blossomn.

/ˈblɒsəm/

Forms: Old English blostm, blostma, Old English–Middle English blosma, Middle English blostme, Middle English blosme, Middle English blossem, Orm. blosstme, Middle English blossum, Middle English–1700s blossome, (Middle English blosle), 1500s bloosme, blossum(m, 1600s blosom, Middle English– blossom.

Etymology: Old English blóstm strong masculine, blóstma , blósma weak masculine, cognate with Middle Dutch and Dutch bloesem , Middle Low German blosem , blossem ; compare also Old Norse blómst-r masculine. Generally referred to the same root as bloom n.¹ (blō-); some consider blos- an extended stem = Latin flos, flor-; others with greater probability take the -st as well as -m as a suffix.

1. ‘The flower that grows on any plant, previous to the seed or fruit. We generally call those flowers blossoms, which are not much regarded in themselves, but as a token of some following production’ (Johnson).Blostma, blosme was the Old English word for ‘flower’, previous to the adoption of Old Norse blóm (bloom n.¹), and Old French flor, flur (flower n.). See bloom n.¹

a. As a count noun: an individual flower.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > blossom or flower(s)

blossom971

bledec975

blooma1400

flourishinga1400

floweringa1400

flourisha1500

blowing1578

blooming1622

pip1753

floriage1782

florescence1793

blow1797

flowerage1831

bloom-flinder1840

gosling1847–78

snow1859

fleuret1868

bloomagea1876

blossomry1901

971 Blickl. Hom. 7 Mid eallum missenlicum afeddum blostmum sy se Cristes brydbur gefrætwod.

c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 236 Genim þysse ylcan wyrte blostman.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 109 Iliche þan treo þe bereð lef and blosman . and nane westmas ne bereð.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 202 Breres rose blosmen.

c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 143 The braunches ful of blosmes softe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. iii. 65 Thou prun'st a rotten tree, That cannot so much as a blossome yeelde.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 148 Blossoms and Fruits at once of golden hue Appeerd.

1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iii. §2. 76 An orange tree, flourishing at once with its leaves, its blossoms, and its fruit.

1822 Ld. Byron Heaven & Earth i. iii, in Liberal 1 199 Yet quivers every leaf, and drops each blossom.

b. collectively. The mass of flowers on a fruit tree, etc. (Cf. bloom n.¹ 1c) Hence in blossom. Also said of grain, grass, etc.

ΚΠ

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8256 Was neuer tre suilk blossem bare.

a1400 Morte Arth. (Roxb.) 6 Hyr rode was rede as blossom on brere.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 41 Blosme, or blossum, frons.

1769 G. Washington Diary (1925) I. 327 The head [of the wheat] was shot out, and in many places in Blossom.

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 120 One plum tree have I seen in blossom.

1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 423 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV F. V. Stewart..states that his practice has been to commence cutting the grass when in the ‘second blossom’.

1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion iii. i. 107 I go with the flying blossom, as I came with the flying seed.

c. figurative (by simile.)

ΚΠ

1789–94 W. Blake Little Girl Lost in Songs Exper. 34 O the dismal care That shakes the blossoms of my hoary hair.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Œnone (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 122 He prest the blossom of his lips to mine.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §18. 130 Nature..showered down upon us those lovely blossoms of the frost [snow-crystals].

2. figurative.

a. An attribute, product, or token, compared in its character to the preceding.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign

