seaweedn.

Brit.

/ˈsiːwiːd/, U.S.

/ˈsiˌwid/

Etymology: < sea n. + weed n.¹

1. collective. Any marine plants of the class Algæ (see alga n.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun]

sea-frothc1440

wrekec1440

ooze?c1475

wreck1499

wrack1513

moss1543

reek1545

wrake1547

sea-wrack1551

seaweed1577

varec1676

wreck-weed1821

Algal alliance1846

wreck-ware1865

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 56^v Wrappe it in seaweede.

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Alga marina Reeks or sea weede, Alga.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 404 Part single or with mate Graze the Sea weed thir pasture.

1734 A. Pope Ess. Man: Epist. IV 260 Mark by what wretched steps their Glory grows, From dirt and sea-weed as proud Venice rose.

1762 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry I. 91 A fresh manure of sea-weed being laid on each year that barley is sown.

1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit ii. xx. 493 Funeral garlands of sea-weed twisted about them by the late tide.

1906 O. C. Malvery Soul Market xvii. 268 Mattresses of American leather stuffed with sea-weed.

2. A particular marine alga.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > a seaweed

alga?1527

reet1538

reeks1566

seaweeda1684

thalassiophyte1842

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 467 Ashes made of a Sea-Weede they bring out of Syria.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 36 He shewed some sea-weeds inclosed in crystal.

1837–42 N. Hawthorne Foot-pr. on Sea-shore in Twice-told Tales 4 A sea~weed, with an immense brown leaf.

1894 H. Drummond Lowell Lect. Ascent of Man 414 Whole classes in the plant world—the sea-weeds for instance—have no roots at all.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

seaweed belt n.

ΚΠ

1884 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (rev. ed.) xiv. 120 The sea-weed belt which fringes the land has an average breadth of about a mile.

seaweed collector n.

ΚΠ

1865 Mrs. L. L. Clarke Common Seaweeds ii. 42 A useful hand-book for the seaweed collector.

seaweed-green n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > dark green

steel-greena1560

bottle-green1785

corbeau1810

forest-green1810

rifle green1829

spinach-green1845

pine green1892

army green1897

malachite1900

seaweed-green1937

1937 Burlington Mag. Oct. p. xxiii/1 A wine-ewer of translucent seaweed green jade.

1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. x. 156/2 Kawakawa..was named from its resemblance to the leaf of a shrub; the colour is dark green in various shades including spinach-green, seaweed-green, and olive-green.

1976 J. Wilson Let's Pretend i. 7 The bunches of seaweed green ribbon.

1979 Guardian 28 Feb. 13/2 The skirt is a seaweed green verging on khaki.

seaweed limpet n.

ΚΠ

1858 H. Adams & A. Adams Genera Recent Mollusca I. 467 The ‘Sea-weed Limpet’ is readily distinguished from the Rock Limpet.

seaweed poultice n.

ΚΠ

185. Mayne Expos. Lex. Cataplasma Fuci, the sea-weed poultice for scrofula [etc.].

seaweed-covered adj.

ΚΠ

1900 Jrnl. School Geogr. (U.S.) Jan. 28 Seaweed-covered rocks.

C2.

seaweed-fern n. the hart's tongue, Scolopendrium vulgare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > hart's-tongue

hart's-tonguec1325

hind's tongue1538

scolopendrium1611

scolopender1696

spleenwort1725

hart's-tongue fern1854

seaweed-fern1865

Christ's-hair1878

1865 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip Aug. 190 The Seaweed-fern.

seaweed-marquetry n. (see quot. 1975).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying, etc., in wood > [noun] > types of inlaid work

marquetry1563

tarsia1665

Tunbridge ware1773

stringing1812

parquetry1816

Reisner1833

parquetage1845

intarsiatura1863

tarkashi1878

parquet work1880

intarsia1894

Shibayama1928

seaweed-marquetry1935

1935 Burlington Mag. May 233/2 King William's writing-table in seaweed marquetry, with his cypher.

1967 G. Sims Last Best Friend xiv. 120 The carpet was a spinach-green Gobelin and there were Cromwellian chairs and a seaweed marquetry desk.

1975 Oxf. Compan. Decorative Arts 699/1 Seaweed marquetry, marquetry patterns composed of very fine elements resembling seaweed or endive leaves.

Derivatives

ˈseaweeded adj. covered with seaweed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [adjective] > full of or covered with

seaweedy1832

seaweeded1845

1845 H. B. Hirst Poems 162 Half hidden in drifted sand, Sea-weeded, mossy, black with age, are bones.

ˈseaweeding n. the action of collecting seaweed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > seaweed-gathering

vraicking1835

seaweeding1865

1865 Mrs. L. L. Clarke Common Seaweeds i. 17 The preparations for a seaweeding.

ˈseaweedy adj. covered with seaweed; characteristic of seaweed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [adjective]

seaweedy1832

fucoid1839

the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [adjective] > full of or covered with

seaweedy1832

seaweeded1845

1832 F. A. Kemble Let. in Rec. Girlhood (1878) III. 178 Those..sea-weedy shores.

1866 Intellectual Observer No. 53. 335 The sea-weedy smell.

Draft additions September 2004

seaweed wrap n. a type of beauty treatment intended to revitalize the skin and relax the body, typically involving the application of a seaweed-based paste to the skin, and the wrapping of the body in heated sheets.

ΚΠ

1985 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) 26 Aug. b5/2 In addition to the seaweed wraps, there are treatments like the German Thalasso therapy.

