Moroccoadj.n.

Brit.

/məˈrɒkəʊ/, U.S.

/məˈrɑkoʊ/

Forms: 1600s Morocko, 1600s–1800s Marocco, 1600s– Morocco, 1600s– Morrocco, 1700s Morocca. Also (esp. in senses A. 2, B. 2) with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Morocco.

Etymology: < Morocco (French Maroc, Italian Marocco, Spanish Marruecos), the name of a country of north-western North Africa (officially the Kingdom of Morocco; Arabic al-mamlaka al-maġribiyya); the name derives < Spanish Arabic †Marrūkuš (late 11th cent.), variant of Arabic Marrākuš Marrakesh (from 12th cent. in colloquial Arabic pronunciation Marrakuš), the name of the former capital of the kingdom, perhaps ultimately of Berber origin.In sense B. 2 probably after French maroquin maroquin n. In senses B. 1a, B. 1b, B. 4 probably on account of the dark colour of the things denoted, after the supposed characteristically dark complexion of the people of Morocco (compare Moor n.² 1).

A. adj. (attributive).

1. Of, relating to, or belonging to Morocco; Moroccan. Esp. in the names of plants, animals, etc., originating (or supposed to have originated) in Morocco, as Morocco-cherry, Morocco daisy, Morocco gum, †Morocco leech, etc.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [adjective] > North Africa > specific countries

Algerian1560

Massylian1607

Morocco1607

Moroccana1684

Tripolitan1783

Somali1809

Tunisian1843

Somalian1884

Tripolitanian1943

Tigre1978

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vi. 50 Next vnto this saddle is the Morocco saddle..and these two Saddles for seruice in the warres, are..sufficient.

c1616 Famous Hist. George Ld. Favkonbridge vi. 34 The Morrocco King with his blacke countenance, aduancing himselfe in his royall throne, with great admiration receiued Lord Faukonbridg.

1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 70 in Sylva Cherries..Great-bearer, Morocco-cherry, the Egriot.

1724 London Gaz. No. 6233/2 The Morocco Ambassadour was conducted by the Master of the Ceremonies to his Audience of the young Princesses.

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 289 Barbary Gum, sometimes called Morocco gum, the product of the Acacia gummifera, imported from Tripoli, etc.

1882 Garden 8 July 19/3 The blue Morocco Daisy is much admired.

1891 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Morocco leech, the Sanguisuga interrupta.

1901 Daily Chron. 7 Dec. 3/4 The Morocco youth has no tendency towards reform.

1983 C. J. Fox Journey into Barbary p. xvi Lewis's Morocco drawings were done in a very different spirit, representing a fanciful, purely visual savouring of the landscape.

2. gen. Made of or covered with morocco leather.

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1751 Newport (Rhode Island) Mercury 14 Aug. 4/2 Large and small Morocco Pocket Books, with Clasps.

1775 J. Woodforde Diary 13 June (1924) I. 163 He had..a pr of red Morocco Slippers.

1817 T. F. Dibdin Bibliogr. Decameron II. 481 Your De Thous..are almost always in morocco bindings.

1858 C. G. F. Gore Heckington II. i. 16 A morocco-housewife or pocket-book.

1898 Argosy May 305 He one day brought over a red morocco prayer book.

1915 St. Nicholas June 760/1 Mr. Bear had already bought Mr. Dog the most beautiful red morocco collar.

1986 Christie's Sale Catal.: Bks. from Libr. of M. Boulton 12 Dec. 9 (list) Seventeenth century brown morocco, gilt single fillet border.., green morocco label (foot of spine frayed, minor abrasions on lower cover).

B. n.

†a. = Morocco plum n. at Compounds 2. Obsolete.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > plum > damson

damask prune1539

Morocco plum1629

Morocco1707

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 547 The first ripe are..the Black Damascen, the Morocco, the Barbary, the Myrobalan, the Apricot Plum, a delicate Plum that parts clean from the Stone [&c].

1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) 723 [Plums] Early damask [Syn.] Morocco.