tokeningc888

fingereOE

senyeOE

markOE

showing?c1225

blossomc1230

signa1325

signifyingc1384

evidencea1393

notea1398

forbysena1400

kenninga1400

knowinga1400

showerc1400

unningc1400

signala1413

signification?a1425

demonstrancec1425

cenyc1440

likelinessc1450

ensign1474

signifure?a1475

outshowinga1500

significativea1500

witter1513

precedent1518

intimation1531

signifier1532

meith1533

monument1536

indicion?1541

likelihood1541

significator1554

manifest1561

show1561

evidency1570

token-teller1574

betokener1587

calendar1590

instance1590

testificate1590

significant1598

crisis1606

index1607

impression1613

denotementa1616

story1620

remark1624

indicium1625

denotation1633

indice1636

signum1643

indiction1653

trace1656

demonstrator1657

indication1660

notationa1661

significatory1660

indicator1666

betrayer1678

demonstration1684

smell1691

wittering1781

notaa1790

blazonry1850

sign vehicle1909

marker1919

rumble1927

the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production > product

blossomc1230

fodmea1325

burgeona1340

progenya1393

geniture?1440

fruitc1450

productionc1450

offspring1573

product1573

nursling1591

bantling1593

excrement1600

procedue1602

issuea1616

procedure1626

creature1651

produce1657

parturition1659

outbirth1663

sequel1669

brat1678

operation1774

outgoing1850

fruitling1876

c1230 Hali. Meid. 11 Meidenhad is te blosme þat beo ha eanes fulliche forcoruen ne spruteð ha neauer eft.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. Proem iv. sig. Zz^v Amongst them all growes not a fayrer flowre, Then is the bloosme of comely courtesie.

1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 259 Which takes away all the Blossom of the good they do us.

1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) i. 22 The rich blosoms of my daughter's beauty.

1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. ii. i. 212 The first blossoms of that literature, which was to ripen into so rich a harvest.

b. One lovely and full of promise.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > beautiful thing or person > beautiful person > beautiful woman

clearc1330

comelya1375

wlonk?a1400

brightc1400

gayc1400

sheenc1400

violet1412

berylc1440

blossomc1440

bonnya1529

pertc1540

bonylasse1546

Venus?1572

spark1575

bellibone1579

bonnibel1579

nymph1584

cheruba1616

lily1622

bellea1640

fine1639

toast1700

houri1745

belle dame1768

peri1813

beauty queen1835

stallion1970

c1440 York Myst. xxxvi. 138 Allas! þat þis blossome so bright Vntrewly is tugged to þis tree.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. ii. 72 Sweete blowse you are a beautious blossome sure.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. vii. 16 There di'de My Icarus, my Blossome, in his pride.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 98 My babe, my blossom, ah my child.

c. A stage of development which answers to that of blossom. Cf. flower n. 11, bloom n.¹ 2.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > stage of greatest beauty

blossoma1250

bloomc1400

flower1609

blow1753

beautyhood1832

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 85 I ne blostme of ower ȝuweðe.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. v. 76 Thus was I..Cut off euen in the blossomes of my sinne.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) i. 8 Had mine hopes been nipt in the blossome.

a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) i. vii. 14 In the blossom of his popedom, he did one of the worthiest actions of his life.

3. technical.

a. Mining. ‘The oxidized or decomposed outcrop of a vein or coal-bed, more frequently the latter.’ (Raymond Mining Gloss.) Also, radiated quartz (U.S.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > outcrop of vein or stratum

crop1686

gossan1778

iron hat1811

blossom1819

iron cap1823

blossom-rock1871

tailings1881

top-crop1889

1819 H. R. Schoolcraft View Lead Mines of Missouri 71 This variety of quartz has acquired the popular name of blossom of lead, or mineral blossom.

1819 H. R. Schoolcraft View Lead Mines of Missouri 91 In searching for ore, the soil, the slope of the hills, spar, blossom, trees, etc., are taken as guides.

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 109 Blossom, the oxidized or decomposed outcrop of a vein or coal-bed, more frequently the latter.

1882 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds (ed. 2) xxxiv. 560 We are certainly near the outcrop from which the ‘blossom’ was broken.

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b. The colour of a horse whose hairs are white interspersed with sorrel or bay, peach-colour; a horse so coloured.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

blossom-ball n.

ΚΠ

1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 55 He..Had..to pleasure Edith,..Made blossom-ball or daisy-chain.

blossom-bough n.

