| 单词 | osmund | 
| 释义 | osmundn.1 Now historical.  1.  A type of high-quality iron formerly produced in the Baltic region from bog iron ore, imported in very small bars or rods, and used for the manufacture of arrowheads, fish hooks, etc., and for hardening the edges of tools and weapons. Also  osmund iron. Hence more widely: any iron produced from bog iron ore. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > 			[noun]		 > type of iron > bar-iron > types of osmund1295 ozimus1550 nail-rod1774 bolt-iron1793 hoop-iron1820 hooping1823 mill bar1839 larget1852 wire iron1952 1295    in  Antiquaries Jrnl. 		(1927)	 7 428 (MED)  				In..viii. garbis ferri quod dicitur Osemund. 1324–5    in  N. S. B. Gras Early Eng. Customs Syst. 		(1918)	 379 (MED)  				Idem Petrus pro ferro de osmund. 1348    in  M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. 		(1946)	 72 (MED)  				[The small pieces of iron called] bakyren, wrymond [and] osmond. a1399    in  W. G. Benham Oath Bk. Colchester 		(1907)	 8 (MED)  				Osemund, j barel, j d. c1450    Treat. Fishing in  J. McDonald et al.  Origins of Angling 		(1963)	 147  				Ye schall make your hokes of steyl & of osmonde. 1479    W. Worcester Itineraries 		(Corpus Cambr. 210)	 		(1969)	 192  				Revel..ibi est coper, osmond, gold syluer. 1488    Act 3 Hen. VII c. 9 §1  				Other Stuff as Lynen Cloth..osmonde Iren Flax and Wax. a1500    Tracts Eng. Weights & Meas. 18 in  Camden Misc. 		(1929)	 XV (MED)  				Osmundus is sold by the barrell..xij barrell Osmond is a last in byenge and sellynge, and xiij barrell is a schyppe laste to freyte. 1594    Compt Bk. D. Wedderburne 		(1898)	 132  				To wair 8 gudlenis on pes or osmond iron. 1618    Compt Bk. D. Wedderburne 		(1898)	 300  				The good ship..loadit with twentie sexe last osemund irone. 1753    W. Maitland Hist. Edinb.  iii. 248  				For every cwt of Osmond brought into Leith 8 pennies. 1823    Mechanic's Mag. 27 Sept. 71  				Comparative strength of Metals..Bar [Iron] 8·492, Oosement bar 8·142, Cable 7·752. 1864    J. Percy Metall.: Iron & Steel 619  				Descriptions of other processes, such as the Sulu process, the Osemund process..will be found in various treatises. 1898    R. Åkerman in  Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. No. 2. 9  				In certain very remote parts of the country osmund iron, though in rather small quantity, was still produced from bog ore up to the end of the last century. 1932    Econ. Hist. Rev. 4 12  				The Swedish iron made upon this direct process came to be called Osmound (Osmund) iron, a word of unknown origin. 1959    Economica 26 24 		(caption)	  				Prices of osmund iron, bricks, lime and naarden cloth. 1995    J. D. Fudge Cargoes, Embargoes, & Emissaries 30  				The Prussian staple supplied hemp, flax, yarn, and Swedish bog iron called osmund.  2.  As a count noun: a small bar or rod of osmund. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > 			[noun]		 > bar of iron > other types of bar osmund1428 nail bar1817 merchant bar1838 round1862 plating bar1879 osmund piece1898 1428    in  J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. 		(1890)	 1  				John Burn..cutted aboute xxvj peces of fals Inglysh iryn..and made yam in shappe of osmundes. 1540    Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 14  				Item for euery last of osmondes accomptyng .xiii. barrels for a last .viii.s. 1598    R. Hakluyt tr.  Agreement Henry IV in  Princ. Navigations 		(new ed.)	 I. 167  				Halfe a last of osmundes. 1880    E. Peacock in  Proc. Soc. Antiq. 22 Jan. 257  				Osmunds were clearly..the very best iron,..probably used only for the finest purposes, such as arrow heads, fish hooks,..and the works of clocks. 1903    N.E.D. (at cited word)  				The osmunds were imported put up in sheaves, packed in barrels, 12 (or 13) of which made a last. 1998    M. Sjöberg  & A. Tomilov in  M. Ågren Iron-making Soc. ii. 35  				The bergsmän produced—and sold—iron in lumps weighing a few ounces each, called ‘osmunds’, which the purchasers had to refine themselves. Compounds  osmund furnace  n. a small blast furnace for reducing bog iron ore to produce osmund, formerly used in the Baltic region. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > 			[noun]		 > furnaces for melting or refining metals > for roasting or calcining ores > for iron ore run-out furnace1812 Catalan forge1839 run-out fire1854 osmund furnace1864 sinter plant1938 1864    J. Percy Metall.: Iron & Steel 320  				I shall distinguish it by the name of the Osmund furnace, from the Swedish word osmund, which was applied to the bloom produced in this kind of furnace. 1902    B. H. Brough Let. 16 Apr. in  N.E.D. 		(1903)	  				Osmund furnaces were in operation in Jemtland in 1830, and in Finland even later.   osmund piece  n. a small bar or rod of osmund. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > 			[noun]		 > bar of iron > other types of bar osmund1428 nail bar1817 merchant bar1838 round1862 plating bar1879 osmund piece1898 1898    Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 2 No. 2. 7  				In the Middle Ages and down to the 16th century, these osmund pieces were very commonly used as currency in the absence of the more precious metals. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > 			[noun]		 > soft stone osmund stone1613 lard-stone1811 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > 			[noun]		 > spinel group AB2 O4 > magnetite quick irona1398 magnet1440 lodestone?1518 magnetes1579 osmund stone1613 magnetite1851 Heraclean stone1883 titanomagnetite1895 coulsonite1937 1613    M. Ridley Short Treat. Magneticall Bodies 3  				This stone is called the Magnet..we call it the Load-stone... And it is well termed the Osmound Stone, because he is as it were Os Mundi, the bone of the world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). osmundn.2 Now historical.  