St Martinn.

Brit.

/s(ə)nt ˈmɑːtɪn/,

/seɪnt ˈmɑːtɪn/, U.S.

/ˌseɪn(t) ˈmɑrtn/,

/s(ə)n(t) ˈmɑrtn/

Forms: see saint adj. and n. and Martin n.¹; also 1500s Seynt Merteryn.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name St Martin.

Etymology: < the name of St Martin of Tours (see Martin n.¹).

1. (Occasionally St Martin's.) St Martin's Day, Martinmas. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Martinmas (11 November) > [noun]

Martinmasc1325

St Martin1429

St Martin's day1517

martela1790

Martin's day1886

1429 Rolls of Parl. IV. 342/2 Atte the oeptaves of Seynt Martyn in Wynter.

1533 Presentm. Juries in Surtees Misc. (1888) 34 That every man make his fens..before Seynt Merteryn.

1679 T. Blount Fragmenta Antiquitatis 92 Retropannage begins at St. Martyns and ends at Candlemass.

2. St Martin's n. the parish of St Martin-le-Grand, London, esp. as a place for trading in cheap goods, spec. in imitation jewellery. Obsolete.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun] > location of

St Martin's1572

1572 in Extracts Acc. Revels at Court (Shaks. Soc.) 24 John Wever of Saint Martins for Copper silver frenge, xvij oz^ce at [blank] the ounce.

1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier G4^v The other a Frenchman and a Myllaner in saint Martins, and sels shirts, bandes, bracelets, Iewels, and such pretty toies for Gentle women.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe ii. i. sig. C2 You must to the pawne to buy Lawne: to Saint Martins for Lace.

1618 G. Mynshul Ess. Prison 23 They are like the rings and chaines bought at S. Martines, that weare faire for a little time, but shortly after will proue Alchimy or rather pure Copper.

1678 S. Butler Ladies Answer to Knight in Hudibras: Third Pt. 266 Those False S. Martins beads.

Compounds

St Martin's bird n. [compare German Martinsvogel, French oiseau de Saint Martin, Middle Dutch Sint Martijns vogel] the hen harrier.

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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Circus (harrier) > circus cynaeus (hen-harrier)

St Martin's fowl?a1513

hen harrier1544

grey falcon1678

faller1848

rabbit-hawk1851

miller1885

St Martin's bird1894

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues sig. LLL/1 Oiseau de S. Martin, a Ring-tayle, or Hen-harme.]

1894 F. S. Ellis Reynard the Fox x. 47 In the stronghold of Malperdy, Just then Saint Martin's bird he kens.

St Martin's day n. the 11th of November, Martinmas.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Martinmas (11 November) > [noun]

Martinmasc1325

St Martin1429

St Martin's day1517

martela1790

Martin's day1886

1517 in Nichols Illustr. of Manners & Expences Anctient Times (1797) 272 Payd on Seynt Marten's day, for bred and drynke for the syngers, vs.

1758 R. Griffiths Descr. Thames 174 Salmon shall be in Defence, or not taken, from 8th September to St. Martin's Day.

St Martin's eve n. (also St Martin's even) the eve of St Martin's day, the 10th of November.

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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > St. Martin's Eve (10 November) > [noun]

St Martin's eve?1461

?1461 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 522 Wretyn in hast on Seynt Martynys Evyn.

1592 J. Stow Annales ann. 1280 . 300 On S. Martins euen a great thunder ouerthrew many houses and trees in England.

1866 Mrs. H. Wood (title) St. Martin's Eve.

St Martin's evil n. rare drunkenness.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1890 in Cent. Dict. at Saint, n. St. Martin's evil, drunkenness.

St Martin's flower n. a species of Peruvian lily, Alstroemeria ligtu, especially var. pulchra.

ΚΠ

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 46/1 A[lströmeria] Flos Martini, the St. Martin's Flower of Chili.

1956 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) IV. 1849/1 St. Martin's Flower, see Alstroemeria Ligtu pulchra.

1994 M. Griffiths Index Garden Plants 56/1 A[lstroemeria] ligtu L. St. Martin's Flower. To 60 cm...tep. white to pale lilac to pink red [etc.].