ΚΠ

1827 T. Hood Plea Midsummer Fairies & Other Poems 162 Under the hawthorn's blossom-bough.

blossom-time n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > spring

LenteneOE

LentlOE

warea1300

verec1325

vera1382

vere-time1382

springing timea1387

springinga1398

springa1400

prime tempsa1425

the spring of the year1481

grass1485

springtime1495

prime time1503

sap-time?1523

spring tide1530

(the) spring of the leaf1538

prime1541

prime tide1549

voar1629

vernal season1644

vernal1654

outcome1672

Lent term1691

blossom-time1713

open water1759

rabi1783

budding-timea1807

ware-time1820

growing season1845

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > prime > [noun]

flowering agec1400

pridec1475

blooming-time1495

flower?1507

season?1507

day1546

flourishing years?1555

golden years1559

vigour1563

consistent age1574

prime1574

May moon1576

acme1579

Maya1586

flourish1597

May month1600

consistencea1613

May morna1616

constant age1620

high daya1625

blouth1643

flourishing age1737

heyday1751

floruit1843

bloom-hour1850

blossom-time1860

1713 London & Countr. Br. iii. (1743) 166 Blossom-time is accounted dangerous for brewing.

1860 J. P. Kennedy Horse-shoe Robinson (rev. ed.) vii. 89 Up to the blossom-time of life.

blossom-bearing adj.

blossom-bordered adj.

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1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 212 Blossom-bordered, silvery paths.

blossom-bruising adj.

ΚΠ

1785 W. Cowper Task v. 141 Blossom-bruising hail.

blossom-laden adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > having flowers or blossom

blossomedc1374

blossomyc1374

flowereda1375

floweryc1374

flourishingc1400

blossoming1430

bloomed1508

blooming1587

florulent1592

bloomy?1606

floweringa1616

florid1656

floriferous1656

flosculous1656

florent1719

posied1731

emblossomed1766

phaenogamous1805

phaenogamic1808

phanerogamous1816

florescent1821

phaenogamian1828

phanerogamic1830

ablow1838

flowerful1848

floreal1852

floreted1856

blossom-laden1867

1867 J. Ingelow Dreams that came True l The blossom-laden trees.

C2.

blossom belt n.

ΚΠ

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 111 Above the garden's glowing blossom-belts.

blossom dust n.

ΚΠ

1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 108 Foot-gilt with all the blossom-dust of those Deep meadows.

blossom-faced adj. having a red bloated face.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] > and coarse

frowzy1710

blowzed1766

blowzy1778

blossom-faced1865

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. ix. 240 Half a dozen blossom-faced men.

blossom-headed adj. (of a parrot) having a rose-coloured head.

blossom-nosed adj.

blossom-rock n. U.S. (see sense 3a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > outcrop of vein or stratum

crop1686

gossan1778

iron hat1811

blossom1819

iron cap1823

blossom-rock1871

tailings1881

top-crop1889

1871 Colorado Gaz. 156 The ‘blossom rock’ (quartz stained with metallic oxides), which indicates the proximity of mineral deposits, differs but little in gold and silver lodes.

1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xxx. 479 Men were let down from above to ‘prospect’, a crevice was found with blossom rock.

1881 A. A. Hayes New Colorado vi. 79 If he had only had a keen eye for ‘blossom rock’ and other indications,..how differently history might have read.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

blossomv.

/ˈblɒsəm/

Etymology: Old English blóstmian , Middle English blosme(n , < blossom n. Compare Dutch bloesemen , and bloom v.¹, flower v.

1. intransitive. To put forth blossoms, bloom, flower.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > be a flowering plant [verb (intransitive)] > flower or blossom

blossomc890

blowc1000

flower13..

blooma1325

breakc1325

lancec1330

flourishc1386

to break up?a1500

knopa1584

effloresce1775

outbreak1870

c890 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. v. xii, (Bosw.) Ðæs blostmiendan feldes.

c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 218 Though I be hoor I fare as dooth a tree That blosmeth er þat fruyt ywoxen bee.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 40 Blomyn, or blosmyn.

