单词 | madeira |
释义 | Madeiran.1 1. a. A fortified wine produced on the island of Madeira; a variety of this. Also Madeira wine.The wine is produced in dry, medium, and sweet varieties, the sweet being well known as a dessert wine. In colour Madeira characteristically has an amber tint, in shades ranging variously from light to dark. ‘Until the turn of the 18th cent., Madeira—like its cousins, Port and Sherry—was exported as an unfortified beverage wine’ (A. Lichine Encycl. Wines (1967) 337/2). It is characteristically oxidized by being matured at warm temperatures. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > fortified wine, Madeira wine, and sack > [noun] > Madeira Madeirac1595 malmsey madeira1723 London particular1807 sercial1818 Bual1882 verdelho1883 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ccxvii. 211 Wine of Madera and Canary, they beare the name of Ilands from whence they are brought.] c1595 in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1914) 29 520 Here we use to Lade mathero wynes..and wynes of the canaryes. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. ii. 115 A cup of Medera and a cold capons legge. View more context for this quotation 1612 Bk. Customs & Valuation in A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 335 Sackes Canareis Malagas Maderais..Teynts and Allacants. 1670 W. Hughes Compl. Vineyard (ed. 2) 66 Besides these..there are other sorts of Wines, as from Fial, Medera-wine, &c. 1676 S. Sewall Diary (1878) I. 21 I spent 18s, 6d, in Ale, 6d in Madera Wine, etc. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iv. iii. 35 Why, this same Madera-Wine has made me as light as a Grasshopper. 1705 London Gaz. No. 4131/4 69 Pipes and 9 Hogsheads of White Madera Wines, 13 Hogsheads of Red Ditto. 1708 S. Sewall Diary 12 Apr. (1973) I. 593 We drank a Bottle of Madera together. 1767 J. Norton Let. 10 Apr. in John Norton & Sons (1968) 25 I gave him ye hamper of Madeira wch. was put on bd. the Ship. 1787 M. Cutler Jrnl. 8 July in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 235 You can not please him more than by praising his Madeira. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII v. 57 But then they have their claret and madeira. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 262/1 The importation of Madeira wine into England in 1833 was 301,057 gallons. 1878 H. James Europeans I. ii. 75 The wine was good; it was her father's famous madeira. 1911 F. M. Farmer Catering for Special Occasions ix. 207 Bring to boiling-point and add one-fourth cup Madeira wine and one-fourth cup currant jelly. 1947 C. Amory Proper Bostonians (1948) xii. 270 Mrs. Welch's husband ranks as Boston's leading wine connoisseur and has a collection of madeiras dating to The Revolution. 1975 P. V. Price Taste of Wine iii. 28/3 For Madeira, when fermentation has taken place, some fortification with spirit is given to the wines, according to type. 1990 New Jersey Goodlife Jan.–Feb. 79/1 Among the interesting dishes are..Cantoletta all Fontenella (natural veal chop sautéed with chestnuts and immersed in Madeira wine). b. With various premodifying words, denoting a variety, etc.East Indian Madeira was Madeira which had been sent on a sea voyage to the East Indies, to improve its quality. ΚΠ 1723 London Gaz. No. 6173/3 There will be no other Malmsey Madera Wine landed this Year. 31 Pipes..of..White Vidonia Madera Wine. a1822 P. B. Shelley Peter Bell III iv, in Poet. Wks. (?1840) 242/2 Venison..And best East Indian madeira! 1958 A. L. Simon Dict. Wines 105 Sercial Madeira has a distinctly dry finish; Bual Madeira is rich, and Malmsey Madeira is the sweetest of all. