| 单词 | stuff of corn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstuff of corn f. Provision of corn; in full †stuff of corn; hence corn or grain in any state (see quot. 1825). Obsolete exc. Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] corn871 curnsa1400 frumentc1440 stuff1461 victual1473 plough-meat1580 fourment1601 breadstuff1793 white victual1799 cereal1832 corn-chandlery1883 mutt-eye1946 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] corn871 grainc1315 frumentc1440 stuff1461 1461–2 Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) 311 Wher they fyndyth any maner of stof of corn grosyt, they to arest and take up all such stof. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 220 Quhen this was doyne to thar dyner thai went Off stuff and wyne. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 6 In all kynde of stuffe, and cattell it abundes. ?1635 in D. Dickson Sel. Pract. Writings (1845) (modernized text) 94 He were an evil-skilled husbandman, who should take a whole bing of stuff to be chaff, because there is much chaff in it. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 158 The Simmer had been cauld an' wat, An' Stuff was unco green. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Stuff,... It denotes grain in whatever state; whether as growing, cut down, in the barn, or in the mill. < as lemmas |
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