1860 R. Hogg Fruit Man. 247 [Plums] Morocco.

b. A variety of dark purple grape. Also Black Morocco.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > grape > type of

labruscaa1398

muscadel1517

muscadine1598

olive grape1601

grapeletc1620

burlace1629

frontignaca1642

fox-grape1648

verjuice grape1648

muscat1655

morillon1691

muscatel1691

grapeling1694

chasselas1699

muscadella1707

frontignan1756

Morocco1763

Pineau1763

Malaga1769

wild grape1770

Nebbiolo1788

Macabeo1794

Malbec1833

Hamburg grape1838

muscadel1852

Concord grape1858

garnacha1860

sultana grape1861

Canaiolo1862

dyer1865

Sémillon1875

Bual1882

lady's finger1892

Grignolino1894

Tokay grape1896

Durif1897

Morocco grape1908

Viognier1908

gros Colmar1927

Montepulciano1927

Shiraz1927

Verdicchio1940

Cinsault1945

Müller-Thurgau1951

Mavrud1959

Pinotage1964

Mavron1965

Syrah1969

Parellada1979

1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry IV. 378 The morocco, or barbarou, is a large purple grape, the bunches of which are also of an extraordinary size.

1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) 751 Small leaved sorts, requiring more heat, and fit for the rafters of a plant-stove. Black Morocco, blue Frontignac, blue tokay, [etc.].

1860 R. Hogg Fruit Man. 109 [Grapes] Morocco (Ansley's Large Oval; Black Morocco; [etc.]).

1901 S. Miller in W. H. Barnes Grape in Kansas (Kansas State Horticultural Soc.) 104 It [sc. the grape] grows..in a great variety of soils; yielding many varieties, from the little, insignificant summer grapes of our Missouri islands and bottoms to the magnificent Muscats, Hamburgs, Moroccos, and Syrians.

1924 T. W. Sanders & J. Lansdell Grapes: Peaches: Melons xii. 66 Lady Downe's Seedling.—A valuable late grape... Of British origin, raised from a cross between Black Morocco and the Sweetwater.

1937 Deciduous Fruit Dealer Service Man. (Calif. Fruit Exchange) 29/2 Less extensively grown, but still very popular with the trade, are the Cornichon, Black Morocco, Servian Blue, Lady Finger, Olivette, Black Spanish and Almeria.

2. A kind of fine flexible leather made (originally in Morocco) from goatskin tanned with sumac, used esp. in bookbinding, shoemaking, and upholstery. Also (sometimes more fully imitation morocco): a leather made in imitation of this from sheepskin, lambskin, etc. Cf. earlier morocco leather n. at Compounds 2, and maroquin n.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather from sheep or goat skin

cheverela1400

sheep's leather1474

maroquin1533

saffian1591

lamb's leather1607

kid-skin1645

basil1674

kid1682

kid-leather1693

morocco leather1695

basan1714

Morocco hide1716

lambskin1725

Morocco1735

skiver1800

chevrette1884

glove-calf1885

Vici1888

Dongola1889

nappa leather1895

castor1897

mocha1909

capeskin1934

glove-sheep-

1735 G. Vertue Note-bks. (1936) IV. 93 This book finely bound..in morrocco.

1744 A. Pope Last Will 8 All the Volumes of my Works and Translations of Homer, bound in red Morocco.

1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 ii. 88/1 When they [sc. skins of the sea-lions] are tanned, they have a grain almost like Morocco.

1817 T. F. Dibdin Bibliogr. Decameron II. 533 For your Fifteeners..let me entreat you invariably to use morocco.

1852 C. Morfit Art of Tanning, Currying, & Leather-dressing (1853) 363 Imitation Morocco..is prepared from sheep-skins in the same manner as true Morocco.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 88/1 English, French, and Spanish moroccos all excel in their own way, either in grain or in colour.

1912 H. G. Wells Marriage i. §1. 5 A..meretricious dressing-bag of imitation morocco, which had been one of her chief financial errors at Oxbridge.

1921 L. Strachey Queen Victoria viii. 241 He was rewarded by a copy of the Prince's speeches, bound in white morocco, with an inscription in the royal hand.

1994 R. Hellinga Sixteen Pleasures xi. 185 The morocco I selected had a prominent grained surface, and I spent the morning polishing it.., smoothing out all the irregularities.

3. red Morocco n. see red adj. and n. Compounds 1f(b)(i).