† St Martin's fowl n. Obsolete = St Martin's bird n. above.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Circus (harrier) > circus cynaeus (hen-harrier)

St Martin's fowl?a1513

hen harrier1544

grey falcon1678

faller1848

rabbit-hawk1851

miller1885

St Martin's bird1894

a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Abbot of Tungland in Poems (1998) I. 58 The myttane and Sanct Martynis fowle Wend he had bene the hornit howle.

St Martin's herb n. = herb of St. Martin n. at herb n. Compounds 2b.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > American or West Indian

masterwort1523

hogweed1707

black root1709

many-seed1750

Martynia1753

Maranta1754

hog meat1756

iron1756

Evolvulus1764

zebra plant1826

turkey-flower1843

vriesia1843

Spanish needles1846

turkey-blossom1849

horse poison1851

St Martin's herb1860

goatweed1864

wake-robin1864

frog-bit1866

herb of St. Martin1866

pipi1866

goatweed1869

cigar-plant1961

1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. Saint Martin's Herb, a small, herbaceous, very mucilaginous plant, used for medicinal purposes; Sauvagesia erecta. Lindley.

1956 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) IV. 1876/1 S[auvagesia] erecta. Iron shrub; St. Martin's Herb.

St Martin's Lent n. the forty days between Martinmas and Christmas Eve, formerly observed as a fast.

ΚΠ

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Lent The antient Latin Monks had three Lents; the Grand Lent before Easter; another before Christmas, call'd, The Lent of St. Martin; and a third after Whitsunday, call'd that of St. John Baptist: each of which consisted of forty Days.]

1905 N.E.D. at Martin sb.³ St. Martin's Lent.

† St Martin's rings n. Obsolete imitation gold rings (see sense 2, and cf. St Martin's ware n.).

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun] > something false or forged > supposedly precious

Martin chain?1550

puff ring1557

St Martin's rings1590

by-gold1611

schlenter1897

1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. B2^v I doubt whether all be gold that glistereth, sith Saint Martins rings be but Copper within.

1617 W. Fennor Compters Common-wealth 28 This kindnesse is but like Alchimy or Saint Martins rings, that are faire to the eye, and haue a rich outside, but if a man breake them a sunder and looke into them [etc.].

† St Martin's stuff n. Obsolete poor quality or imitation items (cf. sense 2).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > counterfeit goods

ape-warec1230

St Martin's stuff1598

St Martin's ware1648

1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia ii. sig. C5^v I had thought the last mask..Had..Taught thee S. Martins stuffe from true gold lace.

St Martin's Summer n. (also St Martin's Little Summer) a season of fine, mild weather occurring about Martinmas; also figurative.

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the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > periods of unseasonal weather

Michaelmas spring1557

All-Hallown Summer1598

St Martin's Summera1616

autumn-spring1639

go-summer1649

Indian summer1790

squaw winter1847

All Saints' Summer1861

Martin's summer1864

Martinmas summer1881

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iii. 110 This night the Siege assuredly Ile rayse: Expect Saint Martins Summer, Halcyons dayes.

1754 in J. Doran ‘Mann’ & Manners at Court of Florence (1876) II. xv. 368 Nov. 8... We have still our St. Martin's summer to come.

1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone 292 Those last few years were her Summer of St. Martin.]

1884 St. James's Gaz. 7 Nov. 14/2 The arrival of November has only varied matters by bringing in a St. Martin's summer.

1887 R. Abercromby Weather 316 The 11th [of November] is ‘St. Martin's Little Summer’, popularly considered in the Mediterranean to be a period of warm, quiet weather.

1968 R. Hargreaves Bloodybacks viii. 204 With the Carib uprising finally squashed..the old spirit of loyalty to the mother country enjoyed a brief St. Martin's summer.

