-dog skullcap n.; (b) chiefly U.S., water plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for rabies Suffolk powder1753 mad-dog weed1818 madstone1834 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > other non-British medicinal plants or plant parts scammony1567 teamster's tea1728 buchu1731 goatweed1756 Iceland moss1785 argel1803 opopanax-wort1811 papoose root1811 ginseng1818 mad-dog weed1818 chirayta1829 Corsican moss1849 goatweed1864 devil's claw1876 sneezeweed1877 lingzhi1904 mountain pink1936 1818 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 1 371 Mad dog weed (Scutellaria lateriflora), and purple vervain (Verbena hastata) in blossom. 1822 Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. 2nd Ser. IX. 146 Plants, which are indigenous in the township of Middlebury, [Vermont, include]..Water plantain, mad-dog-weed. 1854 J. King Amer. Eclectic Dispensatory 192 Alisma plantago... This is a perennial, caulescent herb, sometimes called mad-dog weed. 1902 T. W. Sanders Encycl. Gardening (ed. 5) 221 Mad-dog Weed (Alisma plantago)—see Alisma. 1971 A. Krochmal Guide Medicinal Plants Appalachia 232 Scutellaria lateriflora... Common names..mad-dog skullcap, mad-dog weed. 1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 47/1 Alisma plantago-aquatica... Mad-dog weed. Common per., to 3 ft. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1577 |
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