单词 | moree |
释义 | moreen. Now rare (archaic and historical). Usually in plural (sometimes with singular agreement or as a mass noun). A kind of fine Indian cotton cloth. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > Indian moree1625 sannah1696 tapseil1725 cambaye1727 khadi1921 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > fine, light, or delicate > muslin > Indian beteela1598 moree1625 adatis1653 doria1696 terrindam1706 India muslin1716 alliballie1718 gurrah1727 tanzib1728 nainsook1790 Madras muslin1827 percale1840 Madras1902 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iv. 391 Moorees is a fine sort of cloth. c1680 T. Bowrey Geogr. Acct. Countries Bay of Bengal (1905) 55 Considerable quantities of these..Commodities are here wrought and Sold to Foraign Merchants vizt. Longecloth, Murrees,..Lungees, Painted Callicos of divers Sorts. 1682 London Mercury 25–9 Aug. 2/1 Seven of their East-India ships are arrived..and their cargo runs thus..4400 pieces of Morees. 1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 29 Morees... This is a Callico extreamly in use..to Work for Petty-Coats and Waste Coats. 1703 London Gaz. No. 3933/4 The Cargo of the Star of the East, consisting of Long Cloth,..Betelles, Moores, Neckcloths [etc.]. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. lv. 357 I have always maintained, that Chints, Bullbulls, Morees, and Ponabaguzzy's, are of nobler and more generous uses than Doorguzees or Noursurmannys. 1808 C. Breck Trust i. i. 6 Callimancoes, bandanoes, and comboys, and moories. 1857 E. Balfour Cycl. India Moories, Blue. These cloths are principally manufactured [etc.]. The trade..at Pondicherry consists of long cloths..morees, dimities [etc.]. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Moory, a brown cloth made in India. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 350 Morees, Manchester-made Muslins, much employed for the African export trade. 1980 E. Jong Fanny ii. ii. 183 The fine new Indian Stuffs—the Sooseyes, Succatums, Taffaties, Seersuckers, Chintses, Morees, and Pelongs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1625 |
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