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > pear pearOE Madeira1664 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 68 in Sylva Pears. The Maudlin (first ripe), Madera, Green-Royal. Compounds C1. (In sense 1.) a. (a) Madeira glass n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > glass glassc888 verrea1382 Venice glass1527 rummer1625 bottle glass1626 Malaga glassa1627 flute1649 flute-glass1668 long glass1680 mum-glass1684 toasting glass1703 wine glass1709 tulip-glass1755 tun-glass1755 water glass1779 tumbler-glass1795 Madeira glass1801 tumbling glass1803 noggin glass1805 champagne glass1815 table glass1815 balloon glass1819 copita1841 firing glass1842 nobbler1842 thimble glass1843 wine1848 liqueur-glass1850 straw-stem1853 pokal1854 goblet1856 mousseline1862 pony glass1862 long-sleever1872 cocktail glass1873 champagne flute1882 yard-glass1882 sleever1896 tea-glass1898 liqueur1907 dock-glass1911 toast-master glass1916 Waterford1916 stem-glass1922 Pilsner glass1923 Amen glass1924 ballon1930 balloon goblet1931 thistle glass1935 snifter1937 balloon1951 shot-glass1955 handle1956 tulip1961 schooner1967 champagne fountain1973 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Chron. 123/2 A tea spoonful of the alkali in a Madeira glass half filled with water. (b) Madeira-drinking adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [adjective] drinkingc1175 bibbing1594 Madeira-drinking1902 slupping1947 1902 Munsey's Mag. 26 522/1 The interruptions..from the Madeira-drinking men of letters overhead. b. Madeira cake n. a kind of sponge cake, originally eaten accompanying a glass of Madeira; cf. pound cake n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > sponge-cake Savoy cake?1750 sponge cake1808 muffin1835 Madeira cake1845 Victoria sandwich1861 angels' food1865 marble cake1871 sponge1877 angel cake1878 angel food cake1878 layer cake1882 sponge sandwich1884 Lady Baltimore cake1889 sand cake1892 sandwich cake1911 Victoria sponge1934 red velvet1951 1845 E. Acton Mod. Cookery xxiii. 613 A Good Madeira Cake. a1992 L. Colwin More Home Cooking (1993) iv. 24 And now to dessert... Lemon fluff, Madeira cake (with lemon in it), lemon jelly, plain lemon cookies. Madeira sauce n. a rich brown sauce made with Madeira and served with braised or roast meats. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > sauce or dressing > [noun] > sauces for meat sauce Robert1653 Robert sauce1694 mint sauce1747 wow-wow sauce1822 salsa1846 Madeira sauce1872 Cumberland1878 mole1882 chaudfroid1892 smetana (or smitane) sauce1909 mint jelly1922 pasanda1961 chimichurri1967 1872 R. C. Smith Madeira & its Associations The lively Frenchman..dwells upon the virtues of delicious Madeira. He offers at once to despatch his grandfather in Madeira sauce. A la Sauce Madère on mangerait son grandpère. 1877 Cassell's Dict. Cookery 57/1 Beef, Lumber, in Madeira Sauce... Prepare a sauce with brown stock or broth, some butter, flour, cayenne pepper, salt, pepper, and a glass of Madeira. 1956 L. Diat French Cooking for Home 43 Boiling spoils the flavour of Madeira Sauce. Madeira wine n. see sense 1a. C2. Designating various things produced in or deriving from the island of Madeira. a. Madeira tea n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > tea manufacture > [noun] > types of dry tea green tea1704 black tea1706 Madeira tea1892 1892 J. M. Walsh Tea 33 Regular shipments of ‘Madeira tea’ are now being made to the London market. b. Madeira chair n. a kind of wicker or cane chair. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > cane or wicker chair basket chaira1631 wand-chair1680 cane-chair1696 wicker1740 Madeira chair1885 1885 H. R. Haggard King Solomon's Mines i. 15 Sir Henry was sitting opposite to me in a Madeira chair. a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) x. 398 Laura..lay back in the Madeira chair, her hands clasped behind her head. Madeira lace n. a type of bobbin lace produced in Madeira during the 19th cent., but having no indigenous characteristics; (also, occasionally) = Madeira work n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing broidery1382 browdingc1386 broideringa1450 broudur1470 bruserya1522 prickinga1527 orphany?1553 embroidery?1577 brede1644 braiding1831 stitch-work1848 Madras work1865 Madeira lace1882 Madeira work1882 paraffle1911 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 339/1 Madeira Lace. The lace made by the natives of Madeira is not a native production... The laces made are Maltese, Torchon, and a coarse description of Mechlin. Madeira laurel n. a Madeiran tree, Ocotea foetens (family Lauraceae), whose wood has a fetid smell; also called til. