单词 | poland |
释义 | Polandn.1 I. Compounds. 1. a. Poland oat n. (also Poland oats) a variety of cultivated oat, Avena sativa (cf. Polish oat n. at Polish n.1 and adj. Compounds). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > oats > the oat plant or variety of the oat oateOE purr oats1578 skeg1598 Polish oat1669 Poland oat1683 Poland1692 potato oats1801 swine-oat1819 fatuoid1922 1683 J. Houghton 11 Dec. in Husbandry & Trade Improv'd (1728) IV. 295 Do you sow any blue-oats, naked-oats, bearded-oats of North Wales, Poland oats? 1787 G. Washington Diaries III. 176 Began to sow Poland Oats with orchard and Timothy grass seeds. 1870 H. G. Davis Jrnl. 5 May in C. M. Pepper Life & Times Henry Gassaway Davis (1920) x. 155 The last sowed was Poland oats, near the barn. 1924 H. Hunter Oats iii. 24 In Yellow Poland oat..the sheath passes into a leaf blade without a distinct junction. b. Poland wheat n. now rare = Polish wheat n. at Polish n.1 and adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > wheat > types of wheat grain or plant spelta1000 farc1420 ador?1440 flaxen wheat?1523 Peak-wheat?1523 red wheat?1523 white wheat?1523 duck-bill wheat1553 zea1562 alica1565 buck1577 amelcorn1578 horse-flower1578 tiphe1578 pollard1580 rivet1580 Saracen's corn1585 French wheat1593 Lammas-wheat1594 starch corn1597 St. Peter's corn1597 frumenty1600 secourgeon1600 polwheat1601 duck-wheat1611 kidneys of wheat1611 ograve wheat1616 soft wheat1640 cone-wheat1677 Lammas1677 Poland wheat1686 Saracen corn1687 pole rivet1707 Smyrna wheat1735 hard wheat1757 hen corn1765 velvet wheat1771 white straw1771 nonpareil1805 thick-set wheat1808 cone1826 farro1828 Polish wheat1832 velvet-ear wheat1837 sarrasin1840 mummy wheat1842 snowdrop1844 Red Fife1857 flint-wheat1859 dinkel1866 thick-set1875 spring1884 macaroni wheat1901 einkorn1904 marquis1906 durum1908 emmer1908 hedgehog wheat1909 speltoid1939 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ix. 342 White-Lammas or Poland-wheat. 1849 Commerc. Rev. South & West Aug. 158 Flour from the samples of Poland wheat..yielded comparatively small proportions of gluten. 1907 H. de Vries Plant-breeding ii. 30 (caption) Poland wheat (Triticum polonicum). c. Poland manna n. see manna n.1 6. 2. a. Poland fowl n. = sense 5. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > types of > Poland fowl Poland1750 Polander1815 Poland fowl1815 Poland breed1840 Polish fowl1850 Polish1855 Pole1885 1815 ‘B. Moubray’ Domest. Poultry iii. 19 The Poland fowls, as they are generally called, were chiefly imported from Holland. 1868 Littell's Living Age 1 Aug. 315/1 The Poland fowl excels as a layer. It derives its name not from Poland, but from Holland, the designation being simply a vulgar rendering of Poulet Hollandois. 1939 A. L. Hagedoorn Animal Breeding xvii. 120 Many breeds of domestic animals..have been in-bred so intensively that they are very pure. I am thinking of the white-crested Poland fowl [etc.]. b. Poland breed n. a breed of domestic fowl, the Poland (see sense 5). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > types of > Poland fowl Poland1750 Polander1815 Poland fowl1815 Poland breed1840 Polish fowl1850 Polish1855 Pole1885 1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 476/2 The Poland breed, which is black-feathered, with white topknots, lays well. 1890 Sandusky (Ohio) Daily Reg. 14 Mar. The chickens are of the Poland breed. 3. Poland China n. a North American breed of large domestic swine, usually black or predominantly so with some white markings, esp. on the nose, feet, and tail; a pig of this breed. