† bombacebombasen.

Forms: 1500s bombage, 1500s–1600s bombase, bombace.

Etymology: < Old French bombace cotton, cotton wadding < late Latin bombāce-m, accusative of bombax cotton, a corruption and transferred use of Latin bombyx silk, < Greek βόμβυξ silkworm, silk.

Obsolete.

1. The down of the cotton-plant; raw cotton.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > cotton > [noun]

bombace1553

bombazine1555

bombice1559

wood-wool1559

bombast1568

bombasie1576

cotton wool1589

cottona1625

cotton wools1638

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Bi^v This cotton, is otherwyse called Bombage or sylke of the trees.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Hj^v They tie the postes together with ropes of bombage cotton.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xvii. 679 Fayre white cotton, or the downe that we call Bombace.

1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 536 The oyle is to be taken away with bombase or cotton dipt in it.

1617 J. Harington tr. H. Ronsovius Preserv. Health xi. 37 in Englishmans Doctor (rev. ed.) To vse garments of Silke or Bombace.

2. Cotton fibre dressed for stuffing or padding garments; cotton-wool, cotton-wadding.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > cotton

bombast1572

bombace1592

carding1600

cotton wool1857

nitrocotton1867

batting1875

lint1877

delint1896

viscose1896

linters1903

1592 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 212 xx yds. of course harden 6s. 6d. v lbs. of bombace 5s.

1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 149 A body that needed not the common helpes of rectifying its proportion by bombace or the like.

3. figurative. Padding, stuffing: see bombast n. 2b, 3.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > inflated or bombastic style > bombast

thundering1564

bombast1589

fustiana1593

taratantara1599

bombard-phrasea1637

heroics1638

bombacea1661

rant1662

Lexiphanicism1767

streperosity1772

puff1821

taffeta1821

polyphloisboioism1823

flabbergast1831

highfalutin1847

highfalutination1858

carmagnole1860

Barnumism1862

ballyhoo1901

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Oxf. 344 A Sermon..to the University, the stuff, or rather bombace whereof we have set down in our Ecclesiastical History.

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

单词	bombace
释义	† bombacebombasen. Forms: 1500s bombage, 1500s–1600s bombase, bombace. Etymology: < Old French bombace cotton, cotton wadding < late Latin bombāce-m, accusative of bombax cotton, a corruption and transferred use of Latin bombyx silk, < Greek βόμβυξ silkworm, silk. Obsolete. 1. The down of the cotton-plant; raw cotton. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > cotton > [noun] bombace1553 bombazine1555 bombice1559 wood-wool1559 bombast1568 bombasie1576 cotton wool1589 cottona1625 cotton wools1638 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Bi^v This cotton, is otherwyse called Bombage or sylke of the trees. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Hj^v They tie the postes together with ropes of bombage cotton. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xvii. 679 Fayre white cotton, or the downe that we call Bombace. 1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 536 The oyle is to be taken away with bombase or cotton dipt in it. 1617 J. Harington tr. H. Ronsovius Preserv. Health xi. 37 in Englishmans Doctor (rev. ed.) To vse garments of Silke or Bombace. 2. Cotton fibre dressed for stuffing or padding garments; cotton-wool, cotton-wadding. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > cotton bombast1572 bombace1592 carding1600 cotton wool1857 nitrocotton1867 batting1875 lint1877 delint1896 viscose1896 linters1903 1592 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 212 xx yds. of course harden 6s. 6d. v lbs. of bombace 5s. 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 149 A body that needed not the common helpes of rectifying its proportion by bombace or the like. 3. figurative. Padding, stuffing: see bombast n. 2b, 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > inflated or bombastic style > bombast thundering1564 bombast1589 fustiana1593 taratantara1599 bombard-phrasea1637 heroics1638 bombacea1661 rant1662 Lexiphanicism1767 streperosity1772 puff1821 taffeta1821 polyphloisboioism1823 flabbergast1831 highfalutin1847 highfalutination1858 carmagnole1860 Barnumism1862 ballyhoo1901 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Oxf. 344 A Sermon..to the University, the stuff, or rather bombace whereof we have set down in our Ecclesiastical History. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1553
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