2000 I. Edward-Jones My Canapé Hell (2001) xii. 301 I have..regular waxes, pedicures, manicures, body brushings, eyebrow pluckings, massages, seaweed wraps, de-toxes, Cellophane wraps..and I still insist..I just do yoga and drink plenty of water.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	seaweed
释义	seaweedn. Brit. /ˈsiːwiːd/, U.S. /ˈsiˌwid/ Etymology: < sea n. + weed n.¹ 1. collective. Any marine plants of the class Algæ (see alga n.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] sea-frothc1440 wrekec1440 ooze?c1475 wreck1499 wrack1513 moss1543 reek1545 wrake1547 sea-wrack1551 seaweed1577 varec1676 wreck-weed1821 Algal alliance1846 wreck-ware1865 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 56^v Wrappe it in seaweede. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Alga marina Reeks or sea weede, Alga. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 404 Part single or with mate Graze the Sea weed thir pasture. View more context for this quotation 1734 A. Pope Ess. Man: Epist. IV 260 Mark by what wretched steps their Glory grows, From dirt and sea-weed as proud Venice rose. 1762 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry I. 91 A fresh manure of sea-weed being laid on each year that barley is sown. 1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit ii. xx. 493 Funeral garlands of sea-weed twisted about them by the late tide. 1906 O. C. Malvery Soul Market xvii. 268 Mattresses of American leather stuffed with sea-weed. 2. A particular marine alga. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > a seaweed alga?1527 reet1538 reeks1566 seaweeda1684 thalassiophyte1842 a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 467 Ashes made of a Sea-Weede they bring out of Syria. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 36 He shewed some sea-weeds inclosed in crystal. 1837–42 N. Hawthorne Foot-pr. on Sea-shore in Twice-told Tales 4 A sea~weed, with an immense brown leaf. 1894 H. Drummond Lowell Lect. Ascent of Man 414 Whole classes in the plant world—the sea-weeds for instance—have no roots at all. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. seaweed belt n. ΚΠ 1884 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (rev. ed.) xiv. 120 The sea-weed belt which fringes the land has an average breadth of about a mile. seaweed collector n. ΚΠ 1865 Mrs. L. L. Clarke Common Seaweeds ii. 42 A useful hand-book for the seaweed collector. seaweed-green n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > dark green steel-greena1560 bottle-green1785 corbeau1810 forest-green1810 rifle green1829 spinach-green1845 pine green1892 army green1897 malachite1900 seaweed-green1937 1937 Burlington Mag. Oct. p. xxiii/1 A wine-ewer of translucent seaweed green jade. 1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. x. 156/2 Kawakawa..was named from its resemblance to the leaf of a shrub; the colour is dark green in various shades including spinach-green, seaweed-green, and olive-green. 1976 J. Wilson Let's Pretend i. 7 The bunches of seaweed green ribbon. 1979 Guardian 28 Feb. 13/2 The skirt is a seaweed green verging on khaki. seaweed limpet n. ΚΠ 1858 H. Adams & A. Adams Genera Recent Mollusca I. 467 The ‘Sea-weed Limpet’ is readily distinguished from the Rock Limpet. seaweed poultice n. ΚΠ 185. Mayne Expos. Lex. Cataplasma Fuci, the sea-weed poultice for scrofula [etc.]. b. seaweed-covered adj. ΚΠ 1900 Jrnl. School Geogr. (U.S.) Jan. 28 Seaweed-covered rocks. C2. seaweed-fern n. the hart's tongue, Scolopendrium vulgare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > hart's-tongue hart's-tonguec1325 hind's tongue1538 scolopendrium1611 scolopender1696 spleenwort1725 hart's-tongue fern1854 seaweed-fern1865 Christ's-hair1878 1865 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip Aug. 190 The Seaweed-fern. seaweed-marquetry n. (see quot. 1975). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying, etc., in wood > [noun] > types of inlaid work marquetry1563 tarsia1665 Tunbridge ware1773 stringing1812 parquetry1816 Reisner1833 parquetage1845 intarsiatura1863 tarkashi1878 parquet work1880 intarsia1894 Shibayama1928 seaweed-marquetry1935 1935 Burlington Mag. May 233/2 King William's writing-table in seaweed marquetry, with his cypher. 1967 G. Sims Last Best Friend xiv. 120 The carpet was a spinach-green Gobelin and there were Cromwellian chairs and a seaweed marquetry desk. 1975 Oxf. Compan. Decorative Arts 699/1 Seaweed marquetry, marquetry patterns composed of very fine elements resembling seaweed or endive leaves. Derivatives ˈseaweeded adj. covered with seaweed. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [adjective] > full of or covered with seaweedy1832 seaweeded1845 1845 H. B. Hirst Poems 162 Half hidden in drifted sand, Sea-weeded, mossy, black with age, are bones. ˈseaweeding n. the action of collecting seaweed. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > seaweed-gathering vraicking1835 seaweeding1865 1865 Mrs. L. L. Clarke Common Seaweeds i. 17 The preparations for a seaweeding. ˈseaweedy adj. covered with seaweed; characteristic of seaweed. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [adjective] seaweedy1832 fucoid1839 the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [adjective] > full of or covered with seaweedy1832 seaweeded1845 1832 F. A. Kemble Let. in Rec. Girlhood (1878) III. 178 Those..sea-weedy shores. 1866 Intellectual Observer No. 53. 335 The sea-weedy smell. Draft additions September 2004 seaweed wrap n. a type of beauty treatment intended to revitalize the skin and relax the body, typically involving the application of a seaweed-based paste to the skin, and the wrapping of the body in heated sheets. ΚΠ 1985 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) 26 Aug. b5/2 In addition to the seaweed wraps, there are treatments like the German Thalasso therapy. 2000 I. Edward-Jones My Canapé Hell (2001) xii. 301 I have..regular waxes, pedicures, manicures, body brushings, eyebrow pluckings, massages, seaweed wraps, de-toxes, Cellophane wraps..and I still insist..I just do yoga and drink plenty of water. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1577
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