单词 | plum tree gum |
释义 | > as lemmasplum tree gum plum tree gum n. gum collected from the plum tree, used chiefly medicinally (now historical); also in extended and figurative use, later with allusion to quot. 1604. ΚΠ c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 220 Tak gomme of chyrytrees or of plumtrees.] 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 200 Old men haue gray beards.., their eyes purging thick Amber, & plumtree gum . View more context for this quotation 1716 tr. J. P. de Tournefort Materia Medica (ed. 2) i. §5. iii. 202 In defect of Mastick, you may use Cherry-Tree or Plum-Tree Gum in Apophlegmatisms. 1772 tr. P.-J. Buc'hoz Toilet of Flora 81 A Beautifying Wash. Put into a cucurbit five pints of French brandy,..three ounces of Plumb-tree-gum, two ounces of Litharge of Silver, [etc.]. 1878 Harper's Mag. Apr. 698/2 The colors were mixed in water in which either cherry or plum tree gum had been dissolved, and were then applied with a brush. 1953 J. F. Byrne Silent Years i. 3 About this period, I suffered from tender ‘plum-tree gum’ eyes. Cousin Mary brought me to Vincent's Hospital where I was treated, but to no avail. < as lemmas |
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