1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Aij^v Whan it begynneth to blossome.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 367 Fruites that blosome first, will first be ripe.

1709 A. Pope Spring in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 726 Now Hawthorns blossom, now the Daisies spring.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 32 Huge trees that branch'd And blossom'd in the zenith.

1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 935 Parasites and saprophytes..which vegetate below and blossom above ground.

a. transferred and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)]

theec888

i-thee971

bloomc1175

flower?c1225

soundfula1300

fructifya1325

timea1325

to bear the bloom1330

flourisha1340

prosperc1350

thrive?a1366

blossom1377

cheve1377

burgeona1382

likec1400

upthrivec1440

avail1523

fadge1573

to bear a great, high or lofty sail1587

blow1610

to be (also stand) in state1638

fatten1638

sagaciate1832

to be going strong1855

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 140 Sithen þei blosmed obrode · in boure to here shriftes.

1388 J. Wyclif Psalms lxxi[i]. 16 Thei schulen blosme [1382 floure] fro the citee, as the hey of erthe doith.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 354 This is the state of Man; to day he puts forth The tender Leaues of hopes, to morrow Blossomes, And beares his blushing Honors thicke vpon him.

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 34 'Tis Benty [sic] always in the flower, That buds and blossoms at fourscore.

1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. iii One by one..Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.

b. Const. into.

ΚΠ

1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend i. 12 They make the dark and dreary hours Open and blossom into flowers.

1884 Manch. Examiner 27 Oct. 5/3 The historic craft of the barber..has blossomed into an art.

c. Const. out.

ΚΠ

1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby I. ii. 162 He..blossomed out into beautiful and costly clothes..so that people would turn round and stare at him.

1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. ii. vii. 447 Very shortly, you'll see, I shall be Blossoming Out—and then I shall expect a cable from S. Africa.

