单词 | pap-boat |
释义 | pap-boatn. 1. A boat-shaped container for holding liquid or semi-liquid food, typically having a tapering lip or spout from which an infant may be fed. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > other types of dish spice-plate1391 pie plate1573 maple dish1637 cheese platea1665 supper dish1664 copperplate1665 reaming dish1712 paper plate1723 pickle leaf1762 pap-boat1782 supper1787 vegetable dish1799 well-dish1814 ice plate1820 pudding plate1838 tea plate1862 picnic plate1885 strawberry dish1941 1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. vi. x. 343 I have a vast inclination to get a pap-boat myself, and make him a present of it. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Rose & Ring iii [She] merely sent her compliments and a silver papboat for the baby. 1902 S. J. Weyman In Kings' Byways 186 Go to your nurse and your pap-boat, child. 1956 P. O'Brian Golden Ocean vii. 120 Ransome..fed the expectant mother with a pap-boat. 1991 Treasure Hunting Oct. (BNC) 30 Many silver pap boats were converted into cream boats by adding a handle and feet. ΚΠ 1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. i. 372/1 Pap-boat,..2. Turbinella rapha. It is used on the Malabar coast..to contain the sacred oil which is employed in anointing the priests. 1891 Cent. Dict. 6533/2 Turbinellidæ,..the so-called false volutes, turnip-shells, or pap-boats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1782 |
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