单词 | mustard ball |
释义 | > as lemmasmustard ball mustard ball n. †(a) mustard shaped into a small ball (obsolete); (b) English regional a lead ball used to crush mustard seeds. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > mustard seed > mustard ball mustard ball1645 1645–6 in D. G. Vaisey Probate Inventories Lichfield & District 1568–1680 64 A muster ball. 1679 T. Oates True Narr. Horrid Plot 48 The Deponent saith, that by Tewxbury Mustard-balls, we are to understand, Fire-balls. 1739 in M. Bodfish Probate Inventories Smethwick Residents 1647–1747 (1992) 85 One Iron morter & pestill & mustard ball. 1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 154 Mustard-ball, a leaden ball used in making sauce from sorrel and in bruising mustard seeds, &c. < as lemmas |
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