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Martinin.1

Brit. /mɑːˈtiːni/, U.S. /mɑrˈtini/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Martini.
Etymology: < the name of Frédéric de Martini (c1832–97), Hungarian-born Swiss inventor and mechanical engineer.
Now historical.
1. A type of single-shot breech mechanism for a rifle, invented by Martini and incorporating a hinged falling breechblock. Obsolete.
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1868 Naval & Mil. Gaz. 29 Aug. 551/1 Of the breech action this much is known. It will be adapted to fire a central-fire Boxer cartridge; and, by a process of careful elimination, the number of systems from which the choice is likely to be made has been narrowed down to four, viz.:—the Henry, the Martini, the Kerr, and the Carter-Edwards.
1868 Naval & Mil. Gaz. 29 Aug. 551/2 The Martini has a rear-hinged block.
1870 Colburn's United Service Mag. 1 367 The only thing then remaining to be done was to fit the Martini breech to the Henry barrel.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 282/2 The combination of the Martini breech action with the Henry barrel.
2. A rifle combining features of the Martini with the Henry rifle; = Martini–Henry n.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > rifle > types of
three-o(h)-three1683
air rifle1801
yager1817
big bore1838
seventy-five1840
telescopic rifle1850
Minié rifle1851
needle rifle1856
pea rifle1856
Lancaster1857
six-shooting1858
Whitworth1858
Henry1861
polygroove1863
telescopic-sighted rifle1863
spencer1866
magazine rifle1867
Snider rifle1868
chassepot1869
Martini–Henry rifle1869
Winchester1871
Mauser rifle1872
Martini1876
saloon rifle1881
express1884
express rifle1884
Mannlicher1884
Mauser1887
Lee-Enfield1888
Flobert1890
pump gun1890
take-down1895
two-two1895
Ross rifle1901
hammer-rifle1907
sporter1907
French 751914
twenty-two1925
machine-gun rifle1941
assault rifle1950
assault weapon1968
kalashnikov1970
assault rifle1975
1876 Rifle Shot's Man. 21 With the Martini..a considerably increased allowance can be made.
1890 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads (1892) 48 When 'arf of your bullets fly wide in the ditch, Don't call your Martini a cross-eyed old bitch.
1899 Times 9 June 13/3 Our foes..selected European regiments armed with the Lee-Metford for attack, rather than face native infantry with Martinis.
1962 H. L. Peterson Bk. Gun 182/1 From 1871 until after the adoption of smokeless powder, the Martini served as the principal British single-shot weapon.
1976 Mil. Affairs 40 98/1 With the Martinis, Turks began to kill..at 2,000 yards.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Martinin.2

Brit. /mɑːˈtiːni/, U.S. /mɑrˈtini/
Forms: 1800s– Martigny, 1800s– Martine, 1800s– Martinez, 1800s– Martini, 1900s– Martina. Also with lower-case initial.
Origin: Perhaps from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Martinez.
Etymology: As the name of a cocktail, perhaps < the name of Martinez, a city in western California, subsequently reinforced by and remodelled after the proprietary name, which is < the name of Martini and Rossi, Italian manufacturers of vermouth (application for U.S. trademark incorporating the words Martini e Rossi filed March 16 1882, although earlier use is claimed, and the product is reported to have been exported earlier by the parent company of Martini and Sola).The earliest examples of the name of the cocktail have the form Martinez , and a number of anecdotes associate the name of the cocktail with the name of the Californian city Martinez . For further details see: P. Tamony in Western Folklore (1967) 26 124. The forms Martigny, Martine, Martina, which have limited currency up to the mid 20th cent., probably show folk-etymological alterations.
(a) More fully Martini cocktail. A cocktail containing (esp. dry) vermouth combined with gin or (less frequently) with vodka. (b) A proprietary name for: a type of vermouth, manufactured in varying degrees of sweetness. dry Martini n. (a) a Martini cocktail consisting of more gin than vermouth, sometimes with the addition of orange bitters, etc.; (b) (a drink of) the dry variety of Martini.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > vermouths or aperitifs > [noun]
mandram1756
vermouth1806
French1841
Amer Picon1881
Picon1881
Martini1884
Noilly Prat1906
Riccadonna1906
Pernod1908
Dubonnet1913
Carpano1921
Campari1923
Cinzano1923
pastis1926
Chambéry1929
Italian1929
Lillet1930
porto français1934
Punt e Mes1934
Pineau1940
Suze1950
Pineau des Charentes1958
Ricard1965
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > gin cocktail
gin sling1790
thunder and lightning1802
Tom Collins1876
Martini1884
silver-fizz1901
pahit1902
pink gin1903
Clover Club1925
gimlet1928
gin and it1929
pink lady1929
Alexander1930
Gibson1930
silver bullet1930
Singapore sling1930
White Lady1930
pink1942
negroni1947
pinkers1961
dirty martini1991
1884 O. H. Byron Mod. Bartenders' Guide 21 Martinez cocktail... Same as Manhattan, only you substitute gin for whisky.
1887 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 30 June 2/2 Sample the bewildering depths of the ‘Martini cocktail’.
1894 Puck (N.Y.) 28 Nov. 238/2 (advt.) The Club Cocktails Manhattan, Martini, Whisky, [etc.].
1896 Crescent (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 1 Aug. 11/2 As he sipped his martini and inhaled its seductive bouquet, a far-away look came into his baby-blue eyes.
1903 G. Ade People you Know 20 It was an actual mystery to him that any one could dally with a Dry Martini while there was a Hydrant on every Corner.
1909 Sat. Evening Post 10 Apr. 37/2 The first-night death-watch..could recognize a block away a Bronx, Martini or Manhattan cocktail by its color.
1909 Dietetic & Hygienic Gaz. 25 488/2 I..ordered him to bring two dry Martine cocktails.
1919 C. Mackenzie Sylvia & Michael v. 203 What are you going to have? Ordered a Martini here the other day.
1930 P. G. Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves ii. 57 A nicely-balanced meal, preceded by a couple of dry Martinis, washed down with half a bot.
1935 F. H. Lee Days & Years in Japan 72 A much needed Martigny cocktail.
1953 D. A. Embury Fine Art of Mixing Drinks 36 Martinis, Manhattans, and other cocktails containing wine can be stirred with a rod or long spoon.
1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Dec. 733/4 The sham, artificial life of all-night martini parties.
1967 A. Lichine Encycl. Wines & Spirits 542/1 The Italian Cinzano may be red or white, sweet or fairly dry—as also may Martini and Gancia.
1973 J. Jones Touch of Danger xxvii. 162 I began to swish the martini mixture in the big Mason jar.
1993 M. Atwood Robber Bride xlvi. 359 The two martinis aren't helping, in the get-a-grip department.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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