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > specific breeds purr?1577 Hampshirea1661 Shropshire1768 tun-back1776 Berkshire1810 Suffolk1831 China hog1838 Essex pig1838 Narragansett1852 Cumberland1860 Neapolitan1860 Tamworth1860 hazel splitter1866 Poland China1869 Duroc1872 Large Black1906 Lincolnshire Curly-Coat1917 saddleback1919 landrace1935 micropig1985 1869 Daily Gaz. (Davenport, Iowa) 13 Oct. 1/3 The question is frequently asked ‘What makes or constitutes the Poland China or Magie hogs’. They were produced from four pure and distinct breeds of Hogs. 1884 W. Crozier How Farm Pays 202 The Poland-China..is quite popular in the West, where pork growing is one of the most prominent industries of the farm. 1997 J. Moore Never eat your Heart Out 50 They grabbed up bits of the Poland China's black-and-white skin. II. Simple uses. 4. = Poland oat n. at sense 1a. Formerly also: †= Poland wheat n. at sense 1b (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > oats > the oat plant or variety of the oat oateOE purr oats1578 skeg1598 Polish oat1669 Poland oat1683 Poland1692 potato oats1801 swine-oat1819 fatuoid1922 1692 W. Sampson Rector's Bk., Clayworth 17 Aug. (1910) 100 My servt this harvest bro't me in a strang ear of wheat, but I soon discovered it to be ye heavy husked great Poland. 1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 117 Oat seed, six bushels of Poland, 5 of short small. 1801 Farmer's Mag. Aug. 350 This kind of oats [sc. potato oat] is spreading fast over all the southern counties of Scotland, and threatens to supplant the Polands upon the fertile soils. 1877 Times 1 May 6/2 Oats experienced a ready sale, best Polands fetching from 30s. to 34s. 1948 G. D. H. Bell Cultivated Plants Farm x. 87 The development of improved varieties of oats in this country is generally considered to have started with the introduction of a variety called Poland in the early part of the eighteenth century. Various selections were made from this variety, one of the best known being Tam Finlay. 5. A breed of domestic fowl, having a large rounded topknot that often envelops the head; a bird of this breed; = Polish fowl n. at Polish n.1 and adj. Compounds.Quot. 1750 may represent an attributive use (cf. Poland fowl n. at sense 2a). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > types of > Poland fowl Poland1750 Polander1815 Poland fowl1815 Poland breed1840 Polish fowl1850 Polish1855 Pole1885 1750 W. Ellis Country Housewife's Family Compan. 153 I can't say our Dunghill Fowls exceed all others, for there are excellent Sorts of the Poland, the Hamburgh, and the Darking Dunghill Fowls. 1850 D. J. Browne Amer. Poultry Yard 56 The newly-hatched chicks are grey, much resembling those of the silver Polands. 1871 W. M. Lewis People's Pract. Poultry Bk. 23 The Brahma, Cochin, Leghorn, Poland, and Houdan stand relatively in the position here named [as egg-layers]. 1912 J. H. Robinson Princ. & Pract. of Poultry Culture xxi. 375 For a long time after their introduction into England, Polish were called Polands or Polanders. 1978 Country Life 13 Apr. 957/3 The dizzy erratic Poland cockerel whose dropping top-knot always made him wander about..colliding with things. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Polandn.2 In full Poland water. A variety of mineral water obtained from springs at Poland, Maine. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > water > [noun] > mineral water > types of acidulae1670 Malvern water1756 Saratoga water1793 barége1811 Vichy1858 Congress water1865 Apollinaris1875 Contrexéville1877 Polly1878 Poland1881 St. Galmier1883 Vittel1895 Perrier1904 Evian1907 San Pellegrino1924 1881 J. G. Blaine Let. 6 Sept. in H. Ricker Poland Mineral Spring Water (1883) 37 Send two more cases Poland to the President [sc. Garfield]... The President will drink no other water. 1883 H. Ricker Poland Spring, Maine 18 The well-known effects following the use of Poland water were not discovered in a day. 1937 Maine: Guide ‘Down East’ (Federal Writers' Project) iii. 362 Poland Water is one of the few bottled waters that has continued to maintain a popularity. 1967 H. Johnson in C. Ray Compleat Imbiber IX. 148 Poland water is America's Perrier. It is not so fizzy but just as smart. 1999 Portland (Maine) Press Herald (Nexis) 14 Nov. 1 g I served this perfect brew to my bridge friends..I used a freshly cleaned coffee-maker and Poland water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11683n.21881 |
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