yamn.¹

Brit.

/jam/, U.S.

/jæm/

Forms: [1500s nname, inany, ignane, iniamo, 1500s–1600s inamia, 1500s–1700s igname, 1600s ignaman, ighname, iniamu, 1600s–1700s inhame], 1600s yeam(e, yawm, yaum, jamoo, 1600s–1700s yame, 1700s jamme, jamb, guam (?), yamm, 1600s– yam.

Etymology: < Portuguese inhame (Clusius 1567) or Spanish igname (Scaliger 1557), iñame, †name, whence French igname (Thevet 1575); the ultimate origin is uncertain. The foll. quots. contain unanglicized forms:1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 18 A fruite called Inany [It. Ignami]: which fraite is lyke to our Turnops, but is verye sweete and good to eate.1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Comm. Notable Thinges in tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China Comm. xi. 342 These people [sc. of the Philippine Islands] do more esteeme yron than siluer or golde, and gaue for it fruites nnames [Sp. ñames] patatas, fish.1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. lv. 99/2 Iniamos were this yeare brought hether out of Guinea, as bigge as a mans legge.1599 J. Welsh in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. ii. 129 Their bread is a kind of roots, they call it Inamia, and when it is well sodden I would leaue our bread to eat of it.1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. Descr. Places 52 They haue good sustenance also by meanes of a root, called there Igname, but in the west Indies Batata.1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum xv. xxix. 1383 This manner of planting this Inhame savoureth something of that of the Manihot or Iucca, wherof the Cassavi is made.1665 Golden Coast or Descr. Guinney 65 The Battatas are..in form almost like Iniamus.1703 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1702–03 (Royal Soc.) 23 1460 A sort of Inhame vulgo Yam or Potatoe.1759 tr. M. Adanson Voy. Senegal 165 The roots or manioc, igname [Fr.], and batatee multiply greatly in open places.

1. The starchy tuberous root of various species of Dioscorea, largely cultivated for food in tropical and subtropical countries, where it takes the place of the potato; also, any plant of the genus Dioscorea (or, by extension, of the N.O. Dioscoreaceæ), comprising twining herbs or shrubs with spikes of small inconspicuous flowers.With defining words, applied to various species of Dioscorea, and to plants of other genera in some way resembling these. Chinese yam n. (also Japanese yam) D. Batatas. coco yam n. (also koko yam) = cocco n., koko n.¹ common yam n. D. sativa. Granada yam n. (also Guinea yam) D. bulbifera. Indian yam n. D. trifida. long yam n. of Australia, D. transversa. native yam n. a name for Australian species of Ipomœa (N.O. Convolvulaceæ) with edible tubers. red yam n. (also white yam, Negro Country yam, winged yam) Dioscorea alata. round yam n. (a) a species of yam with a round tuber; (b) the Burdekin Vine of Australia, Vitis ( Cissus) opaca, with an edible tuberous root. wild yam n. Dioscorea villosa of North America, the root of which is used medicinally, also called colic-root; also applied to two West Indian climbing shrubs, Rajania pleioneura (N.O. Dioscoreaceæ) and Cissus sicyoides (N.O. Vitaceæ); also to an Australian parasitic orchid ( Gastrodia sesamoides) with edible roots, called native potato in Tasmania.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > yam

yam1657

Negro country yam1696

yampee1796

cush-cush1871

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > yam

jicama1604

yam1657

Negro country yam1696

yellow yam1836

adjigo1863

cush-cush1871

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 94 Planting provisions of Corn, Yeams, Bonavista, Cassavie.

1659 in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1919) July 285 To procure..planton rootes, cassada-sticks, large jamooes, potatoes and bonavist [in Cape Verde Is.].

1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 16 Plentifull produce of Sugar-Canes, Tobacco, Cotten, Maiz.., Potato's, Yames [printed Yarnes].

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World ii. 12 Yams, Patatoes, and Plantains served us for Bread.

1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 101 Yams, of which they have two sorts, a White and a Purple.

1704 Nat. Hist. ix, in L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. (ed. 2) 262 Round Yam. From the Root which is white raw, but when boyl'd red... White Yam. Its Root being of that colour, the Leaves single and cordated.

1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea i. 7 Jammes [Fr. jammes].

1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea ii. 16 Jambs, Potatoes, and other Fruits.

1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 231 Guams, Potatoes.

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 360 The Wild Yam. This plant grows wild in the inland woods of Jamaica.

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 359 The Negro Yam.

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 278 The yams, so important a food in all tropical countries, because of their large, fleshy, mucilaginous, sweetish tubers.

1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 718 The Chinese Yam (D. Batatas), recently introduced to this country as a substitute for the potatoe.