1987 F. Parrish Caught in Birdlime xii. 164 Martinmas, the weather cleared, for St. Martin's summer.

† St Martin's ware n. Obsolete imitations, forgeries (see St Martin's stuff n. above).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > counterfeit goods

ape-warec1230

St Martin's stuff1598

St Martin's ware1648

1648 C. Walker Relations & Observ. ii. 122 These letters may be St. Martins ware, counterfeit stuffe.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	st martin
释义	St Martinn. Brit. /s(ə)nt ˈmɑːtɪn/, /seɪnt ˈmɑːtɪn/, U.S. /ˌseɪn(t) ˈmɑrtn/, /s(ə)n(t) ˈmɑrtn/ Forms: see saint adj. and n. and Martin n.¹; also 1500s Seynt Merteryn. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name St Martin. Etymology: < the name of St Martin of Tours (see Martin n.¹). 1. (Occasionally St Martin's.) St Martin's Day, Martinmas. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Martinmas (11 November) > [noun] Martinmasc1325 St Martin1429 St Martin's day1517 martela1790 Martin's day1886 1429 Rolls of Parl. IV. 342/2 Atte the oeptaves of Seynt Martyn in Wynter. 1533 Presentm. Juries in Surtees Misc. (1888) 34 That every man make his fens..before Seynt Merteryn. 1679 T. Blount Fragmenta Antiquitatis 92 Retropannage begins at St. Martyns and ends at Candlemass. 2. St Martin's n. the parish of St Martin-le-Grand, London, esp. as a place for trading in cheap goods, spec. in imitation jewellery. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun] > location of St Martin's1572 1572 in Extracts Acc. Revels at Court (Shaks. Soc.) 24 John Wever of Saint Martins for Copper silver frenge, xvij oz^ce at [blank] the ounce. 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier G4^v The other a Frenchman and a Myllaner in saint Martins, and sels shirts, bandes, bracelets, Iewels, and such pretty toies for Gentle women. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe ii. i. sig. C2 You must to the pawne to buy Lawne: to Saint Martins for Lace. 1618 G. Mynshul Ess. Prison 23 They are like the rings and chaines bought at S. Martines, that weare faire for a little time, but shortly after will proue Alchimy or rather pure Copper. 1678 S. Butler Ladies Answer to Knight in Hudibras: Third Pt. 266 Those False S. Martins beads. Compounds St Martin's bird n. [compare German Martinsvogel, French oiseau de Saint Martin, Middle Dutch Sint Martijns vogel] the hen harrier. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Circus (harrier) > circus cynaeus (hen-harrier) St Martin's fowl?a1513 hen harrier1544 grey falcon1678 faller1848 rabbit-hawk1851 miller1885 St Martin's bird1894 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues sig. LLL/1 Oiseau de S. Martin, a Ring-tayle, or Hen-harme.] 1894 F. S. Ellis Reynard the Fox x. 47 In the stronghold of Malperdy, Just then Saint Martin's bird he kens. St Martin's day n. the 11th of November, Martinmas. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Martinmas (11 November) > [noun] Martinmasc1325 St Martin1429 St Martin's day1517 martela1790 Martin's day1886 1517 in Nichols Illustr. of Manners & Expences Anctient Times (1797) 272 Payd on Seynt Marten's day, for bred and drynke for the syngers, vs. 1758 R. Griffiths Descr. Thames 174 Salmon shall be in Defence, or not taken, from 8th September to St. Martin's Day. St Martin's eve n. (also St Martin's even) the eve of St Martin's day, the 10th of November. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > St. Martin's Eve (10 November) > [noun] St Martin's eve?1461 ?1461 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 522 Wretyn in hast on Seynt Martynys Evyn. 1592 J. Stow Annales ann. 1280 . 300 On S. Martins euen a great thunder ouerthrew many houses and trees in England. 1866 Mrs. H. Wood (title) St. Martin's Eve. St Martin's evil n. rare drunkenness.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 in Cent. Dict. at Saint, n. St. Martin's evil, drunkenness. St Martin's flower n. a species of Peruvian lily, Alstroemeria ligtu, especially var. pulchra. ΚΠ 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 46/1 A[lströmeria] Flos Martini, the St. Martin's Flower of Chili. 1956 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) IV. 1849/1 St. Martin's Flower, see Alstroemeria Ligtu pulchra. 1994 M. Griffiths Index Garden Plants 56/1 A[lstroemeria] ligtu L. St. Martin's Flower. To 60 cm...tep. white to pale lilac to pink red [etc.]