| 单词 | standing salt |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstanding salt standing salt n. historical a large, often ornate salt cellar formerly placed in the middle of a dining table; cf. salt n.1 7a, 7b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > vessel for sprinkling sugar, pepper, or salt > salt-cellar saltfatc1000 salera1400 salt cellar1434 salt1493 drum salt1537 trencher salt1615 scroll salt1630 trencher salt cellar1681 standing salt1826 salt-sprinkler1864 salt-stand1869 salt-shaker1895 1826 S. W. Singer Dramatic Wks. Shakespeare IV. 17 (note) The company at great tables were divided according to their rank into higher and lower messes. Those of lower condition sitting below the great standing salt in the centre of the table. 1931 E. Wenham Domest. Silver v. 42 The imposing standing-salts.., from the Middle Ages to the third quarter of the seventeenth century, were the symbols of social distinction. 2013 B. C. Wees & M. H. Harvey Early Amer. Silver in Metrop. Mus. Art 123 Underscoring their elevated status, many standing salts are larger than necessary for the small quantity of salt that they hold. < as lemmas |
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