1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 789 Yams, Indian, Dioscorea trifida... Yams, white, Dioscorea alata. Yams, wild, Cissus sicyoides and Rajania pleioneura.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 411 Yams vary greatly in size and colour..; many attain a length of two or three feet, and weigh from 30 to 40 lbs.; some are white, others purplish throughout, while some have a purple skin with whitish flesh, and others are pink, or even black.

1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 433 White Bockra or Winged Yam (Dioscorea alata, L.).—Square-stemmed climbing plant. The roots of this species afford a much more delicate..food than those of D. sativa.

1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 67 Vistis opaca,..Round Yam.

2. Applied to †(a) the mangrove, of which some species have an edible fruit; (b) varieties of the common potato ( Solanum tuberosum), cultivated in Scotland; (c) U.S. a variety of the sweet potato ( Batatas edulis).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > mangroves

mangle1613

mangrove1613

mangrove treec1625

button tree1698

Rhizophora1753

yam1753

button mangrove1864

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > sweet potato

potato1565

batata1577

potato root1583

Spanish potato1599

red batata1696

Virginia potato1715

sweet potato1750

yam1753

kumara1773

boniato1800

camote1842

Carolina potato1848

Carolina1884

mickey1936

kau kau1937

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > sweet potato

batata1577

potato root1583

red batata1696

sweet potato1750

yam1753

kumara1773

camote1842

Carolina1884

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > potato > types of

baker1651

Irish potato1664

sprout1771

London lady1780

ox-noble1794

pink-eye1795

kidney1796

Suriname1796

round1800

yam potato1801

bluenose1803

yam1805

bead-potato1808

Murphy1811

lumper1840

blue1845

salmon1845

merino1846

regent1846

pink1850

redskin potato1851

fluke1868

snowflake1882

magnum1889

ware1894

snowdrop1900

King Edward1902

Majestic1917

red1926

fingerling1930

Pentland1959

chipper1961

Maris Peer1963

Maris Piper1963

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > potato > types of potato

potato1629

Rough Red1771

sprout1771

London lady1780

russet1780

ox-noble1794

pink-eye1795

kidney1796

Suriname1796

silver-skin1797

yam potato1801

bluenose1803

yam1805

bead-potato1808

lumper1840

blue1845

merino1846

regent1846

pink1850

redskin potato1851

fluke1868

mangel-wurzel potato1875

snowflake1882

snowdrop1900

pomato1905

Idaho1911

Majestic1917

red1926

Pentland1959

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. Yams,..a name sometimes used for the rhizophora of Linnæus.

c1775 T. L. Yankee Doodle (song) ii, in Notes & Queries 1st Ser. V. 87 Farewell all de yams, and farewell de salt fish.

1803 J. Walker in Prize Ess. & Trans. Highland Soc. Scotl. 2 68 There is a demand for the large coarse varieties of potatoe, improperly called Yams.

1805 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. II. 84 To give them [sc. horses]..a considerable quantity daily of potatoes, especially of the coarse sort, called yams.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 30 The varieties raised exclusively for cattle are the common yam, red yam, and ox-noble.

1862 J. G. Whittier Song of Negro Boatmen in At Port Royal De yam will grow, de cotton blow, We'll hab de rice an' corn.

1892 Kilmarnock Standard 30 July 5/2 The Negro likes his yam.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

yam-cloth n.

ΚΠ

1867 R. W. Emerson Progr. Culture in Wks. (1906) III. 228 Even the races that we still call savage..vindicate their faculty by the skill with which they make their yam-cloths.

yam-hill n.

ΚΠ

1864–5 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands iii. 85 A Yam-hill—i.e. a bank of mould prepared for the purpose of growing yams.

yam-root n.

ΚΠ

1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 839 The juice of yam-roots fresh is acrid.

1861 Bp. Mackenzie in H. Goodwin Mem. (1864) 349 Huge yam-roots, some weighing fifty pounds.

C2.

yam-bean n. either of two species of leguminous plants, Pachyrrhizus ( Dolichos) tuberosus and angulatus, cultivated in the tropics for their pods and tubers, both of which are edible.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > other root vegetables

skirret1338

pease earthnut1548

skirret-root1565

rampion1573

Tragopogon1578

oca1604

tuckahoe1612

groundnut1636

sedge-root1648

breadroot1756

tannia1756

rush nut1783

wapato1796

cous1806

vegetable oyster1806

prairie turnip1811

prairie potato1828

murnong1836

Tartarian bread1836

biscuitroot1837

yam-bean1864

tiger-nut1887

wasabi1903

ramp1946

sunchoke1955

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > other root vegetables or plants producing them

skirret-root1565

Spanish nut1597

oca1604

tuckahoe1612

sisyrinchium1629

sedge-root1648

arrowroot1681

breadroot1756

tannia1756

rush nut1783

wapato1796

cous1806

prairie turnip1811

prairie potato1828

native potato1833

murnong1836

Tartarian bread1836

biscuitroot1837

tobacco-root1845

amadumbi1851

chufa1860

yam-bean1864

parsnip chervil1866

tiger-nut1887

yautia1899

wasabi1903

1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 789 Yam-bean, Dolichos tuberosus.