. † St Martin's fowl n. Obsolete = St Martin's bird n. above. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Circus (harrier) > circus cynaeus (hen-harrier) St Martin's fowl?a1513 hen harrier1544 grey falcon1678 faller1848 rabbit-hawk1851 miller1885 St Martin's bird1894 a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Abbot of Tungland in Poems (1998) I. 58 The myttane and Sanct Martynis fowle Wend he had bene the hornit howle. St Martin's herb n. = herb of St. Martin n. at herb n. Compounds 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > American or West Indian masterwort1523 hogweed1707 black root1709 many-seed1750 Martynia1753 Maranta1754 hog meat1756 iron1756 Evolvulus1764 zebra plant1826 turkey-flower1843 vriesia1843 Spanish needles1846 turkey-blossom1849 horse poison1851 St Martin's herb1860 goatweed1864 wake-robin1864 frog-bit1866 herb of St. Martin1866 pipi1866 goatweed1869 cigar-plant1961 1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. Saint Martin's Herb, a small, herbaceous, very mucilaginous plant, used for medicinal purposes; Sauvagesia erecta. Lindley. 1956 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) IV. 1876/1 S[auvagesia] erecta. Iron shrub; St. Martin's Herb. St Martin's Lent n. the forty days between Martinmas and Christmas Eve, formerly observed as a fast. ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Lent The antient Latin Monks had three Lents; the Grand Lent before Easter; another before Christmas, call'd, The Lent of St. Martin; and a third after Whitsunday, call'd that of St. John Baptist: each of which consisted of forty Days.] 1905 N.E.D. at Martin sb.³ St. Martin's Lent. † St Martin's rings n. Obsolete imitation gold rings (see sense 2, and cf. St Martin's ware n.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun] > something false or forged > supposedly precious Martin chain?1550 puff ring1557 St Martin's rings1590 by-gold1611 schlenter1897 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. B2^v I doubt whether all be gold that glistereth, sith Saint Martins rings be but Copper within. 1617 W. Fennor Compters Common-wealth 28 This kindnesse is but like Alchimy or Saint Martins rings, that are faire to the eye, and haue a rich outside, but if a man breake them a sunder and looke into them [etc.]. † St Martin's stuff n. Obsolete poor quality or imitation items (cf. sense 2). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > counterfeit goods ape-warec1230 St Martin's stuff1598 St Martin's ware1648 1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia ii. sig. C5^v I had thought the last mask..Had..Taught thee S. Martins stuffe from true gold lace. St Martin's Summer n. (also St Martin's Little Summer) a season of fine, mild weather occurring about Martinmas; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > periods of unseasonal weather Michaelmas spring1557 All-Hallown Summer1598 St Martin's Summera1616 autumn-spring1639 go-summer1649 Indian summer1790 squaw winter1847 All Saints' Summer1861 Martin's summer1864 Martinmas summer1881 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iii. 110 This night the Siege assuredly Ile rayse: Expect Saint Martins Summer, Halcyons dayes. 1754 in J. Doran ‘Mann’ & Manners at Court of Florence (1876) II. xv. 368 Nov. 8... We have still our St. Martin's summer to come. 1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone 292 Those last few years were her Summer of St. Martin.] 1884 St. James's Gaz. 7 Nov. 14/2 The arrival of November has only varied matters by bringing in a St. Martin's summer. 1887 R. Abercromby Weather 316 The 11th [of November] is ‘St. Martin's Little Summer’, popularly considered in the Mediterranean to be a period of warm, quiet weather. 1968 R. Hargreaves Bloodybacks viii. 204 With the Carib uprising finally squashed..the old spirit of loyalty to the mother country enjoyed a brief St. Martin's summer. 1987 F. Parrish Caught in Birdlime xii. 164 Martinmas, the weather cleared, for St. Martin's summer. † St Martin's ware n. Obsolete imitations, forgeries (see St Martin's stuff n. above). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > counterfeit goods ape-warec1230 St Martin's stuff1598 St Martin's ware1648 1648 C. Walker Relations & Observ. ii. 122 These letters may be St. Martins ware, counterfeit stuffe. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1429
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