4. In full Morocco ale. A kind of strong dark ale originally brewed at Levens Hall, Westmorland (now in Cumbria).

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > ale > [noun] > strong ale

merry-go-downa1500

king's ale1574

nippitatum1576

angels' food1577

huff-cap1577

mad dog1577

lift-leg1587

barley-broth1593

huma1625

stitchback1671

bummocka1688

hum-cap1699

Burton1738

stitch1742

old boy1743

barley-bree1786

huff1790

Morocco1792

old1884

1792 J. Budworth Fortnight's Ramble Lakes 17 We were regaled by a liquor called Morocco..; it is of a high colour, and is made from malt and hops; has an acid taste, and does not ferment.

1870 M. Collins Vivian III. ix. 186 Washed down with more copious draughts of strong ale and Morocco.

1894 R. S. Ferguson Hist. Westmorland 285 Levens Hall..is also famed for its ‘morocco’ or old ale.

1965 J. Lofthouse Countrygoers' North I. iv. 43 In the Hall are..early English drinking glasses which were offered to all newcomers, filled with the potent Morocco.

2000 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 30 June 52 The brewery's bottled versions of Morocco Ale, Crack Shot,..and Old Legover have been firm favourites in off-licences and supermarkets.

†5. slang. in morocco: naked. Cf. buff n.² Obsolete.Used by Longfellow as ‘Gypsy’ slang.

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1843 H. W. Longfellow Spanish Student iii. v. 145 There you are in your morocco!

Compounds

C1. Instrumental (in sense B. 2), with adjectives.

morocco-covered adj.

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1849 C. Brontë Shirley II. v. 133 The large morocco-covered easy chair had been left vacant for Dr. Boultby.

1886 A. Hornblow tr. J. Normand Splashes from Parisian Ink-pot 83 Plunged in a big green morocco-covered fauteuil, he began to scan over the ‘dailies’.

morocco-cushioned adj.

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1837 W. H. Maxwell in Bentley's Misc. Sept. 301 On the morocco-cushioned sofa even a Roman might have reclined in comfort.

morocco-edged adj.

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1973 ‘D. Jordan’ Nile Green iv. 20 The clean morocco-edged blotter.

morocco-bound adj. bound in morocco leather; (also figurative) solid, reliable, conservative.

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1849 W. Irving Sketch Bk. (new ed.) 141 Small morocco-bound prayerbooks.

1896 Sat. Rev. 12 Dec. 623/2 ‘Little Eyolf’..has been promoted into a full-blown fashionable theatrical speculation, with a ‘Morocco Bound’ syndicate in the background.

1958 Listener 2 Oct. 520/2 Sentences like ‘I have still to see that lofty homeland of the potato and the llama’..belong to a solid, morocco-bound tradition.

1996 Independent 26 June ii. 6/1 They wage dedicated campaigns to acquire morocco-bound first editions.

C2.

Morocco grape n. = sense B. 1b.

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1908 E. R. Emerson Beverages I. xxi. 523 Perhaps this was the maroquin or Morocco grape called the pied de poule, fowl's foot, at Montpellier.

Morocco-head n. U.S. regional the goosander, Mergus merganser; esp. the female goosander, which has a chestnut-coloured head.

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1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 65 Merganser americanus, at Milford and Stratford, Conn., velvet-breast; and to some Atlantic City gunners, Morocco-head.

1928 F. A. Bailey Birds New Mexico 148 The descriptive names of Buff-breasted Sheldrake for the drake and..Morocco-head for the duck seem to belong to this species.

Morocco hide n. rare = sense B. 2.

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1716 J. Gay Trivia i. 3 Then let the prudent Walker Shoes provide, Not of the Spanish or Morocco Hide.

2002 www.charles-edwin.com 9 Apr. (O.E.D. Archive) The original leather cover, which perished long ago, has been replaced with Morocco hide, gold tooled.

Morocco-jaw n. U.S. regional the surf scoter, Melanitta perspicillata.

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1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 103 Oidemia perspicillata, at Bellport, L.I., Morocco-jaw.

1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. I. 151 Surf Scoter. Oidemia perspicillata... [Also called] Plaster-bill; Morocco-jaw; Goggle-nose.

