单词 | sylvester |
释义 | † sylvestern.1 Obsolete. 1. In the system of Paracelsus, a spirit of the woods. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > nymph > dryad hamadryad1390 Napaea?1553 dryad1555 sylvan1565 wood-nymph1577 sylvester1657 Napaean1753 Napaead1818 tree-nymph1831 1657 H. Pinnell tr. Crollius Philos. Reformed i. i. 27 In the Aire or our airy world there are Umbratils, Silvesters, Satyrs, whose Monsters are the Gyants. 1657 H. Pinnell tr. Crollius Philos. Reformed ii. 15 (margin) Gnomes, Sylvesters and Lemures. 2. Name for an inferior kind of cochineal (supposed, like the true cochineal, to be the seed of a plant). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs madderOE grain1335 alkanet1343 Brazilc1386 crop-maddera1399 red-scarletc1400 alcanna?a1425 lac?c1425 madder root?c1450 incarnationa1475 jarecork1483 orchil1483 mull1507 orcanet1548 Bristol-red1551 red sanders1553 cochineal1582 safflower1583 chay1588 Pernambuco1595 red sanderswood1598 redwood1634 peach woodc1638 scarlet1653 mesteque1667 bow-dye1676 sylvester1697 corkir1703 gamene1703 orchilla1703 crap1721 saffranon1731 kino1788 Turkey red1789 lizary1791 granilla1812 munjeet1813 rubiate1835 orcein1838 purpurin1839 ruby wood1843 sassafrid1852 aal1853 pink salt1853 magenta1860 fuchsine1865 paeonin1865 safranine1868 corallin1873 marina1874 Magdala red1875 alizarin1878 eosin1879 Turkey red oil1879 roccelline1880 ponceau1885 amarant1888 phloxine1890 hypernic1897 Turkish red1900 Lithol red1930 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World v. 124 The Friers get plentiful incomes;..in other places where they plant Cochoneel Trees, or Silvester Trees. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World viii. 229 The Silvester is a red grain growing in a Fruit much resembling the Cochineel-fruit. 1703 London Gaz. No. 3895/3 Goods out of the Mary Man of War from Vigo, consisting of Sugars,..Campuchina, or Silvester. 1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing II. ii. iii. iii. 170 The sylvestris is a sort of cochineal.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2021). Sylvestern.2 St. Sylvester's day, December 31. Sylvester-eve, Sylvester-night [German Sylvesterabend] , the evening or night of December 31, New Year's Eve. ΘΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year > New-year's day or eve year's dayOE New Year's Dayc1175 hogmanay1681 singing-e'en1806 Sylvester1838 New Year's Eve1864 1838 S. Jackson tr. G. F. A. Strauss Reminisc. Lutheran Clergyman i. 50 I have never been able to feel joyful on Sylvester-eve, when I have spent it wholly in company. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. vii. 132 And so, the sylvester night passed away. 1866 C. Engel Introd. Study National Music viii. 276 In the villages of Northern Germany, it is not unusual for the cow~herd,..at midnight of Sylvester, to..sing a sacred hymn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2020). † sylvestersilvesteradj. Obsolete. rare. = sylvestrian adj.1 ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [adjective] > belonging to, characteristic of, or resembling sylvester1578 sylvana1586 woodish1588 woody1590 wooden1606 sylvestrial1607 sylvestric1623 sylvestrous1653 sylvatical1656 sylvestrious1656 sylvestrian1657 sylvatic1661 forestish1815 sylvestral1858 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 378 They did mainteyne themselues with rootes, hearbes, and siluester fruites. 1720–21 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) II. 169 One Time a mighty Plague did pester All Beasts Domestick and Sylvester. Derivatives sylˈvestral adj. Botany growing in woods or woodland places; of a type found in woods. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [adjective] > belonging to, characteristic of, or resembling sylvester1578 sylvana1586 woodish1588 woody1590 wooden1606 sylvestrial1607 sylvestric1623 sylvestrous1653 sylvatical1656 sylvestrious1656 sylvestrian1657 sylvatic1661 forestish1815 sylvestral1858 1858 A. Irvine Handbk. Brit. Plants 80 Sylvestral plants..grow chiefly in woods; but some..also in hedges, and more in bushy places. 1863 J. G. Baker N. Yorks. Stud. 181 Aboriginal species characteristically paludal, uliginal, ericetal, and sylvestral. sylˈvestrial adj. = sylvestrian adj.1 ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [adjective] > belonging to, characteristic of, or resembling sylvester1578 sylvana1586 woodish1588 woody1590 wooden1606 sylvestrial1607 sylvestric1623 sylvestrous1653 sylvatical1656 sylvestrious1656 sylvestrian1657 sylvatic1661 forestish1815 sylvestral1858 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 630 All wilde siluestriall beastes are dryer then the tame, modern, and domesticall. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta iii. 64 It [sc. the pheasant] may of all syluestriall Fowle, well challenge the first place at tables. †sylˈvestric adj. Obsolete = sylvestrian adj.1 ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [adjective] > belonging to, characteristic of, or resembling sylvester1578 sylvana1586 woodish1588 woody1590 wooden1606 sylvestrial1607 sylvestric1623 sylvestrous1653 sylvatical1656 sylvestrious1656 sylvestrian1657 sylvatic1661 forestish1815 sylvestral1858 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Syluestrick, wilde, rusticall. †sylˈvestrious adj. Obsolete = sylvestrian adj.1 ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [adjective] > belonging to, characteristic of, or resembling sylvester1578 sylvana1586 woodish1588 woody1590 wooden1606 sylvestrial1607 sylvestric1623 sylvestrous1653 sylvatical1656 sylvestrious1656 sylvestrian1657 sylvatic1661 forestish1815 sylvestral1858 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Sylvestrick, Sylvestrious..of Wood or Forest, full of Trees or Wood, woody. †sylˈvestrous adj. Obsolete = sylvestrian adj.1 ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [adjective] > belonging to, characteristic of, or resembling sylvester1578 sylvana1586 woodish1588 woody1590 wooden1606 sylvestrial1607 sylvestric1623 sylvestrous1653 sylvatical1656 sylvestrious1656 sylvestrian1657 sylvatic1661 forestish1815 sylvestral1858 1653 R. Mason in J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis (rev. ed.) Let. to Author **4 The ruder crouds and silvestrous heards of mankinde. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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