单词 | perelle |
释义 | perellen. Now historical. A grey crustose lichen formerly collected in the Auvergne region of France for use in making a violet dye. Also: the dye itself.The lichen was identified by 18th-century botanists with the crab's-eye lichen, Ochrolechia parella, though the term seems to have referred also to other species such as Pertusaria dealbescens. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > lichen > [noun] > other lichens cup-moss1597 ground liverwort1597 Usnea1597 perelle1712 oak moss1728 necklace moss1759 rag1759 thrush-lichen1759 Iceland lichen1777 Iceland moss1785 map lichen1796 scripture-wort1835 letter lichen1846 dog lichen1853 fairy cups1855 velvet moss1858 manna lichen1864 tree-hair1866 famine-bread1887 old man's beard1888 sea ivory1966 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > lichens or fungi used in dyeing > [noun] > others corkir1703 Canary weed1712 perelle1712 Canary moss1738 cudbear1767 aweto1845 Mauritius weed1858 velvet moss1858 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. v. xii. 92/2 The Dutch Turnsole is..made with..Perelle, or a dry'd Earth that is brought from Auvergne in France, Lime, and Urine. 1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant I. vi. 182 The Dyers use it, as we do the Parelle of Auvergne [Fr. Parelle d'Auvergne]. 1750 C. Smith Antient & Present State Cork II. iv. i. 243 (note) I am persuaded we have this Perelle in considerable quantities growing on the rocks, in the western parts of this county. 1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) V. 230 The plant know'n by the name of Perella, which is made use of in dying scarlet. 1791 W. Nicholson tr. J. A. C. Chaptal Elements Chem. III. 153 The parella or archil of Auvergne is made with the lichen parellus Linnæi. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Perelle, a name for the crab's-eye lichen,..found on rocks in mountainous countries, which yields a purple dye. 1992 F. S. Dobson Lichens (ed. 3) 210 It [sc. Ochrolechia parella] was used for dyeing and may have been the source of the purple dye ‘parelle’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1712 |
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