单词 | waterford |
释义 | Waterfordn. 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. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass > glass-work or glassware > types of murrhine1782 Waterford1783 crystalware1805 peloton glass1881 opal ware1894 Stiegel1906 Mary Gregory1959 Nailsea1961 Vaseline1966 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. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > glass glassc888 verrea1382 Venice glass1527 rummer1625 bottle glass1626 Malaga glassa1627 flute1649 flute-glass1668 long glass1680 mum-glass1684 toasting glass1703 wine glass1709 tulip-glass1755 tun-glass1755 water glass1779 tumbler-glass1795 Madeira glass1801 tumbling glass1803 noggin glass1805 champagne glass1815 table glass1815 balloon glass1819 copita1841 firing glass1842 nobbler1842 thimble glass1843 wine1848 liqueur-glass1850 straw-stem1853 pokal1854 goblet1856 mousseline1862 pony glass1862 long-sleever1872 cocktail glass1873 champagne flute1882 yard-glass1882 sleever1896 tea-glass1898 liqueur1907 dock-glass1911 toast-master glass1916 Waterford1916 stem-glass1922 Pilsner glass1923 Amen glass1924 ballon1930 balloon goblet1931 thistle glass1935 snifter1937 balloon1951 shot-glass1955 handle1956 tulip1961 schooner1967 champagne fountain1973 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). < n.1783 |
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