2001 B. Bartlett in L. Rogers & B. C. Peace P. K. Page: Ess. on Wks. 82 The surf scoter..has been known as spectacle coot, blossom-billed coot, horse-head, patch-head, skunk-head, plaster-bill, morocco-jaw, goggle-nose, and snuff-taker.

morocco leather n. = sense B. 2.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather from sheep or goat skin

cheverela1400

sheep's leather1474

maroquin1533

saffian1591

lamb's leather1607

kid-skin1645

basil1674

kid1682

kid-leather1693

morocco leather1695

basan1714

Morocco hide1716

lambskin1725

Morocco1735

skiver1800

chevrette1884

glove-calf1885

Vici1888

Dongola1889

nappa leather1895

castor1897

mocha1909

capeskin1934

glove-sheep-

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 61 Here is that excellent leather dressed, which is called leather of Maroco.]

1695 P. Motteux tr. F. Pidou de St. Olon Present State Morocco 140 The Red Morocco Leather, known here by the Name of Spanish Leather, is drest in that City [sc. Fez], and is the finest in all Barbary.

1791 Madras Courier 29 Sept. To be Sold, an Elegant, new, and fashionable Bandy, with copper-pannels, lined with Morocca leather.

1991 Photographer Sept. 9 (advt.) Wood frames, with a lustrous, 20-coat finish and morocco leather frames—with 22 carat gold tooling.

Morocco man n. now historical (chiefly in 18th cent.) an agent of an insurance broker who issued side bets (known as ‘insurances’) on the outcome of the lottery.

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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > other types of defrauder or swindler

leger1591

concealer1597

break-bulk1622

bug hunter1725

land-shark1769

Morocco man1796

land-cook1807

nob-pitcher1819

bubble-man1862

scuttler1869

lumberer1897

prop man1966

1796 P. Colquhoun Treat. Police of Metropolis (ed. 3) 153 (note) Fraudulent Lottery Insurances have not diminished. The Offices are numerous all over the Metropolis,..to many of which there are persons attached, called Morocco Men, who go about from house to house among their former customers, and attend in the back parlours of Public Houses, where they are met by customers who make insurances.

1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. I. ix. 247 And the men who are sent about to public houses to entice poor people into illegal lottery insurances, are called Morocco-men.

1893 J. Ashton Hist. Eng. Lotteries xxii. 298 The insurance offices in the metropolis..had jackals, touts who provided prey for them, in the shape of Morocco men, so called from the red Morocco pocket-books they used to carry with them.

1932 C. L. Ewen Lotteries & Sweepstakes viii. 264 In 1800 there were nearly 7,500 morocco men (including hired armed ruffians and bludgeon men).

Morocco plum n. now historical a variety of dark purple plum (cf. sense B. 1a).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > plum > damson

damask prune1539

Morocco plum1629

Morocco1707

1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole ii. xiii. 576 The Morocco plumme is blacke like a Damson.

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Prunus The early black Damask, commonly called The Morocco Plum.

2002 www.florilegium.org 9 Apr. (O.E.D. Archive) The Morocco plum was a sweet black plum listed by Parkinson in 1629 as an old plum of unknown origin.

Morocco skin n. a whole hide of morocco leather.

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1725 H. Wanley Diary 10 Nov. (1966) II. 392 Mr Elliot came, & I d[elivere]d to him a parcel of MSS, to bind, with 5 of my Lords Marocco-skins.

1822 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 6 Apr. 3/5 (advt.) A few dozen coloured Morocco Skins, suitable for Coach Trimmings, just received and for sale by Samuel D. Breed.

1896 J. H. McNamee Ess. Good Binding 33 Mr. McNamee will not have a skin of ‘persian’, or imitation morocco, which is nothing more or less than sheep skin grained to imitate the morocco skin, in his bindery.

1990 B. B. Higginbotham Our Past Preserved vii. 70 Pig (with each skin two to four times the size of a morocco skin) cost between $7 and $11 per hide.

Derivatives

moˈrocco-like adj.

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1877 Manufacturer & Builder Feb. 43/1 The morocco-like surface is obtained by pressure from an engraved wooden block.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 613 In lupus erythematosus the adherent crusts and morocco-like surface are a characteristic feature.

