单词 | martinmas |
释义 | Martinmasn. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. ii. 95 And how doth the martlemasse your master? Compounds C1. General attributive. Martinmas day n. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 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