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Polandn.1

Brit. /ˈpəʊlənd/, U.S. /ˈpoʊlən(d)/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Poland.
Etymology: < Poland (Polish Polska ), the name of a country in central Europe with a coastline on the Baltic Sea, bordered by Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and Lithuania < Pole n.3 + land n.1Compare the following earlier attestations of the name of the country in form Poleland (and compare also notes at Pole n.3, Polan n.):1564 Briefe Exam. sig. D. iv O woulde to God the state of the Churches of..Poleland were brought to this poynte.1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 17 The Bridges of Poleland. The origin of sense 5 and of Poland fowl n. at sense 2a (and likewise Polish fowl n. at Polish n.1 and adj. Compounds) is unclear; in spite of the connection with Holland in quot. 1815 for Poland fowl n., the explanation offered in quot. 1868 for Poland fowl n. seems very unlikely.
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).
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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).
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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).
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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

Brit. /ˈpəʊlənd/, U.S. /ˈpoʊlən(d)/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Poland.
Etymology: < Poland, the name of a town in Maine, United States.
In full Poland water. A variety of mineral water obtained from springs at Poland, Maine.
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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).
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