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

单词	morocco
释义	Moroccoadj.n. Brit. /məˈrɒkəʊ/, U.S. /məˈrɑkoʊ/ Forms: 1600s Morocko, 1600s–1800s Marocco, 1600s– Morocco, 1600s– Morrocco, 1700s Morocca. Also (esp. in senses A. 2, B. 2) with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Morocco. Etymology: < Morocco (French Maroc, Italian Marocco, Spanish Marruecos), the name of a country of north-western North Africa (officially the Kingdom of Morocco; Arabic al-mamlaka al-maġribiyya); the name derives < Spanish Arabic †Marrūkuš (late 11th cent.), variant of Arabic Marrākuš Marrakesh (from 12th cent. in colloquial Arabic pronunciation Marrakuš), the name of the former capital of the kingdom, perhaps ultimately of Berber origin.In sense B. 2 probably after French maroquin maroquin n. In senses B. 1a, B. 1b, B. 4 probably on account of the dark colour of the things denoted, after the supposed characteristically dark complexion of the people of Morocco (compare Moor n.² 1). A. adj. (attributive). 1. Of, relating to, or belonging to Morocco; Moroccan. Esp. in the names of plants, animals, etc., originating (or supposed to have originated) in Morocco, as Morocco-cherry, Morocco daisy, Morocco gum, †Morocco leech, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [adjective] > North Africa > specific countries Algerian1560 Massylian1607 Morocco1607 Moroccana1684 Tripolitan1783 Somali1809 Tunisian1843 Somalian1884 Tripolitanian1943 Tigre1978 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vi. 50 Next vnto this saddle is the Morocco saddle..and these two Saddles for seruice in the warres, are..sufficient. c1616 Famous Hist. George Ld. Favkonbridge vi. 34 The Morrocco King with his blacke countenance, aduancing himselfe in his royall throne, with great admiration receiued Lord Faukonbridg. 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 70 in Sylva Cherries..Great-bearer, Morocco-cherry, the Egriot. 1724 London Gaz. No. 6233/2 The Morocco Ambassadour was conducted by the Master of the Ceremonies to his Audience of the young Princesses. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 289 Barbary Gum, sometimes called Morocco gum, the product of the Acacia gummifera, imported from Tripoli, etc. 1882 Garden 8 July 19/3 The blue Morocco Daisy is much admired. 1891 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Morocco leech, the Sanguisuga interrupta. 1901 Daily Chron. 7 Dec. 3/4 The Morocco youth has no tendency towards reform. 1983 C. J. Fox Journey into Barbary p. xvi Lewis's Morocco drawings were done in a very different spirit, representing a fanciful, purely visual savouring of the landscape. 2. gen. Made of or covered with morocco leather. ΚΠ 1751 Newport (Rhode Island) Mercury 14 Aug. 4/2 Large and small Morocco Pocket Books, with Clasps. 1775 J. Woodforde Diary 13 June (1924) I. 163 He had..a pr of red Morocco Slippers. 1817 T. F. Dibdin Bibliogr. Decameron II. 481 Your De Thous..are almost always in morocco bindings. 1858 C. G. F. Gore Heckington II. i. 16 A morocco-housewife or pocket-book. 1898 Argosy May 305 He one day brought over a red morocco prayer book. 1915 St. Nicholas June 760/1 Mr. Bear had already bought Mr. Dog the most beautiful red morocco collar. 1986 Christie's Sale Catal.: Bks. from Libr. of M. Boulton 12 Dec. 9 (list) Seventeenth century brown morocco, gilt single fillet border.., green morocco label (foot of spine frayed, minor abrasions on lower cover). B. n. 1. †a. = Morocco plum n. at Compounds 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > plum > damson damask prune1539 Morocco plum1629 Morocco1707 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 547 The first ripe are..the Black Damascen, the Morocco, the Barbary, the Myrobalan, the Apricot Plum, a delicate Plum that parts clean from the Stone [&c]. 1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) 723 [Plums] Early damask [Syn.] Morocco. 1860 R. Hogg Fruit Man. 247 [Plums] Morocco. b. A variety of dark purple grape. Also Black Morocco. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > grape > type of labruscaa1398 muscadel1517 muscadine1598 olive grape1601 grapeletc1620 burlace1629 frontignaca1642 fox-grape1648 verjuice grape1648 muscat1655 morillon1691 muscatel1691 grapeling1694 chasselas1699 muscadella1707 frontignan1756 Morocco1763 Pineau1763 Malaga1769 wild grape1770 Nebbiolo1788 Macabeo1794 Malbec1833 Hamburg grape1838 muscadel1852 Concord grape1858 garnacha1860 sultana grape1861 Canaiolo1862 dyer1865 Sémillon1875 Bual1882 lady's finger1892 Grignolino1894 Tokay grape1896 Durif1897 Morocco grape1908 Viognier1908 gros Colmar1927 Montepulciano1927 Shiraz1927 Verdicchio1940 Cinsault1945 Müller-Thurgau1951 Mavrud1959 Pinotage1964 Mavron1965 Syrah1969 Parellada1979 1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry IV. 378 The morocco, or barbarou, is a large purple grape, the bunches of which are also of an extraordinary size. 1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) 751 Small leaved sorts, requiring more heat, and fit for the rafters of a plant-stove. Black Morocco, blue Frontignac, blue tokay, [etc.]. 1860 R. Hogg Fruit Man. 109 [Grapes] Morocco (Ansley's Large Oval; Black Morocco; [etc.]). 1901 S. Miller in W. H. Barnes Grape in Kansas (Kansas State Horticultural Soc.) 104 It [sc. the grape] grows..in a great variety of soils; yielding many varieties, from the little, insignificant summer grapes of our Missouri islands and bottoms to the magnificent Muscats, Hamburgs, Moroccos, and Syrians. 1924 T. W. Sanders & J. Lansdell Grapes: Peaches: Melons xii. 66 Lady Downe's Seedling.—A valuable late grape... Of British origin, raised from a cross between Black Morocco and the Sweetwater. 1937 Deciduous Fruit Dealer Service Man. (Calif. Fruit Exchange) 29/2 Less extensively grown, but still very popular with the trade, are the Cornichon, Black Morocco, Servian Blue, Lady Finger, Olivette, Black Spanish and Almeria. 2. A kind of fine flexible leather made (originally in Morocco) from goatskin tanned with sumac, used esp. in bookbinding, shoemaking, and upholstery. Also (sometimes more fully imitation morocco): a leather made in imitation of this from sheepskin, lambskin, etc. Cf. earlier morocco leather n. at Compounds 2, and maroquin n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather from sheep or goat skin cheverela1400 sheep's leather1474 maroquin1533 saffian1591 lamb's leather1607 kid-skin1645 basil1674 kid1682 kid-leather1693 morocco leather1695 basan1714 Morocco hide1716 lambskin1725 Morocco1735 skiver1800 chevrette1884 glove-calf1885 Vici1888 Dongola1889 nappa leather1895 castor1897 mocha1909 capeskin1934 glove-sheep- 1735 G. Vertue Note-bks. (1936) IV. 93 This book finely bound..in morrocco. 1744 A. Pope Last Will 8 All the Volumes of my Works and Translations of Homer, bound in red Morocco. 1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 ii. 88/1 When they [sc. skins of the sea-lions] are tanned, they have a grain almost like Morocco. 1817 T. F. Dibdin Bibliogr. Decameron II. 533 For your Fifteeners..let me entreat you invariably to use morocco. 1852 C. Morfit Art of Tanning, Currying, & Leather-dressing (1853) 363 Imitation Morocco..is prepared from sheep-skins in the same manner as true Morocco. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 88/1 English, French, and Spanish moroccos all excel in their own way, either in grain or in colour. 1912 H. G. Wells Marriage i. §1. 5 A..meretricious dressing-bag of imitation morocco, which had been one of her chief financial errors at Oxbridge. 1921 L. Strachey Queen Victoria viii. 241 He was rewarded by a copy of the Prince's speeches, bound in white morocco, with an inscription in the royal hand. 1994 R. Hellinga Sixteen Pleasures xi. 185 The morocco I selected had a prominent grained surface, and I spent the morning polishing it.., smoothing out all the irregularities. 3. red Morocco n. see red adj. and n. Compounds 1f(b)(i). 4. In full Morocco ale. A kind of strong dark ale originally brewed at Levens Hall, Westmorland (now in Cumbria). