单词 | organy |
释义 | † organyn.1 Obsolete. rare. Meaning uncertain: either ‘instrumental music’, or = organum n.1 4. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > [noun] organeOE orgleeOE gleea1225 instrumentc1300 organum1342 organyc1400 musicala1450 musical instrument?c1450 organ1772 dulcimer1890 axe1955 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. 9 Of gerlis of gloria laus gretly me dremed, And how osanna by orgonye [v.rr. Organye; orgene] olde folke songen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021). organyn.2 Now English regional (chiefly south-western and south-west midlands) or historical. 1. Any plant of the genus Origanum, spec. (also wild organum) oregano or wild marjoram, O. vulgare. Cf. organ n.2 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > pennyroyal pulegeeOE organOE hillwortc1000 pulegiumOE wood-minta1300 puliol royalc1300 churchworta1400 puliol?a1425 pennyroyal1530 pudding grass1538 organy1540 organy1578 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific plant > origanum origanuma1398 organuma1450 organy1540 origany1728 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. f. lxvii Sethe organnye [L. origanum] or myrrhe with oyle olyfe. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. xvii. f. 33 The wesyl in chasyng the serpente preserueth her selfe with Rue, and þe storke with organye [L. origano]. 1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. ix. 64 Organy or Wild Marjorane. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Organy or Orgain, wild or bastard Marjoram. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Organy Wild Organy, or Wild Marjoram, is Origanum sylvestre. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 173 Common Marjoram... The plant is sometimes called Wild Organy. 1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. (at cited word) Organy, Origanum vulgare..Marjoram. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 320 They distinguished in the sixteenth century between the rather tender Sweet Marjoram of the gardens and the Common Organ, or Organy. 2. Pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium. Cf organ n.2 3. ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lxv. 232 This herbe is called..in English Penny Royall..and Organie. 1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words (at cited word) Organy, the herb pennyroyal. 1900 Pall Mall Mag. Feb. 151 Mother Strick, as makes anise and dill water an organy tea. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). organyn.3 Probably a compositorial misreading of organes, plural of organ n.1 (cf. sense 5a s.v.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means keyOE toolc1000 wherewithc1230 ministerc1380 meanc1390 instrumenta1425 organ?a1425 mesne1447 moyen1449 handlec1450 hackneya1500 receipta1500 operative1526 ingine1531 appliance1555 agent1579 matter1580 mids1581 wedge1581 wherewithal1583 shoeing-horn1587 engine1589 instrumental1598 Roaring Meg1598 procurement1601 organy1605 vehicle1615 vehiculuma1617 executioner1646 facility1652 operatory1660 instrumentality1663 expedient1665 agency1684 bladea1713 mechanic1924 mechanism1924 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles ii. i. sig. D2 Since youth and loue Were th'vnresisted organies to seduce you. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < |
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