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单词 waterford
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Waterfordn.

Brit. /ˈwɔːtəfəd/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərfərd/, /ˈwɑdərfərd/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Waterford.
Etymology: < the name of Waterford, a city in the south-east of Ireland.
I. Compounds.
1. attributive. Designating a type of fine flint glassware first produced in Waterford, Ireland, in the eighteenth cent.; of or relating to this glass. Esp. in Waterford glass, Waterford crystal. A proprietary name.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass > glass-work or glassware > types of
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1783 Dublin Evening Post 4 Oct. in M. S. D. Westropp Irish Glass (1920) iii. 69 Waterford Glass House. George and William Penrose having established an extensive glass manufacture in this city, their friends and the public may be supplied with all kinds of plain and cut flint glass.
1825 1st Rep. Commissioners Educ. Ireland 274 in Parl. Papers (H. C. 400) XII. 1 Do you know any thing of a set of Waterford glass being presented to Mr. Adamson by any body?
1898 Sale Catal. in Country Life (1974) 26 Sept. 854/2 Waterford and Cork cut glass.
1917 W. J. Locke Red Planet xxi. 269 A precious old Waterford claret jug.
1964 Mrs. L. B. Johnson Diary 25 Apr. in White House Diary (1970) 125 I described the Savonnerie rug, the Waterford chandelier.
2011 Guardian (Nexis) 24 Dec. (Weekend Suppl.) 38 The fancy Wedgwood china was out, along with the special Christmas tablecloth and the Waterford crystal glasses.
II. Simple uses.
2. Waterford glass or glassware.
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1916 J. H. Yoxall Collecting Old Glass iv. 30 Of all cut-glass ‘Waterford’ was the most beautiful; its specific gravity was the greatest, and deep cutting could take place without the ware being clumsily heavy to begin with.
1936 M. Kennedy Together & Apart iii. 211 Come and look at this glass... It's Waterford.
1978 J. Carroll Mortal Friends i. ii. 22 The few pieces of Waterford in the village had been loaned and were out, filled with jams and preserves.
2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 11 Jan. iv. 7/1 Waterford is hands-down the most popular line of crystal for the store and ‘Lismore’ the most famous pattern.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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