1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 321 Yam Bean (Pachyrhizus angulatus), its tubers are like turnips.

yam house n. a building in which to store yams.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > store for roots

root house1790

potato pie1807

yam house1910

1910 C. G. Seligmann Melanesians Brit. New Guinea xlix. 672 The number of yam houses makes each hamlet look larger than it really is.

1949 M. Mead Male & Female ix. 190 Among the Trobriand Islanders, each man fills the yam-house of his sister, not that of his wife.

yam potato n. = sense 2(b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > potato > types of

baker1651

Irish potato1664

sprout1771

London lady1780

ox-noble1794

pink-eye1795

kidney1796

Suriname1796

round1800

yam potato1801

bluenose1803

yam1805

bead-potato1808

Murphy1811

lumper1840

blue1845

salmon1845

merino1846

regent1846

pink1850

redskin potato1851

fluke1868

snowflake1882

magnum1889

ware1894

snowdrop1900

King Edward1902

Majestic1917

red1926

fingerling1930

Pentland1959

chipper1961

Maris Peer1963

Maris Piper1963

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > potato > types of potato

potato1629

Rough Red1771

sprout1771

London lady1780

russet1780

ox-noble1794

pink-eye1795

kidney1796

Suriname1796

silver-skin1797

yam potato1801

bluenose1803

yam1805

bead-potato1808

lumper1840

blue1845

merino1846

regent1846

pink1850

redskin potato1851

fluke1868

mangel-wurzel potato1875

snowflake1882

snowdrop1900

pomato1905

Idaho1911

Majestic1917

red1926

Pentland1959

1801 Farmer's Mag. Aug. 324 The yam potatoe.

yam-stick n. a long stick sharpened at the end, used by Australian Aboriginal people for digging, and as a weapon.

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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > digging tool

pikeeOE

digger1686

mamoty1782

ko1843

changkol1848

yam-stick1863

digging-stick1865

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > Australian Aboriginal

reed spear1819

yam-stick1863

giddea1878

1863 M. K. Beveridge Gatherings 27 One leg's thin as Lierah's yam-stick.

yam-stock n. a nickname for an inhabitant of St. Helena.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Southern Atlantic Islands > [noun]

Sandwicher1817

yam-stock1833

Falklander1850

Tristanite1910

Tristanian1929

St. Helenian1938

Kelper1960

saint1983

1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. xiv. 287 The beautiful blue-eyed yam-stock at St. Helena.

yam-vine n. (a) a species of yam ( Dioscorea bulbifera); (b) the ‘vine’ or climbing stem of the yam-plant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > yam > yam plant

Indian potato1752

yam-vine1792

yellow yam1836

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > yam > yam plant > stem of

yam-vine1894

1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 89 The dioscorea bulbifera, or yam vine.

1894 B. Thomson S. Sea Yarns 186 I should soon..see the green yam-vines.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

yamv.

Brit.

/jam/, U.S.

/jæm/

Forms: Also nyam.

Etymology: Derived through West Indian from West African words such as Hausa nama flesh, meat, Fulah nyama to eat; ultimately the same word as yam n.¹

dialect.

transitive. To eat, esp. with relish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eat [verb (transitive)]

eatc825

to-fret?c1225

vourc1330

dinec1380

to eat inc1450

engorge1541

tooth1579

canvass1602

get1603

eat1607

manger1609

upeat1630

dispatch1711

feed1725

yam1725

to eat off1733

repartake1751

patter1803

chop1833

smouse1840

to stow away1858

to put oneself outside ——1865

to get outside ——1876

to feed down1887

1725 New Canting Dict. Yam, to eat heartily, to stuff lustily.

1801 T. Dancer Med. Assistant 174 [Dirt-eaters] display as much curiosity and nicety in their choice of the earth they yam, as snuff-takers or smokers in the kind of tobacco they make use of.

a1818 M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 256 There's rice in the pot, take it, and yam-yamme.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Nyam, to chew.

1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 136/1 Yam, to eat hearty.

1862 W. G. Hamley Captain Clutterbuck's Champagne iv. 68 They purchased the congenial [sugar-cane] plant, and nyaming greedily its fibre, were entranced.

1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 273 Yam, to eat. This word is used by the lowest class all over the world; by the Wapping sailor, West India negro, or Chinese coolie.

1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 563/2 Yam, to eat greedily and with noise; to chew.

1970 C. Major Dict. Afro-Amer. Slang 125 Yam, to eat.

Derivatives

yam n.³ food.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > [noun]

meateOE

eatOE

foodOE

fodderOE

dietc1230

gista1290

victual1303

victualsa1375

preya1382

feedinga1398

pasturea1398

viancea1400

viandsc1400

livingc1405

meatingc1425

vitalyc1440

vianda1450

cates1461

vivers1536

viandry1542

viander1543

gut-matter1549

peck1567

belly-cheer1579

appast1580

manchet1583

chat1584

belly-metal1590

repasture1598

cibaries1599

belly-timber1607

belly-cheat1608

peckage1610

victuallage1622

keeping1644

vivresa1650

crib1652

prog1655

grub1659

beef1661

fooding1663

teething1673

eatablea1687

sunket1686

yam1788

chow-chow1795

keep1801

feed1818

grubbing1819

patter1824

ninyam1826

nyam1828

grubbery1831

tack1834

kai1845

mungaree1846

scoff1846

foodstuff1847

chuck1850

muckamuck1852

tuck1857

tucker1858

hash1865

nosh1873

jock1879

cake flour1881

chow1886

nosebag1888

stodge1890

food aid1900

tackle1900

munga1907

scarf1932

grubber1959

1788 P. Marsden Acct. Island Jamaica 49 The negroes say, the black parroquets are good for yam, i.e. good to eat.

1828 Marly: Life of Planter (ed. 2) 13 Eh! Mosquitoes hab grandy nyamn on dat new buckra!

1835 R. R. Madden Twelvemonth's Resid. W. Indies I. 188 Him want no nyam, no clothes, no sleep.

1904 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VII. iii. 368/2 Yam (nautical), food.

1953 Caribbean Q. 3 iii. 176 That was a wicked Jamaican lizard ‘mash up him common-law wife for mout'ful of nyam’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	yam
释义	yamn.¹ Brit. /jam/, U.S. /jæm/ Forms: [1500s nname, inany, ignane, iniamo, 1500s–1600s inamia, 1500s–1700s igname, 1600s ignaman, ighname, iniamu, 1600s–1700s inhame], 1600s yeam(e, yawm, yaum, jamoo, 1600s–1700s yame, 1700s jamme, jamb, guam (?), yamm, 1600s– yam. Etymology: < Portuguese inhame (Clusius 1567) or Spanish igname (Scaliger 1557), iñame, †name, whence French igname (Thevet 1575); the ultimate origin is uncertain. The foll. quots. contain unanglicized forms:1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 18 A fruite called Inany [It. Ignami]: which fraite is lyke to our Turnops, but is verye sweete and good to eate.1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Comm. Notable Thinges in tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China Comm. xi. 342 These people [sc. of the Philippine Islands] do more esteeme yron than siluer or golde, and gaue for it fruites nnames [Sp. ñames] patatas, fish.1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. lv. 99/2 Iniamos were this yeare brought hether out of Guinea, as bigge as a mans legge.1599 J. Welsh in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. ii. 129 Their bread is a kind of roots, they call it Inamia, and when it is well sodden I would leaue our bread to eat of it.1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. Descr. Places 52 They haue good sustenance also by meanes of a root, called there Igname, but in the west Indies Batata.1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum xv. xxix. 1383 This manner of planting this Inhame savoureth something of that of the Manihot or Iucca, wherof the Cassavi is made.1665 Golden Coast or Descr. Guinney 65 The Battatas are..in form almost like Iniamus.1703 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1702–03 (Royal Soc.) 23 1460 A sort of Inhame vulgo Yam or Potatoe.1759 tr. M. Adanson Voy. Senegal 165 The roots or manioc, igname [Fr.], and batatee multiply greatly in open places. 1. The starchy tuberous root of various species of Dioscorea, largely cultivated for food in tropical and subtropical countries, where it takes the place of the potato; also, any plant of the genus Dioscorea (or, by extension, of the N.O. Dioscoreaceæ), comprising twining herbs or shrubs with spikes of small inconspicuous flowers.With defining words, applied to various species of Dioscorea, and to plants of other genera in some way resembling these. Chinese yam n. (also Japanese yam) D. Batatas. coco yam n. (also koko yam) = cocco n., koko n.¹ common yam n. D. sativa. Granada yam n. (also Guinea yam) D. bulbifera. Indian yam n. D. trifida. long yam n. of Australia, D. transversa. native yam n. a name for Australian species of Ipomœa (N.O. Convolvulaceæ) with edible tubers. red yam n. (also white yam, Negro Country yam, winged yam) Dioscorea alata. round yam n. (a) a species of yam with a round tuber; (b) the Burdekin Vine of Australia, Vitis ( Cissus) opaca, with an edible tuberous root. wild yam n. