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单词 martinmas
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Martinmasn.

Brit. /ˈmɑːtɪnmas/, /ˈmɑːtɪnməs/, U.S. /ˈmɑrtnməs/
Forms: Middle English martinmasse, Middle English martynesmasse, Middle English martynmesse, Middle English myrtynmes, Middle English 1600s martymasse, Middle English 1600s martynmasse, late Middle English–1500s martilmas, 1500s martylmas, 1500s martylmasse, 1500s martylmesse, 1500s martynmas, 1500s–1600s martlemas, 1600s martimas, 1600s martimasse, 1600s martlemasse, 1600s 1900s– martinmass, 1600s– martinmas, 1700s martellmas, 1700s martilmasse, 1800s– martlemas (English regional); also Scottish pre-1700 mairtingmes, pre-1700 martimes, pre-1700 martinmes, pre-1700 martymes, pre-1700 martynmes, pre-1700 mertingmes, pre-1700 mertismes, pre-1700 mertymas, pre-1700 mertymes, pre-1700 mertynmes, pre-1700 1700s martimas, pre-1700 1700s mertimis, pre-1700 1700s mertmas, pre-1700 1700s mertmass, pre-1700 1800s martomes, pre-1700 1800s martymas, pre-1700 1900s– mairtimas, pre-1700 1900s– mairtimiss, pre-1700 1900s– mertinmes, pre-1700 1900s– mertinmess, 1800s– martmas. See also note below.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Martin , mass n.1
Etymology: < the name of St Martin (see Martin n.1) + mass n.1Note on Scots forms: only a selection of the commoner Scots forms is given above. In the first syllable mear, mir, myr are attested pre-17, while mair, mar, and mer are attested pre-17 17–. In the second syllable tain, ten, tein, tene, tine, tyn, and tyne are attested pre-17, as are tem and tym, while tin is attested pre-17 17–. Equally common are forms without n or m in the second syllable. In such forms e and ie are attested pre-17 17, o and y are attested pre-17 17–18, and i is attested pre-17 17–. In the final syllable, mais, mase, masse, mese, mess, messe, meys, mez, and mies are attested pre-17, while mis is attested pre-17 17, mas and mass are attested pre-17 17–, mes and mess are attested pre-17, 18–, and miss is attested 19–. Forms with -l- in the second syllable are not attested in Scots.
1.
a. (The date of) the feast of St Martin, 11 November.In Scotland, one of the two term days recognized by common law. In many parts of England, this was formerly the usual time for hiring servants, and a day on which fairs were often held. It was also common to slaughter cattle at Martinmas to be salted for the winter.
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Martinmas (11 November) > [noun]
Martinmasc1325
St Martin1429
St Martin's day1517
martela1790
Martin's day1886
eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 915 Her on þys gere Eadweard cyng for mid fierde to Bedanforda foran to Martines mæssan.
lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1100 On sancte Martines mæsse dæg heo wearð him mid mycelan weorðscipe forgifen on Westmynstre.]
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 10579 (MED) A conseil hii made at martinmasse at bristowe.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 230 (MED) After þe Martynmesse..he died.
1472 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 26 (MED) We desyer yt he be wodyd be Myrtynmes next comyng.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 127 This wes eftir the Martymes, Quhen snaw had helit all the land.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 96 (MED) The kynge is now deed sithe Martin-masse.
1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng viii. f. 8 From Myhelmas to Martylmas.
1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. B.iv For Easter, at Martilmas hange vp a biefe.
1609 J. Skene tr. Quoniam Attachiamenta in Regiam Majestatem f. 91v The ane half at the feast of Whit~sunday, and the other halfe at the feast of Martymes.
c1613 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 148 iiij mark & xxd. now dew unto him at this Martymasse last.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 126 Att Martynmasse..wee sette our foreman to cuttinge of White-wilfes [etc.].
1702 E. Whittingham Let. 27 Sept. in T. Brockbank Diary & Let. Bk. (1930) 237 And if You will I would have You to take Yr Opportunity before Martell-mas.
1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. I. ii. ix. §64 The one-half [of the rents] at Whitsunday, when the corns are presumed to be fully sown, and the other half at Martinmas, when they are reaped.
1796 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XVIII. 569 A few of the worst ewes called shotts, are likewise sold every year about Martinmas.
1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 986 The crop is understood to be fully sown at the term of Whitsunday, and to be reaped at the term of Martinmas.
1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 377 After Martinmas they took up their winter-quarters.
1889 H. Johnston Chron. Glenbuckie 81 Ye ken it [sc. money lent] should have been paid at Martinmas.
1902 ‘M. Fairless’ Roadmender iii. 126 An old man, seventy-five come Martinmass knows more o' life than a young chap.
1940 F. Kitchen Brother to Ox (1945) vi. 90 At Martlemas I had my week's holiday.
1987 F. Parrish Caught in Birdlime xii. 164 Martinmas. The weather cleared, for St. Martin's summer.
b. Formerly sometimes Martinmas in Winter, to distinguish it from the feast of the translation of St Martin, 4 July. Obsolete.
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1389 in W. Fraser Memorials Family Wemyss (1888) II. 24 At twa termys of the yhere, that is to say at Qwhyssonday and Martimes into wyntyr.
1400 in W. Fraser Mem. Maxwells of Pollok (1863) I. 140 At..Witsonday and Martinmes in wynter.
1442 Rolls of Parl. IV. 38/1 To be paied at the dayes and termes folowyng..that that remayneth of the seid half, at Martynmasse yn Wynter next comyng.
1519 Selkirk Burgh Court f. 70v At tua wsuel termes..Wytsondaye and Martynemeys in wynter.
1554 in J. Spottiswoode Liber S. Marie de Dryburgh (1847) 292 Witsonday and Mertymies in wynter.
1666–88 G. Dallas Syst. Stiles (1697) 536 At two Terms in the year, Whitsunday and Martinmass in Winter.
2. A person whom one despises. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.Perhaps with reference to autumnal decline or resemblance to Martinmas beef.
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1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. ii. 95 And how doth the martlemasse your master? View more context for this quotation

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
Martinmas day n.
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1419 Charter Edinb. Reg. House No. 299 On Thurasday next before Martynmes-day.
1560 in T. C. Wade Acta Curiae Admirallatus Scotiae (1937) 171 In respect that Mertymes day is na feriat in respect of the practik of this realme now observit anentis festis.
1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. 47 Luther was not born..on the 22d day of October, but on the 10th of November, the eve of Martinmas-day, from whence he had the name of Martin.
1880 A. J. Munby Dorothy i. 23 A brooch..Which on a Martlemas Day Mr. Robert had bought for a fairing.
1995 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 29 Apr. 12 The one..whose fourteenth birthday falls closest to November 11, Martinmas Day.
Martinmas term n.
ΚΠ
1535 ( in W. Fraser Registrum Monasterii Cambuskenneth (1872) 260 The tane half as for the Martymes terme last bipast, and the tothir half at Witsonday nixt for to cum.
1592 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 79 The Martomes terme last bypast and Witsonday terme to cum.
1990 P. Hill Dark Star Passing (BNC) 19 There was no place available to him at Oxford this year in the Martinmas term.
C2.
Martinmas beef n. now archaic the meat of an ox or cow slaughtered at Martinmas to be salted or smoked for the winter.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > preserved meat > [noun] > salted meat
Martinmas meatc1450
Martinmas beefc1475
powder beef1479
Martinmas flesh1656
Irish horse1748
bully1753
junk1762
salt junk1792
salt horse1836
red horse1864
hunter's beef1879
bullamacow1887
Jack1890
macon1939
c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 62 (MED) Take þe poudre of alym brent or martyn masse beef y-brent & cast þeron.
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xvii. f. 161v I haue but martylmas befe, bacon, and suche other.
1620 T. Venner Via Recta iii. 51 The flesh which is longer preserued in salt..hanged vp to dry neere the fire..we commonly call, Martimasse beefe.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 315 Under Charles the Second it was not till the beginning of November that families laid in their stock of salt provisions, then called Martinmas beef.
1880 R. S. Charnock Gloss. Essex Dial. (at cited word) Martlemas beef,..dried in the chimney, like bacon.
Martinmas flesh n. Obsolete rare = Martinmas beef n.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > preserved meat > [noun] > salted meat
Martinmas meatc1450
Martinmas beefc1475
powder beef1479
Martinmas flesh1656
Irish horse1748
bully1753
junk1762
salt junk1792
salt horse1836
red horse1864
hunter's beef1879
bullamacow1887
Jack1890
macon1939
1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 329 Martlemas flesh a year old, tosted and dried.
Martinmas meat n. Obsolete = Martinmas beef n.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > preserved meat > [noun] > salted meat
Martinmas meatc1450
Martinmas beefc1475
powder beef1479
Martinmas flesh1656
Irish horse1748
bully1753
junk1762
salt junk1792
salt horse1836
red horse1864
hunter's beef1879
bullamacow1887
Jack1890
macon1939
c1450 (?a1370) Wynnere & Wastoure (1990) l. 345 (MED) Alle es Martynmesse mete þat I with moste dele.
Martinmas summer n. a period of mild sunny weather occurring around Martinmas; an Indian summer; = St Martin's Summer n. at St Martin n. Compounds; frequently figurative.
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the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > periods of unseasonal weather
Michaelmas spring1557
All-Hallown Summer1598
St Martin's Summera1616
autumn-spring1639
go-summer1649
Indian summer1790
squaw winter1847
All Saints' Summer1861
Martin's summer1864
Martinmas summer1881
1881 Appletons' Jrnl. Apr. 371/2 There is the calm brightness of the Martinmas summer.
1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. xiv. 161 A Martinmas summer of Mrs. Henchard's life set in with her entry into her husband's large house and respectable social orbit; and it was as bright as such summers well can be.
1895 G. Allen Woman who Did xvi. 178 I almost feel tempted to give way to this Martinmas summer of love.
1999 Christian Sci. Monitor (Electronic ed.) 27 Sept. 19 For country folk, Martinmas is a time to relax after the harvest and be festive, so they refer to autumn's occasional temperate blessing as a Martinmas summer.
Martinmas Sunday n. Scottish rare the Sunday nearest to Martinmas.
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the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year
Candlemas1014
May Day1267
All Souls' Dayc1300
midsummer evena1400
firstc1400
Beltane1424
midsummer eve1426
quarter day1435
Beltane1456
mid-Sundaya1475
madding-day1568
Lord Mayor's day1591
Barnaby bright1595
Lammas-eve1597
All Saints' Night1607
Handsel Monday1635
distaff's day1648
long Barnabya1657
St. Valentine's eve1671
leet-day1690
All Fools' Day1702
Boxing Day1743
April Fool's Day1748
Royal Oak Day1759
box day1765
Oak-apple Day1802
All Souls' Eve1805
mischief night1830
Shick-shack Day1847
chalk-back day1851
call night1864
Nut-Monday1867
Arbor Day1872
April Fool's1873
Labour Day1884
Martinmas Sunday1885
call day1886
Samhain1888
Juneteenth1890
Mother's Day1890
Father's Day1908
Thinking Day1927
Punkie night1931
Tweede Nuwejaar1947
1885 R. Buchanan Annan Water i It was Martinmas Sunday.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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