单词 | squanter-squash |
释义 | † squanter-squashn. U.S. Obsolete. rare. A squash. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > fruits as vegetables > [noun] > pumpkins or squashes turquin1600 squanter-squash1634 pumpkin1647 cushaw1698 simlin1775 summer squash1801 zucca1818 summer crookneck1832 pattypan1855 trombone1946 1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect ii. vi. 67 In Summer, when their [sc. the Indians'] corne is spent, Isquoutersquashes is their best bread, a fruite like a young Pumpion. 1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 57 Squashes, but more truly Squonter~squashes, a kind of Mellon, or rather Gourd. 1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia ii. iv. 27 The Clypeatæ are sometimes call'd Cymnels.., from the Lenten Cake of that Name, which many of them very much resemble. Squash, or Squanter-Squash, is their Name among the Northern Indians, and so they are call'd in New-York, and New-England. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1634 |
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