单词 | zegadine |
释义 | zegadinen. rare (chiefly historical) after 17th cent. A large two-handled drinking cup, typically made of silver, of a type traditionally used in certain Oxford colleges. Cf. ox-eye cup n. at ox-eye n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > silver zegadine1651 1651 C. Barksdale Nympha Libethris iv. xlv. 91 Oft have we discours'd 'ore a Zegedine Of Double, and now and then a pot of wine. a1668 in MS Balliol Coll. Oxf. Arch. Plate Rec. 2 f. 59v Other Plates given by Commoners... Mag.: Price. a Bedmaker in the colledge..the 5th Zegadine of 5li price. a1690 in MS Balliol Coll. Oxf. Arch. Plate Rec. 2 f. 83v Given to the King in the year. 1642..Silver plate..05. Great two eard pots: called Zegardines. 1963 Connoisseur Oct. 103/2 (caption) College Cup for Balliol College, Oxford, 1963: a new adaptation of an old type of design, known in this college as a 'Zegadine'. Given by the Glover family to celebrate the college's 700th anniversary. 2004 H. M. Clifford Treasured Inheritance 31/2 A search through the New College long books reveals the presence of zegadines in 1657. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1651 |
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