单词 | partridge eye |
释义 | partridge eyen.ΚΠ a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Cadger l. 2127 in Poems (1981) 81 It is ane syde off salmond, as it wair, And callour, pypand lyke ane pertrik ee. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Cock & Fox in Fables 238 Let me tell Thee, Partlet mine, and swear, That..when I spy The Scarlet Red about thy Partridge Eye,..All Sorrows at thy Presence take their flight. 1714 W. Forbes Jrnl. Session 1705–13 p. xxvii A Highland Witness in a Cause, who had been hard put to it by his Lordship's Interrogatories, meeting another Highlander,..advised him to beware of the Man with the Partridge-Eye. 2. A type of pink champagne or rosé wine. Also: the colour of this wine. Cf. oeil-de-perdrix n. 1. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > types of wine > [noun] > pink wine rosea1475 oeil-de-perdrix1677 partridge eye1712 rosé1865 pink wine1900 pink1928 vin rosé1931 rosado1956 blush1979 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs II. iii. viii. 368/1 Safre, or Zafre, is a Mineral of a bluish or Partridge Eye Colour. 1757 T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. III. 350 There was a wine made from the juice of ripe grapes without expression, which was very delicious and very clear, and therefore called l'oeil de perdrix, or the partridge-eye. 1759 W. Lewis tr. C. Neumann Chem. Wks. ii. iv. 444 The most celebrated of the French Wines are Champagne, Burgundy, Vin de Beaune or Partridge-eye,..&c. 1772 L. de Saint Pierre Art of planting & cultivating Vine iv. 201 The Wine obtained..is of a deeper colour than that of the Wine called..Partridge-eye. 1873 W. E. Gladstone Let. 13 Sept. in R. Ornsby Mem. J. R. Hope-Scott (1884) II. App. 280 A luncheon..bedewed with what I think is called partridge-eye champagne. 1905 Times 1 Aug. 11/4 Première Cuvée..a dry full-bodied Wine, of the colour known as ‘partridge eye’. 1990 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 26 Apr. (Food section) g4 The Wines of McLaughlin Vineyard including white table wine, chardonnay, blush and Partridge Eye. 2002 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 6 Feb. 8 Oeil de Perdrix..is a blush wine, with a ‘partridge eye’ pink tinge. 3. A type of decoration, esp. on ceramics. Cf. oeil-de-perdrix n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > pottery ornamented in specific way > specific ornamentation sprig1770 partridge eye1782 fingertipping1935 1924 T. Wright Romance of Lace Pillow (new ed.) I. ix. 76 Mayflower (that is, cloth-work buds surrounded with honeycomb). Note 1. This filling bears some resemblance to the French Oeil de Perdrix (Partridge's Eye).] 1782 Invoice 26 Oct. in Neustra Senhora des Carmes: App. to Appellant’s Case (Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes) (?1788) 22 Four Table Services, Partridge Eye, comprizing ea. 13 napkins & a Table-cloth. 1953 F. Tilley Litchfield's Pottery & Porcelain (ed. 6) vi. 234 The names of some other decorations [on Sèvres work] occur in various catalogues and inventories: thus the oeil de perdrix, the well-know partridge eye-pattern. 1998 School Arts (Nexis) Dec. 29 The triangle checkerboard and criss-cross shape and the diamond checkerboard shape are called ‘fibula’ and ‘partridge eye’, respectively. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1500 |
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