| 单词 | pepper-corn |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspepper-corn 2. spec. The small hard seed or fruit of a plant; now only with contextual specification or defining attribute, as in barley-corn, pepper-corn, etc. extracted from cornn.1 a. A seed of one of the cereals, as of wheat, rye, barley, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > a single grain cornc1000 grainc1380 pickle1552 rice grain1763 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) xii. 24 Hwætene corn [1382 Wyclif corn of whete; so 1611; 1881 grain of wheat] wunað ana buton hyt fealle on eorþan & sy dead. a1175 Cotton Hom. 241 Þis bread was imaced of ane hwete corne. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 191 Ha breken þe eares bi þe wei & gnudden þe cornes bitweonen hare honden. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 62 Þe weiȝte of þre cornys of wheete. 1496 Act 12 Hen. VII c. 5 Every Sterling to be of the Weight of xxxij Corns of Wheat that grew in the Midst of the Ear. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. viiiv The cornes be very great & white, and it is the best barley. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Socrates in Panoplie Epist. 228 The ant..was occupied in gathering wheat cornes together. 1738 G. Smith Curious Relations II. v. 63 Suppose that 1 Corn produces the first Year 50 Corns. c1842 E. J. Lance Cottage Farmer 11 The ears had ninety corns each on an average. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 185 (Malting) A sprouted corn or two. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 185 (Malting) Broken and bruised corns. b. The seed or fruit of various other plants, as of an apple, a grape, pepper, coffee, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [noun] corna700 kernelc1000 seedOE grain1377 pippina1382 acinusa1398 acine1597 seedling1675 vegetable egg1675 seedlet1754 pip1773 oilseed1887 a700 Epinal Gloss. 790 Ptysones, berecorn berendæ. c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xv Se æppel..monig corn oninnan him hæfð. c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 74 Ȝenim..xvii pipor corn gnid to somne. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xiii. 31 The kyngdam of heuenes is like to a corn of seneuey. 1486 Bk. St. Albans C v a Take..the cornes of sporge and grinde it weell. 1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 24 Juniper whereon are manye berryes or cornes. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health cxxii. 108 A few cornes of blacke pepper. 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick 98 Swallow five or six corns of White Pepper. 1876 S. D. Scott To Jamaica & Back 104 Each [coffee] berry contains two corns.. The corns slide through into other troughs of water. < as lemmas |
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