单词 | rareripe |
释义 | rareripen.adj. Chiefly U.S. A. n. 1. A person who or thing which is ready or matures early.In origin probably figurative with reference to early-ripening fruit or vegetables. ΚΠ 1653 Z. Bogan View Threats & Punishments Recorded in Script. 537 Wealth hastily gotten, is like a child borne before his time... There are few rare-ripes, but are soon rotten; whether in wealth, wisdome, or learning. 1866 W. H. Herndon Let. 8 Jan. in P. M. Angle Lincoln Reader (1947) ix. 190 [Abraham] Lincoln would smooth things over by saying: ‘These children..are not merely rare-ripes, rotten-ripes, household plants.’ 1904 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 13 May 8/5 (advt.) When the qualities are right and the prices are low we take them [sc. surpluses of Hosiery] in... These are rare ripes in the price way. 1997 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail (Nexis) 12 Apr. 10 ‘Delay adolescence, rareripes rot’ my grandmother used to say. She knew that even the best youngster could curdle, crammed with copycat learning. 2. spec. a. An early-ripening variety of peach. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > peach > types of peach presse1604 avant-peach1611 man peach1629 nutmeg1629 Roman peach1629 muscat1664 Rambouillet1664 winter peach1664 rumbullion1670 Orleans1674 pavie1675 Magdalenea1678 minion1691 admirable1693 maudlin1699 clingstone1705 nipple peach1719 rareripe1722 melter1766 vanguard1786 freestone1807 cling1845 lemon cling1848 peregrine1903 doughnut peach1993 1722 New-Eng. Courant 3 Sept. 2/1 Having in his Garden a plentiful Crop of Rare-Ripes, he agreed with an Ethiopian Market-Man..to bring him an Horse-load of them to Town. 1724 Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 33 i. 194 Seven or eight Hundred fine Peaches of the Rare-ripes, growing at the same Time upon one Tree. 1852 D. Smith Ladies' Bk. Anecd. 445 The mother went out and brought in some peaches; a few of which were large, red-cheeked, rare-ripes—the rest small, ordinary peaches. 1884 N.Y. Weekly Tribune 20 Feb. 11/1 Rare-ripes [are] red-fleshed, and yellow fleshed, but red at the stone. 1922 U. P. Hedrick Cycl. Hardy Fruits 189 A century ago Yellow Rareripe was at the head of the list of yellow-fleshed, freestone peaches. 1974 Daily Rev. (Hayward, Calif.) 13 Oct. 20/2 Shinn's Rareripe, an early variety of freestone peach, was originated and introduced by them. b. U.S. regional (New England). An early-ripening onion; a spring onion. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > onion, leek, or garlic > onion > other types of onion hollekec1000 chibol1362 scallion1393 oniona1398 chesbollc1410 oinet?1440 red onionc1450 sybow1574 green onion1577 Strasbourg onion1629 cibol1632 Portugal onion1647 Spanish onion1706 Welsh onion1731 spring onion1758 Reading1784 rareripe1788 yellow onion1816 onionet1820 potato onion1822 tripoli1822 escalion1847 stone-leek1861 Egyptian onion1880 ramp1885 multiplier1907 ramps1939 Vidalia1969 tree onion- 1788 Perpetual Laws Commonw. Mass. 284 No Onions, in bunches..shall be shipped..unless they weigh as follows, viz. rare ripes (so called) two and half pounds. 1790 S. Deane New-Eng. Farmer 196/2 Even an onion which is partly rotten will produce two, three, or four good ones, if the seed stems be taken off as soon as they appear. They ripen earlier than young ones, have the name rare-ripes, and will sell at a higher price. 1855 J. A. Eames Another Budget (ed. 2) x. 97 Some large bunches of early onions, such as are commonly called ‘rare ripes’ at home. 1859 A. Watson Amer. Home Garden xi. 158 The very early stringed and barreled dry onions known in our markets as rareripes. 1935 W. Winchell in Wisconsin State Jrnl. 6 Aug. 4/7 In Rhode Island they feature a vegetable called ‘The Rareripe’... It's a scallion!.. The legend is they decided on that name since you made scallions mean something repulsive. 1963 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News 16 May 21 (advt.) Rare ripes Garden-fresh 'n nippy! Bunch 5c. 1999 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 Mar. t19 In whatever form scallions or ‘rareripes’ from the garden are used, they will add a bright and lively note to many recipes. B. adj. Esp. of grains, fruit, or vegetables: coming early to maturity; ripening early in the year. Also in extended use.In quot. 1861: of the colour of a rareripe peach. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by age or cycles > [adjective] > ripe or ripened > ripening or becoming ripe > ripening or flowering early hasty1338 before-ripea1382 precoquea1398 premature?1440 rathe1572 hasting1578 rathe-ripe1578 precocious1650 precoce1658 rareripe1678 hastive1724 force-ripe1830 1678–9 R. Plot in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1757) 2 Jan. III. 452 By others it [sc. Patney barley] was called rare ripe barley. 1708 H. P. Looking-glass for Children (ed. 4) 72 The courteous welcome of your rare-ripe verse. 1747 W. Stith Hist. Virginia iii. 162 Rare-ripe Corn was the Corn of those Times, and..they usually had two Crops of it in a Year. 1786 G. Washington Diary 12 Dec. (1925) III. 145 The Eastern rare-ripe Corn..had yielded..unproductively both at Muddy hole and in the Neck. 1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner vi. 58 Brunette, with a rareripe flush in her cheeks. 1866 W. H. Herndon Let. 8 Jan. in P. M. Angle Lincoln Reader (1947) ix. 190 [Abraham Lincoln would say:] ‘I have always noticed that a rare-ripe child quickly matures, but rots as quickly.’ 1870 Overland Monthly June 563/2 My babes..like rareripe fruits, untouched as yet, with the nap and the dew upon them. 1947 Big Spring (Texas) Daily Herald 30 Nov. A jug o' rare-ripe corn squeezin's. 1955 New Castle (Pa.) News 7 Sept. 21/3 (advt.) For Sale. Rare Ripe peaches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1653 |
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