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > bay-tree and allies > [noun] > laurel or bay grove Daphneon1664 Madeira laurel1796 1796 P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lex. v. 820 Madeira laurel, Laurus foetens. 2001 www.gov-madeira.pt 18 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) Path with the following trees on either side: Araucarias, Snowball Trees, Japanese Raisin Tree, Victorian Laurel, Poplars, Tiputree, Oaks, Madeira Laurel, Cordiline, [etc.]. Madeira mahogany n. Persea (formerly Laurus) indica, a tree of the family Lauraceae native to Madeira, the Canaries, etc.; the wood of this tree, canary-wood. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > mahogany > types of madeira1663 Madeira mahogany1768 Honduras mahogany1786 baywood1869 Spanish wood1875 plum-pudding mahogany1908 avodiré1934 1768 J. Banks Endeavour Jrnl. 13 Sept. (1962) I. 160 We tryed here to learn what Species of wood it is which has been imported into England, and is now known to Cabinet makers by the name of Madeira mahogany. 1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 334 Laurus indica... The wood..is called Vigniatico in the island of Madeira, and is probably what is imported into England under the name of Madeira mahogany. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Madeira Mahogany, Persea indica. Madeira nut n. [perhaps belongs to Compounds 1] U.S. the common European walnut, Juglans regia. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > walnut walnutc1050 French nut?a1200 walsh-nut1368 bannuta1500 French walnut1639 Madeira nut1791 Jupiter's nut1866 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > walnut walnutc1050 white walnut1624 butternut1670 tender-skull1691 Madeira nut1791 1791 T. Jefferson Let. 6 July in Papers (1982) XX. 604 12. Madeira nuts. 1811 D. Hosack Hortus Elginensis (ed. 2) 30 Juglans regia L... Walnut or Hickory, common—Madeira nut. 1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (new ed.) App. 116 Juglans regia (madeira nut). 1892 A. C. Apgar Trees Northern U.S. 141 Juglans regia. (Madeira Nut. English Walnut.)... Hardy as far north as Boston. Madeira orchis n. a Madeiran orchid, Dactylorhiza foliosa, sometimes cultivated. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids satyrionOE bollockwort?a1300 sanicle14.. bollock?a1425 martagon1548 orchis1559 dogstones1562 hare's-ballocks1562 stone1562 bollock grass1578 dog's cods1578 dog's cullions1578 double-leaf1578 fly-orchis1578 goat's cullions1578 goat's orchis1578 priest's pintle1578 twayblade1578 bee-orchis1597 bifoil1597 bird's nest1597 bird's orchis1597 butterfly orchis1597 fenny-stones1597 gelded satyrion1597 gnat satyrion1597 humble-bee orchis1597 lady's slipper1597 sweet ballocks1597 two-blade1605 cullions1611 bee-flower1626 fly-flower1640 man orchis1670 musk orchis1670 moccasin flower1680 gnat-flower1688 faham tea1728 Ophrys1754 green man orchis1762 Arethusa1764 honey flower1771 cypripedium1775 rattlesnake plantain1778 Venus's slipper1785 Adam and Eve1789 lizard orchis179. epidendrum1791 Pogonia?1801 Vanda1801 cymbidium1815 Oncidium1822 putty-root1822 Noah's Ark1826 yellow moccasin1826 gongora1827 cattleya1828 green man1828 nervine1828 stanhopea1829 dove-flower1831 catasetum1836 Odontoglossum1836 Miltonia1837 letter plant1838 spread eagle1838 letter-leaf1839 swan-plant1841 orchid1843 disa1844 masdevallia1845 Phalaenopsis1846 faham1850 Indian