| 单词 | red madder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred madder red madder n. (a) the plant madder, Rubia tinctorum; (also) the reddish-purple dye obtained from the roots of this plant; †(b) any of several kinds of birthwort (genus Aristolochia) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > [noun] > madder maddereOE red madder?a1425 warence1526 rubee?a1547 umber-owea1661 madder plant1758 alizari1769 munjeet1813 ?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 3 (MED) Astrologia beth of iij specys: the longe is callid rede mader. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 56 Pocions made & componed of rubea maiori, i. rede mader. ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh.) (1950) 126 Þis herbe [sc. Astralogia rotunda] is on spece of þe reed madyr. a1500 Agnus Castus (Laud) (1950) 201 Rvbea maior is an herbe þat me clepuþ reed mader or warance; þis herbe hath leues þat buth euelong y-lich to þe leues of woderoue, and hij buþ sharp at þe ende. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry sig. A5 Atristolochia-longa, otherwise called red madder, is an hearbe growing almost in every field. 1781 A. Hamilton Treat. Midwifery 52 Some use an infusion of red madder (the dye so called) in beer. 1847 London Jrnl. Arts, Sci., & Manuf. 30 284 The ground..has the same chemical constituents and characteristics as the earth in which red madder is cultivated at Avignon. 1935 Parnassus 7 17/2 Purple is produced..by dyeing red madder over indigo. 1992 D. Kemp Pleasures & Treasures Brit. iv. 202 The name of both the church and the alley recall the market at which cloth workers bought red madder root for dyeing their fabrics. < as lemmas |
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