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单词 madeira
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Madeiran.1

Brit. /məˈdɪərə/, U.S. /məˈdɪrə/, /məˈdɛrə/
Forms: 1500s Mathero, 1500s–1600s Medera, 1500s–1700s Madera, 1700s– Madeira. Also (in sense 1) with lower-case initial.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Madeira.
Etymology: < Madeira, the name of an island situated in the Atlantic Ocean, about 440 miles (approx. 710 km) west of Morocco. The island was so called because formerly thickly wooded: Portuguese madeira wood, timber (cognate with Spanish madera ) < classical Latin māteria (see matter n.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.
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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.
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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.
2. A variety of pear (not identified). Obsolete. rare.
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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.
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Madeira glass n.
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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.
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Madeira-drinking adj.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.).
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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

Brit. /məˈdɪərə/, U.S. /məˈdɪrə/, /məˈdɛrə/
Forms: 1600s–1700s madera, 1800s– madeira.
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish madera.
Etymology: < Spanish madera wood, cognate with Portuguese madeira (see Madeira n.1). The modern spelling is due to the influence of the Portuguese word or of the place name Madeira Madeira n.1
The wood of the Cuban mahogany, Swietenia mahagoni; the tree producing this wood. Also madeira wood.
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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).
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