1947 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety (1948) ii. 39 Black umbrellas blossom out.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	blossom
释义	blossomn. /ˈblɒsəm/ Forms: Old English blostm, blostma, Old English–Middle English blosma, Middle English blostme, Middle English blosme, Middle English blossem, Orm. blosstme, Middle English blossum, Middle English–1700s blossome, (Middle English blosle), 1500s bloosme, blossum(m, 1600s blosom, Middle English– blossom. Etymology: Old English blóstm strong masculine, blóstma , blósma weak masculine, cognate with Middle Dutch and Dutch bloesem , Middle Low German blosem , blossem ; compare also Old Norse blómst-r masculine. Generally referred to the same root as bloom n.¹ (blō-); some consider blos- an extended stem = Latin flos, flor-; others with greater probability take the -st as well as -m as a suffix. 1. ‘The flower that grows on any plant, previous to the seed or fruit. We generally call those flowers blossoms, which are not much regarded in themselves, but as a token of some following production’ (Johnson).Blostma, blosme was the Old English word for ‘flower’, previous to the adoption of Old Norse blóm (bloom n.¹), and Old French flor, flur (flower n.). See bloom n.¹ a. As a count noun: an individual flower. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > blossom or flower(s) blossom971 bledec975 blooma1400 flourishinga1400 floweringa1400 flourisha1500 blowing1578 blooming1622 pip1753 floriage1782 florescence1793 blow1797 flowerage1831 bloom-flinder1840 gosling1847–78 snow1859 fleuret1868 bloomagea1876 blossomry1901 971 Blickl. Hom. 7 Mid eallum missenlicum afeddum blostmum sy se Cristes brydbur gefrætwod. c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 236 Genim þysse ylcan wyrte blostman. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 109 Iliche þan treo þe bereð lef and blosman . and nane westmas ne bereð. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 202 Breres rose blosmen. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 143 The braunches ful of blosmes softe. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. iii. 65 Thou prun'st a rotten tree, That cannot so much as a blossome yeelde. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 148 Blossoms and Fruits at once of golden hue Appeerd. View more context for this quotation 1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iii. §2. 76 An orange tree, flourishing at once with its leaves, its blossoms, and its fruit. 1822 Ld. Byron Heaven & Earth i. iii, in Liberal 1 199 Yet quivers every leaf, and drops each blossom. b. collectively. The mass of flowers on a fruit tree, etc. (Cf. bloom n.¹ 1c) Hence in blossom. Also said of grain, grass, etc. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8256 Was neuer tre suilk blossem bare. a1400 Morte Arth. (Roxb.) 6 Hyr rode was rede as blossom on brere. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 41 Blosme, or blossum, frons. 1769 G. Washington Diary (1925) I. 327 The head [of the wheat] was shot out, and in many places in Blossom. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 120 One plum tree have I seen in blossom. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 423 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV F. V. Stewart..states that his practice has been to commence cutting the grass when in the ‘second blossom’. 1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion iii. i. 107 I go with the flying blossom, as I came with the flying seed. c. figurative (by simile.) ΚΠ 1789–94 W. Blake Little Girl Lost in Songs Exper. 34 O the dismal care That shakes the blossoms of my hoary hair. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Œnone (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 122 He prest the blossom of his lips to mine. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §18. 130 Nature..showered down upon us those lovely blossoms of the frost [snow-crystals]. 2. figurative. a. An attribute, product, or token, compared in its character to the preceding. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign tokeningc888 fingereOE senyeOE markOE showing?c1225 blossomc1230 signa1325 signifyingc1384 evidencea1393 notea1398 forbysena1400 kenninga1400 knowinga1400 showerc1400 unningc1400 signala1413 signification?a1425 demonstrancec1425 cenyc1440 likelinessc1450 ensign1474 signifure?a1475 outshowinga1500 significativea1500 witter1513 precedent1518 intimation1531 signifier1532 meith1533 monument1536 indicion?1541 likelihood1541 significator1554 manifest1561 show1561 evidency1570 token-teller1574 betokener1587 calendar1590 instance1590 testificate1590 significant1598 crisis1606 index1607 impression1613 denotementa1616 story1620 remark1624 indicium1625 denotation1633 indice1636 signum1643 indiction1653 trace1656 demonstrator1657 indication1660 notationa1661 significatory1660 indicator1666 betrayer1678 demonstration1684 smell1691 wittering1781 notaa1790 blazonry1850 sign vehicle1909 marker1919 rumble1927 the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production > product blossomc1230 fodmea1325 burgeona1340 progenya1393 geniture?1440 fruitc1450 productionc1450 offspring1573 product1573 nursling1591 bantling1593 excrement1600 procedue1602 issuea1616 procedure1626 creature1651 produce1657 parturition1659 outbirth1663 sequel1669 brat1678 operation1774 outgoing1850 fruitling1876 c1230 Hali. Meid. 11 Meidenhad is te blosme þat beo ha eanes fulliche forcoruen ne spruteð ha neauer eft. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. Proem iv. sig. Zz^v Amongst them all growes not a fayrer flowre, Then is the bloosme of comely courtesie. View more context for this quotation 1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 259 Which takes away all the Blossom of the good they do us. 1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) i. 22 The rich blosoms of my daughter's beauty. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. ii. i. 212 The first blossoms of that literature, which was to ripen into so rich a harvest. b. One lovely and full of promise. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > beautiful thing or person > beautiful person > beautiful woman clearc1330 comelya1375 wlonk?a1400 brightc1400 gayc1400 sheenc1400 violet1412 berylc1440 blossomc1440 bonnya1529 pertc1540 bonylasse1546 Venus?1572 spark1575 bellibone1579 bonnibel1579 nymph1584 cheruba1616 lily1622 bellea1640 fine1639 toast1700 houri1745 belle dame1768 peri1813 beauty queen1835 stallion1970 c1440 York Myst. xxxvi. 138 Allas! þat þis blossome so bright Vntrewly is tugged to þis tree. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. ii. 72 Sweete blowse you are a beautious blossome sure. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. vii. 16 There di'de My Icarus, my Blossome, in his pride. View more context for this quotation 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 98 My babe, my blossom, ah my child. c. A stage of development which answers to that of blossom. Cf. flower n. 11, bloom n.¹ 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > stage of greatest beauty blossoma1250 bloomc1400 flower1609 blow1753 beautyhood1832 a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 85 I ne blostme of ower ȝuweðe. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. v. 76 Thus was I..Cut off euen in the blossomes of my sinne. View more context for this quotation a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) i. 8 Had mine hopes been nipt in the blossome. a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) i. vii. 14 In the blossom of his popedom, he did one of the worthiest actions of his life. 3. technical. a. Mining. ‘The oxidized or decomposed outcrop of a vein or coal-bed, more frequently the latter.’ (Raymond Mining Gloss.) Also, radiated quartz (U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > outcrop of vein or stratum crop1686 gossan1778 iron hat1811 blossom1819 iron cap1823 blossom-rock1871 tailings1881 top-crop1889 1819 H. R. Schoolcraft View Lead Mines of Missouri 71 This variety of quartz has acquired the popular name of blossom of lead, or mineral blossom. 1819 H. R. Schoolcraft View Lead Mines of Missouri 91 In searching for ore, the soil, the slope of the hills, spar, blossom, trees, etc., are taken as guides. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 109 Blossom, the oxidized or decomposed outcrop of a vein or coal-bed, more frequently the latter. 1882 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds (ed. 2) xxxiv. 560 We are certainly near the outcrop from which the ‘blossom’ was broken. Categories » b. The colour of a horse whose hairs are white interspersed with sorrel or bay, peach-colour; a horse so coloured. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. blossom-ball n. ΚΠ 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 55 He..Had..to pleasure Edith,..Made blossom-ball or daisy-chain. blossom-bough n. ΚΠ 1827 T. Hood Plea Midsummer Fairies & Other Poems 162 Under the hawthorn's blossom-bough. blossom-time n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > spring LenteneOE LentlOE warea1300 verec1325 vera1382 vere-time1382 springing timea1387 springinga1398 springa1400 prime tempsa1425 the spring of the year1481 grass1485 springtime1495 prime time1503 sap-time?1523 spring tide1530 (the) spring of the leaf1538 prime1541 prime tide1549 voar1629 vernal season1644 vernal1654 outcome1672 Lent term1691 blossom-time1713 open water1759 rabi1783 budding-timea1807 ware-time1820 growing season1845 the world > life > source or principle of life > age > prime > [noun] flowering agec1400 pridec1475 blooming-time1495 flower?1507 season?1507 day1546 flourishing years?1555 golden years1559 vigour1563 consistent age1574 prime1574 May moon1576 acme1579 Maya1586 flourish1597 May month1600 consistencea1613 May morna1616 constant age1620 high daya1625 blouth1643 flourishing age1737 heyday1751 floruit1843 bloom-hour1850 blossom-time1860 1713 London & Countr. Br. iii. (1743) 166 Blossom-time is accounted dangerous for brewing. 