crocus1850 moccasin plant1850 pleione1851 dove orchis1852 nerve root1854 Holy Ghost flower1862 basket-plant1865 lizard's tongue1866 mousetail1866 Sobralia1866 swan-neck1866 swanwort1866 Indian shoe1876 odontoglot1879 wreathewort1879 moth orchid1880 rattlesnake orchid1881 dendrobe1882 dove-plant1882 Madeira orchis1882 man orchis1882 swan-flower1884 slipper-orchid1885 slipper orchis1889 mayflower1894 scorpion orchid1897 moederkappie1910 dove orchid1918 monkey orchid1925 man orchid1927 1882 Garden 11 Feb. 89/2 The Madeira Orchis (O. foliosa) is remarkable..for the readiness with which it doubles its bulb. Madeira wood n. the Spanish cedar, Cedrela odorata; the wood of this tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > of South America or West Indies sweetwood1607 mastic1657 acajou1666 bastard locust tree1670 bastard locust tree1670 alligator wood1696 muskwood1696 lancewood1697 rodwood1716 cog-wood1725 soapwood1733 down tree?1740 pigeon plum1743 break-axe tree1756 horse-wood1756 loblolly whitewood1756 Spanish elm1756 trumpet-tree1756 ahuehuete1778 ocote1787 locust tree1795 Madeira wood1796 peroba1813 roble1814 louro1816 cecropia1824 purple heart1825 wallaba1825 trumpet-wood1836 gumbo-limbo1837 poui1838 quebracho1839 snake-wood1843 yacca1843 horseflesh wood1851 necklace tree1858 Honduras rosewood1860 turanira1862 softwood1864 wattle-wood1864 balsa tree1866 primavera1871 rauli1874 lemon-wood1879 wheel-tree1882 Spanish stopper1883 gurgeon-stopper1884 pinkwood-tree1884 stopper1884 sloth-tree1885 imbaubaa1893 Spanish cedar1907 amarant1909 Parana pine1916 imbuya1919 mastic-bully1920 banak1921 timbo1924 becuiba1934 1796 P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lex. v. 820 Madeira wood, Cedrela odorata. 2001 www.magiccarpetjournals.com 18 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) Upstairs there is a wonderful shell shaped cradle of Madeira wood, plus several interesting rooms of period furniture. Madeira work n. a type of cutwork embroidery from Madeira, similar to broderie anglaise (broderie anglaise n.). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing broidery1382 browdingc1386 broideringa1450 broudur1470 bruserya1522 prickinga1527 orphany?1553 embroidery?1577 brede1644 braiding1831 stitch-work1848 Madras work1865 Madeira lace1882 Madeira work1882 paraffle1911 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 339/1 Madeira Work. This is white Embroidery upon fine linen or cambric..made by the nuns in Madeira. 1904 Daily Chron. 3 May 8/1 One of the most beautiful costume models..is designed of the finest white cloth, with bands and flounces cut out in English embroidery or Madeira work pattern. 1984 P. Earnshaw Identification of Lace (ed. 2) i. 27 (caption) Broderie anglaise..and Madeira work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). madeiran.2 The wood of the Cuban mahogany, Swietenia mahagoni; the tree producing this wood. Also madeira wood. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > mahogany > types of madeira1663 Madeira mahogany1768 Honduras mahogany1786 baywood1869 Spanish wood1875 plum-pudding mahogany1908 avodiré1934 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 108 Precious Woods are to be had..in the West-Indies, some..hard as Marble; besides rare Madera, and other variously figured. 1737 Philos. Trans. 1735–6 (Royal Soc.) 39 254 It is next in Beauty to what is here called Madera, which is the Mahogany of Jamaica. 1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 352 The [mahogany] trees on the Bahama islands..are known in Europe as Madeira wood. 1939 Florida: Guide to Southernmost State (Federal Writers' Project) iii. 328 On the keys grow 27 varieties of hardwood, some so heavy they will not float in water—notably, the madeira, tamarind,..and black ironwood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1c1595n.21663 |
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