| 单词 | beaver cod |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbeaver cod b. More fully beaver cod, beaver's cod. A castor sac of a beaver (usually in plural). Also: the musky oily material obtained from these, used in perfumery and (formerly) in medicine; cf. castor n.1 2, castoreum n. Now historical.Castor sacs, present in both male and female beavers, were previously thought to be the testicles. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Castoridae (beaver) > inguinal sac(s) cod1551 codlings1605 follicle1646 beaver-stones1697 oilstone1799 1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. B.ij Germander, beuers coddes aris and rue, do properly pertayne to the healyng of this poison. 1610 Virginia Commodities in A. Brown Genesis U.S. (1890) I. 385 Bever codd is likewyse to be cutt and dryed and will yealde here 5s. per lb. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. iv. 113 Of the Beever, These cods or follicles, are found in both sexes, though somewhat more protuberant in the male. View more context for this quotation 1753 R. Brookes Gen. Dispensatory 17 This is the inguinal Glands of the Bever. The best are large, round, hard Cods, and when cut, are of a red, Liver-Colour. Castor is given in the Gripes and Wind Colic, but chiefly in the hysteric Passion. 1882 Amer. Homœpathic Pharmacœpia 160 Castoreum... Common Names, Beaver's cod. Castor. 2001 Hist. Teacher 34 441 I also bring in for ‘show-and-tell’ archaeological remains, Indian and European trade goods,..beaver top hat, and dried beaver cods. < as lemmas |
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