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > ale > [noun] > strong ale merry-go-downa1500 king's ale1574 nippitatum1576 angels' food1577 huff-cap1577 mad dog1577 lift-leg1587 barley-broth1593 huma1625 stitchback1671 bummocka1688 hum-cap1699 Burton1738 stitch1742 old boy1743 barley-bree1786 huff1790 Morocco1792 old1884 1792 J. Budworth Fortnight's Ramble Lakes 17 We were regaled by a liquor called Morocco..; it is of a high colour, and is made from malt and hops; has an acid taste, and does not ferment. 1870 M. Collins Vivian III. ix. 186 Washed down with more copious draughts of strong ale and Morocco. 1894 R. S. Ferguson Hist. Westmorland 285 Levens Hall..is also famed for its ‘morocco’ or old ale. 1965 J. Lofthouse Countrygoers' North I. iv. 43 In the Hall are..early English drinking glasses which were offered to all newcomers, filled with the potent Morocco. 2000 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 30 June 52 The brewery's bottled versions of Morocco Ale, Crack Shot,..and Old Legover have been firm favourites in off-licences and supermarkets. †5. slang. in morocco: naked. Cf. buff n.² Obsolete.Used by Longfellow as ‘Gypsy’ slang. ΚΠ 1843 H. W. Longfellow Spanish Student iii. v. 145 There you are in your morocco! Compounds C1. Instrumental (in sense B. 2), with adjectives. a. morocco-covered adj. ΚΠ 1849 C. Brontë Shirley II. v. 133 The large morocco-covered easy chair had been left vacant for Dr. Boultby. 1886 A. Hornblow tr. J. Normand Splashes from Parisian Ink-pot 83 Plunged in a big green morocco-covered fauteuil, he began to scan over the ‘dailies’. morocco-cushioned adj. ΚΠ 1837 W. H. Maxwell in Bentley's Misc. Sept. 301 On the morocco-cushioned sofa even a Roman might have reclined in comfort. morocco-edged adj. ΚΠ 1973 ‘D. Jordan’ Nile Green iv. 20 The clean morocco-edged blotter. b. morocco-bound adj. bound in morocco leather; (also figurative) solid, reliable, conservative. ΚΠ 1849 W. Irving Sketch Bk. (new ed.) 141 Small morocco-bound prayerbooks. 1896 Sat. Rev. 12 Dec. 623/2 ‘Little Eyolf’..has been promoted into a full-blown fashionable theatrical speculation, with a ‘Morocco Bound’ syndicate in the background. 1958 Listener 2 Oct. 520/2 Sentences like ‘I have still to see that lofty homeland of the potato and the llama’..belong to a solid, morocco-bound tradition. 1996 Independent 26 June ii. 6/1 They wage dedicated campaigns to acquire morocco-bound first editions. C2. Morocco grape n. = sense B. 1b. ΚΠ 1908 E. R. Emerson Beverages I. xxi. 523 Perhaps this was the maroquin or Morocco grape called the pied de poule, fowl's foot, at Montpellier. Morocco-head n. U.S. regional the goosander, Mergus merganser; esp. the female goosander, which has a chestnut-coloured head. ΚΠ 1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 65 Merganser americanus, at Milford and Stratford, Conn., velvet-breast; and to some Atlantic City gunners, Morocco-head. 1928 F. A. Bailey Birds New Mexico 148 The descriptive names of Buff-breasted Sheldrake for the drake and..Morocco-head for the duck seem to belong to this species. Morocco hide n. rare = sense B. 2. ΚΠ 1716 J. Gay Trivia i. 3 Then let the prudent Walker Shoes provide, Not of the Spanish or Morocco Hide. 2002 www.charles-edwin.com 9 Apr. (O.E.D. Archive) The original leather cover, which perished long ago, has been replaced with Morocco hide, gold tooled. Morocco-jaw n. U.S. regional the surf scoter, Melanitta perspicillata. ΚΠ 1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 103 Oidemia perspicillata, at Bellport, L.I., Morocco-jaw. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. I. 151 Surf Scoter. Oidemia perspicillata... [Also called] Plaster-bill; Morocco-jaw; Goggle-nose. 2001 B. Bartlett in L. Rogers & B. C. Peace P. K. Page: Ess. on Wks. 82 The surf scoter..has been known as spectacle coot, blossom-billed coot, horse-head, patch-head, skunk-head, plaster-bill, morocco-jaw, goggle-nose, and snuff-taker. morocco leather n. = sense B. 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather from sheep or goat skin cheverela1400 sheep's leather1474 maroquin1533 saffian1591 lamb's leather1607 kid-skin1645 basil1674 kid1682 kid-leather1693 morocco leather1695 basan1714 Morocco hide1716 lambskin1725 Morocco1735 skiver1800 chevrette1884 glove-calf1885 Vici1888 Dongola1889 nappa leather1895 castor1897 mocha1909 capeskin1934 glove-sheep- 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 61 Here is that excellent leather dressed, which is called leather of Maroco.] 