单词 | roany |
释义 | roanyadj.n. Chiefly English regional (northern) and Scottish. Now historical. Designating a type of thick tar formerly used for smearing sheep to protect the skin and fleece. Also occasionally as n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > processed resinous materials > [noun] > tar > types of coal tar1785 roany1805 shale-tar1857 daggett1861 Stockholm tar1867 1805 Edinb. Weekly Jrnl. 18 Sept. 2/2 (advt.) 150 Barrels Virginia and Carolina Roany Tar. 1823 National Advocate (N.Y.) 9 May Washington turpentine..Roany tar..Bright rosin..Good pitch. 1843 Scotsman 2 Sept. 1 (advt.) American thick roany tar. spirits of tar and turpentine, soft soap, [etc.]. 1849 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 10 445 The tar that should be used for this purpose [sc. sheep-smearing] comes from America, and is called ‘roany’, being of a fat unctuous nature of the consistence of very thick molasses. 1884 C. S. Sargent Rep. Forests N. Amer. 517 Tar..is graded as follows: ‘Rope yellow’,..—the highest grade..; ‘Roany’,..—the next running of the kiln; ‘Black’..—the lowest grade. 1974 W. Rollinson Life & Trad. Lake District vii. 91 Until the end of the nineteenth century fell flocks were ‘salved’..with butter and ‘roany’ tar to discourage parasites and to waterproof the fleece. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1805 |
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