millet seedn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmɪlɪt siːd/, U.S.

/ˈmɪlᵻt ˌsid/

Forms: see millet n.¹ and seed n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: millet n.¹, seed n.

Etymology: < millet n.¹ + seed n.

A. n.

A seed or grain of millet; such seeds collectively.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > millet

millet?a1425

mill-seed1548

millet seed1567

couscous1596

dew-grass1597

Turkey hirse1597

Turkey mill1597

Turkey millet1597

milly1600

espauta1682

durra1803

Negro-corn1858

dari1892

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > millet > millet-seed

millet seed1567

whisk seed1757

1567 G. Turberville tr. G. B. Spagnoli Eglogs viii. f. 79 Ne let the Lynet spill the Hirce or Myllet seedes destroy.

1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 66 Their egges..are likest of all thinges to Millet seede.

1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ i. xlviii. 113 The Measles are Pustules like Millet-seed.

1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 350 Little Cray-fish, no bigger than Millet-seeds.

1785 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 493 They [sc. ginseng roots] are washed in a decoction of millet seed, and then suspended over the fumes of the same liquor.

1851 W. B. Carpenter Man. Physiol. (ed. 2) 429 Minute lobules..about the average size of a millet-seed.

1877 Appletons' Jrnl. Aug. 158/1 I give to each canary a daily allowance of summer rape-seed, canary-seed, and millet-seed, in equal proportions.

1962 Times 2 June 11/6 The sorghum and millet seeds are sown in these small patches of saturated soil.

1974 A. Dillard Tickets for Prayer Wheel (1986) iii. 105 The doll is dressed in feathers and beads of mistletoe. His head, according to our cousin, is stuffed with millet seed.

1997 R. Porter Greatest Benefit to Mankind xi. 311 Acute miliary tuberculosis (involving lesions resembling millet seeds).

B. adj.

Of grains of sand: almost spherical in shape as a result of abrasion produced by the wind.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [noun] > sand > grain of

sand1596

grit1601

millet seed1891

1891 Science 21 Aug. 99/1 Having..drawn attention to the hopeful results obtained from the ‘millet-seed’ sand.

1917 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 47 370 I see nothing in the general character of the sand as a whole to suggest wind action, but certainly some of the grains are of the millet-seed type and carry a high polish.

1935 T. Eastwood Northern Eng. (Brit. Regional Geol.) 7 Thick red sandstones (Penrith Sandstone)..betray their origin as desert sand by the presence of ‘millet-seed’ grains.

1961 N. D. Opdyke in A. E. M. Nairn Descript. Palaeoclimatol. iii. 47 Millet seed sand grains..show very high sphericity and roundness values due to their mode of transport which tends to round off the individual grains while they are being saltated.

1971 I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth xiii. 169/2 In desert sands..the quartz grains are described as ‘millet-seed’ sands, a reference to the almost perfect, spherical shape.

Compounds

† millet-seed papula n. Obsolete rare a papule of the size of a millet seed, a miliary papule.

ΚΠ

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 199 An efflorescence on the surface [of the skin], sometimes in the form of minute red millet-seed papulæ.

† millet-seed rash n. Obsolete rare the rash of miliary fever.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > miliary fever

miliary fever1726

millet-rash1822

millet-seed rash1892

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > miliary fever

miliary fever1726

miliaria1771

millet-rash1822

millet-seed rash1892

1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon at Millet Millet seed rash, a name for Miliary fever.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	millet seed
释义	millet seedn.adj. Brit. /ˈmɪlɪt siːd/, U.S. /ˈmɪlᵻt ˌsid/ Forms: see millet n.¹ and seed n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: millet n.¹, seed n. Etymology: < millet n.¹ + seed n. A. n. A seed or grain of millet; such seeds collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > millet millet?a1425 mill-seed1548 millet seed1567 couscous1596 dew-grass1597 Turkey hirse1597 Turkey mill1597 Turkey millet1597 milly1600 espauta1682 durra1803 Negro-corn1858 dari1892 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > millet > millet-seed millet seed1567 whisk seed1757 1567 G. Turberville tr. G. B. Spagnoli Eglogs viii. f. 79 Ne let the Lynet spill the Hirce or Myllet seedes destroy. 1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 66 Their egges..are likest of all thinges to Millet seede. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ i. xlviii. 113 The Measles are Pustules like Millet-seed. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 350 Little Cray-fish, no bigger than Millet-seeds. 1785 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 493 They [sc. ginseng roots] are washed in a decoction of millet seed, and then suspended over the fumes of the same liquor. 1851 W. B. Carpenter Man. Physiol. (ed. 2) 429 Minute lobules..about the average size of a millet-seed. 1877 Appletons' Jrnl. Aug. 158/1 I give to each canary a daily allowance of summer rape-seed, canary-seed, and millet-seed, in equal proportions. 1962 Times 2 June 11/6 The sorghum and millet seeds are sown in these small patches of saturated soil. 1974 A. Dillard Tickets for Prayer Wheel (1986) iii. 105 The doll is dressed in feathers and beads of mistletoe. His head, according to our cousin, is stuffed with millet seed. 1997 R. Porter Greatest Benefit to Mankind xi. 311 Acute miliary tuberculosis (involving lesions resembling millet seeds). B. adj. Of grains of sand: almost spherical in shape as a result of abrasion produced by the wind. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [noun] > sand > grain of sand1596 grit1601 millet seed1891 1891 Science 21 Aug. 99/1 Having..drawn attention to the hopeful results obtained from the ‘millet-seed’ sand. 1917 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 47 370 I see nothing in the general character of the sand as a whole to suggest wind action, but certainly some of the grains are of the millet-seed type and carry a high polish. 1935 T. Eastwood Northern Eng. (Brit. Regional Geol.) 7 Thick red sandstones (Penrith Sandstone)..betray their origin as desert sand by the presence of ‘millet-seed’ grains. 1961 N. D. Opdyke in A. E. M. Nairn Descript. Palaeoclimatol. iii. 47 Millet seed sand grains..show very high sphericity and roundness values due to their mode of transport which tends to round off the individual grains while they are being saltated. 1971 I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth xiii. 169/2 In desert sands..the quartz grains are described as ‘millet-seed’ sands, a reference to the almost perfect, spherical shape. Compounds † millet-seed papula n. Obsolete rare a papule of the size of a millet seed, a miliary papule. ΚΠ 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 199 An efflorescence on the surface [of the skin], sometimes in the form of minute red millet-seed papulæ. † millet-seed rash n. Obsolete rare the rash of miliary fever.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > miliary fever miliary fever1726 millet-rash1822 millet-seed rash1892 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > miliary fever miliary fever1726 miliaria1771 millet-rash1822 millet-seed rash1892 1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon at Millet Millet seed rash, a name for Miliary fever. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1567
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