1.  The royal fern,  Osmunda regalis; (also) any fern of the genus  Osmunda. In early use also: †any of several other ferns, esp. the male fern,  Dryopteris filix-mas (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > 			[noun]		 > names applied to various ferns oak ferna1400 osmund?a1425 polytrich1526 rough spleenwort1597 parsley fern1777 sword-fern1829 bird's nest fern1831 resurrection fern1870 the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > 			[noun]		 > royal fern everferneOE ditch-fern14.. herb Christophera1450 osmund royal1548 osmund1578 Osmund the waterman1578 fern-osmund1614 stifling grass1692 osmunda1702 royal fern1781 bog onion1832 ?a1425						 (?1373)						    Lelamour Herbal 		(1938)	 f. 23 (MED)  				That oþer ferne is callid osmounde, and he growiþ in dichis and in grippis. c1450    Med. Recipes 		(BL Add. 33996)	 in  F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch 		(1896)	 192  				Tak wermot,..weybrode þe rote of osmund [etc.]. 1578    H. Lyte tr.  R. Dodoens Niewe Herball  iii. lx. 401  				The Male Ferne..Of Mattheolus and Ruellius it is called Osmunde Royall. 1578    H. Lyte tr.  R. Dodoens Niewe Herball  iii. lxiii. 405  				Considering the propertie of this herbe [sc. Dryopteris, white and black] in taking away heare, as also for a difference from the other Oke Fernes and Osmundes, we do thinke good to name this herbe..Osmunde Baldepate or Pylde Osmunde... The blacke..may be very wel called in our tongue, Small Osmunde, or Petie Ferne. 1611    R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues  				Feuchiere aquatique, Water Fearne, Osmund, Osmund royall, Osmund the Waterman, S. Christophers hearbe. 1611    R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues  				Feuchiere des chesnes, Oake-fearne, pettie fearne, mosse-fearne, pild Osmund. 1658    Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in  Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 154  				In the root of Osmond or Water fern, every eye may discern the form of a Half Moon. 1712    Philos. Trans. 1710–12 		(Royal Soc.)	 27 350  				A particular sort of creeping Osmund or Flowring Fern. c1786    J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 62/1 at Osmunda  				(Spicant) or confluent leaved osmund. 1845    S. Judd Margaret  ii. i. 188  				Clusters of tall osmunds, straight as an arrow. 1945    A. B. Jackson Step's Wayside & Woodland Ferns 		(new. ed.)	 101  				In the shorter form of Osmund the later generic name was very early in use as a genuine folk-name.  2.   Osmund the waterman, the royal fern,  Osmunda regalis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > 			[noun]		 > royal fern everferneOE ditch-fern14.. herb Christophera1450 osmund royal1548 osmund1578 Osmund the waterman1578 fern-osmund1614 stifling grass1692 osmunda1702 royal fern1781 bog onion1832 1578    H. Lyte tr.  R. Dodoens Niewe Herball  iii. lxi. 402  				We may cal it..Osmonde the Waterman, Waterferne, and Saint Christophers herbe. 1611    R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues  				Feuchiere aquatique, Water Fearne, Osmund, Osmund royall, Osmund the Waterman, S. Christophers hearbe. 1728    R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum  				Osmunda Regulis,..in English, Osmund Fern, Water Fern, Osmund the Waterman, and Flowering Fern. 1945    A. B. Jackson Step's Wayside & Woodland Ferns 		(new. ed.)	 101  				It also appeared as Osmund Royal, Osmund the Waterman, and the Heart of Osmund. Compounds  osmund royal  n. 		 †(a) the male fern,  Dryopteris filix-mas (obsolete);		 (b) the royal fern,  Osmunda regalis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > 			[noun]		 > royal fern everferneOE ditch-fern14.. herb Christophera1450 osmund royal1548 osmund1578 Osmund the waterman1578 fern-osmund1614 stifling grass1692 osmunda1702 royal fern1781 bog onion1832 1548    T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ 		(rev. ed.)	  				Dryopteris, is an herbe, which groweth on old oken trees..lyke to ferne:..Some call it Osmende royall. 1578    H. Lyte tr.  R. Dodoens Niewe Herball  iii. lx. 401  				The Male Ferne..Of Mattheolus and Ruellius it is called Osmunde Royall. 1597    W. Langham Garden of Health 230  				The root of male Fearne, called Osmund roial. 1647    H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict.  				An hearbe called Usemond Royall, or Oke-ferne. 1714    Philos. Trans. 1713 		(Royal Soc.)	 28 177  				Osmund Royal, or Flowring Fern. 1757    Philos. Trans. 1756 		(Royal Soc.)	 49 854  				Water Fern or flowering Fern, or Osmund Royal. In moist woods, boggy grounds, and marshes, flowering in June and July. 1796    W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants 		(ed. 3)	 III. 763  				Osmund Royal. Flowering Fern. Royal Moonwort. 1856    P. H. Gosse Tenby xxii. 206  				The Osmund Royal, throwing up its flowering spike like a tall pyramid of chestnut-coloured blossom,..the noblest of our cryptogamous plants. 1880    W. B. Dawkins Early Man in Brit. vi. 125  				In the marshes there were alders, osmund royal, and marsh trefoil. 1945    A. B. Jackson Step's Wayside & Woodland Ferns 		(new. ed.)	 101  				It also appeared as Osmund Royal, Osmund the Waterman, and the Heart of Osmund. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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