1860 J. P. Kennedy Horse-shoe Robinson (rev. ed.) vii. 89 Up to the blossom-time of life. b. blossom-bearing adj. blossom-bordered adj. ΚΠ 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 212 Blossom-bordered, silvery paths. blossom-bruising adj. ΚΠ 1785 W. Cowper Task v. 141 Blossom-bruising hail. blossom-laden adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > having flowers or blossom blossomedc1374 blossomyc1374 flowereda1375 floweryc1374 flourishingc1400 blossoming1430 bloomed1508 blooming1587 florulent1592 bloomy?1606 floweringa1616 florid1656 floriferous1656 flosculous1656 florent1719 posied1731 emblossomed1766 phaenogamous1805 phaenogamic1808 phanerogamous1816 florescent1821 phaenogamian1828 phanerogamic1830 ablow1838 flowerful1848 floreal1852 floreted1856 blossom-laden1867 1867 J. Ingelow Dreams that came True l The blossom-laden trees. C2. blossom belt n. ΚΠ 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 111 Above the garden's glowing blossom-belts. blossom dust n. ΚΠ 1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 108 Foot-gilt with all the blossom-dust of those Deep meadows. blossom-faced adj. having a red bloated face. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] > and coarse frowzy1710 blowzed1766 blowzy1778 blossom-faced1865 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. ix. 240 Half a dozen blossom-faced men. blossom-headed adj. (of a parrot) having a rose-coloured head. blossom-nosed adj. blossom-rock n. U.S. (see sense 3a). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > outcrop of vein or stratum crop1686 gossan1778 iron hat1811 blossom1819 iron cap1823 blossom-rock1871 tailings1881 top-crop1889 1871 Colorado Gaz. 156 The ‘blossom rock’ (quartz stained with metallic oxides), which indicates the proximity of mineral deposits, differs but little in gold and silver lodes. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xxx. 479 Men were let down from above to ‘prospect’, a crevice was found with blossom rock. 1881 A. A. Hayes New Colorado vi. 79 If he had only had a keen eye for ‘blossom rock’ and other indications,..how differently history might have read. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). blossomv. /ˈblɒsəm/ Etymology: Old English blóstmian , Middle English blosme(n , < blossom n. Compare Dutch bloesemen , and bloom v.¹, flower v. 1. intransitive. To put forth blossoms, bloom, flower. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > be a flowering plant [verb (intransitive)] > flower or blossom blossomc890 blowc1000 flower13.. blooma1325 breakc1325 lancec1330 flourishc1386 to break up?a1500 knopa1584 effloresce1775 outbreak1870 c890 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. v. xii, (Bosw.) Ðæs blostmiendan feldes. c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 218 Though I be hoor I fare as dooth a tree That blosmeth er þat fruyt ywoxen bee. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 40 Blomyn, or blosmyn. 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Aij^v Whan it begynneth to blossome. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 367 Fruites that blosome first, will first be ripe. View more context for this quotation 1709 A. Pope Spring in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 726 Now Hawthorns blossom, now the Daisies spring. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 32 Huge trees that branch'd And blossom'd in the zenith. 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 935 Parasites and saprophytes..which vegetate below and blossom above ground. 2. a. transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] theec888 i-thee971 bloomc1175 flower?c1225 soundfula1300 fructifya1325 timea1325 to bear the bloom1330 flourisha1340 prosperc1350 thrive?a1366 blossom1377 cheve1377 burgeona1382 likec1400 upthrivec1440 avail1523 fadge1573 to bear a great, high or lofty sail1587 blow1610 to be (also stand) in state1638 fatten1638 sagaciate1832 to be going strong1855 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 140 Sithen þei blosmed obrode · in boure to here shriftes. 1388 J. Wyclif Psalms lxxi[i]. 16 Thei schulen blosme [1382 floure] fro the citee, as the hey of erthe doith. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 354 This is the state of Man; to day he puts forth The tender Leaues of hopes, to morrow Blossomes, And beares his blushing Honors thicke vpon him. View more context for this quotation 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 34 'Tis Benty [sic] always in the flower, That buds and blossoms at fourscore. 1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. iii One by one..Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels. b. Const. into. ΚΠ 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend i. 12 They make the dark and dreary hours Open and blossom into flowers. 1884 Manch. Examiner 27 Oct. 5/3 The historic craft of the barber..has blossomed into an art. c. Const. out. ΚΠ 1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby I. ii. 162 He..blossomed out into beautiful and costly clothes..so that people would turn round and stare at him. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. ii. vii. 447 Very shortly, you'll see, I shall be Blossoming Out—and then I shall expect a cable from S. Africa. 1947 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety (1948) ii. 39 Black umbrellas blossom out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.971v.c890
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