单词 | scio |
释义 | † scion.1 Obsolete. 1. An assertion of knowledge or of certainty; an utterance of ‘Scio’ (‘I know’). Cf. nescio n. ΚΠ 1606 T. Morton Full Satisfaction conc. Double Romish Iniquitie iii. ii. viii. 68 This S. Augustine his Scio our Aequiuocators turne into Nescio. 1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. i. iii. 151 The scio that he giues it, a word of certentie. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. x. 193 We have his Scio prefixed, expresly to the former only, but intended to both. 2. At Oxford and Cambridge Universities: a formal declaration by a member of the faculty that a candidate is fit to take a degree; a person who makes such a declaration. Before a candidate could proceed to a degree, a certain number of members of his faculty had to testify secretly to the Vice-Chancellor in favour of his fitness with regard to conduct and learning. Nine were required in the faculty of arts, three in the other faculties. The Vice-Chancellor put the question to each in Latin, and the permitted responses were scio (‘I know’), credo (‘I believe’), or nescio (‘I do not know’). ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > marks > testimony on fitness of candidate for degree scio1664 society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > marks > testimony on fitness of candidate for degree > person who gives scio1664 1664 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 16 I gave a scio for Sr. Boen and Sr. (Henry) Knap of Merton Coll. 1665 J. Buck in G. Peacock Observ. Statutes Univ. Cambr. (1841) App. B. p. lxxvi If the Scio's & Credo's put together do exceed the number of Nescio's, the Parties for whom they are given are to be admitted. 1692 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 752 Michael Roberts..was then presented and admitted without Scio's or Deponents for his abilities. 1714 J. Ayliffe Antient & Present State Univ. Oxf. II. iii. i. 149 It is customary for such as are to be presented to a Doctor's Degree in the Civil Law..to go from the Apodyterium to the Civil Law School, with the Professor, and their Deponents (vulgarly call'd Scio's). 1775 J. Woodforde Diary 24 Nov. in Woodforde at Oxf. (1969) 308 The Professor presented us to the Vice Chancellor. My Scios were Mr. Bandinell, Mr. Nicholls Senr, and Mr. Carne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021). Scion.2 Now rare and chiefly historical. In full Scio turpentine. Turpentine obtained from the terebinth tree, Pistacia terebinthus, esp. in the eastern Mediterranean region. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > plant resin > [noun] > oleoresins from coniferous trees pitcheOE turpentine1322 alkitranc1400 cedriac1420 perrosin?a1425 pitch-rosinc1450 terebinth1483 alchitrean1562 frankincense1577 Venice turpentine1577 terebinthine1578 Venetian turpentine1598 Burgundy pitch1678 Strasbourg turpentine1683 terebinthina1693 Scio turpentine1710 rhinehurst1724 Canada balsam1754 Canada balsam1754 Canada turpentine1762 galipot1791 Canada pitch1831 dipping1832 pine gum1853 dip1856 scrape1856 virgin dip1856 pinol1889 1710 W. Salmon Botanologia II. sig. 8Hv Chio or Scio Turpentine. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 129 Scio turpentine is yielded by Pistacia Terebinthus. 1837 R. Ellis Laws & Pract. Regulations Customs III. 482 Scio or Cyprus is obtained from the Pinus Pistacia. 1918 T. H. Pope tr. V. Villavecchia Treat. Appl. Analyt. Chem. II. ix. 299 So-called Scio turpentine is obtained from one of the Terebinthaceæ, Pistacia terebinthus. 1983 W. James Gardening with Biblical Plants 94 Known as Chian, Scio, or Cypress turpentine, the sweet-tasting gum has been used internally and externally as a drug since..the time of Hippocrates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : scio-comb. form < see also |
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