1695 P. Motteux tr. F. Pidou de St. Olon Present State Morocco 140 The Red Morocco Leather, known here by the Name of Spanish Leather, is drest in that City [sc. Fez], and is the finest in all Barbary. 1791 Madras Courier 29 Sept. To be Sold, an Elegant, new, and fashionable Bandy, with copper-pannels, lined with Morocca leather. 1991 Photographer Sept. 9 (advt.) Wood frames, with a lustrous, 20-coat finish and morocco leather frames—with 22 carat gold tooling. Morocco man n. now historical (chiefly in 18th cent.) an agent of an insurance broker who issued side bets (known as ‘insurances’) on the outcome of the lottery. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > other types of defrauder or swindler leger1591 concealer1597 break-bulk1622 bug hunter1725 land-shark1769 Morocco man1796 land-cook1807 nob-pitcher1819 bubble-man1862 scuttler1869 lumberer1897 prop man1966 1796 P. Colquhoun Treat. Police of Metropolis (ed. 3) 153 (note) Fraudulent Lottery Insurances have not diminished. The Offices are numerous all over the Metropolis,..to many of which there are persons attached, called Morocco Men, who go about from house to house among their former customers, and attend in the back parlours of Public Houses, where they are met by customers who make insurances. 1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. I. ix. 247 And the men who are sent about to public houses to entice poor people into illegal lottery insurances, are called Morocco-men. 1893 J. Ashton Hist. Eng. Lotteries xxii. 298 The insurance offices in the metropolis..had jackals, touts who provided prey for them, in the shape of Morocco men, so called from the red Morocco pocket-books they used to carry with them. 1932 C. L. Ewen Lotteries & Sweepstakes viii. 264 In 1800 there were nearly 7,500 morocco men (including hired armed ruffians and bludgeon men). Morocco plum n. now historical a variety of dark purple plum (cf. sense B. 1a). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > plum > damson damask prune1539 Morocco plum1629 Morocco1707 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole ii. xiii. 576 The Morocco plumme is blacke like a Damson. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Prunus The early black Damask, commonly called The Morocco Plum. 2002 www.florilegium.org 9 Apr. (O.E.D. Archive) The Morocco plum was a sweet black plum listed by Parkinson in 1629 as an old plum of unknown origin. Morocco skin n. a whole hide of morocco leather. ΚΠ 1725 H. Wanley Diary 10 Nov. (1966) II. 392 Mr Elliot came, & I d[elivere]d to him a parcel of MSS, to bind, with 5 of my Lords Marocco-skins. 1822 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 6 Apr. 3/5 (advt.) A few dozen coloured Morocco Skins, suitable for Coach Trimmings, just received and for sale by Samuel D. Breed. 1896 J. H. McNamee Ess. Good Binding 33 Mr. McNamee will not have a skin of ‘persian’, or imitation morocco, which is nothing more or less than sheep skin grained to imitate the morocco skin, in his bindery. 1990 B. B. Higginbotham Our Past Preserved vii. 70 Pig (with each skin two to four times the size of a morocco skin) cost between $7 and $11 per hide. Derivatives moˈrocco-like adj. ΚΠ 1877 Manufacturer & Builder Feb. 43/1 The morocco-like surface is obtained by pressure from an engraved wooden block. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 613 In lupus erythematosus the adherent crusts and morocco-like surface are a characteristic feature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † moroccov. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: Morocco n. Etymology: < Morocco n. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. transitive. To make into morocco (leather). ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Morocco, to convert into morocco. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.1607v.1890
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† moroccov.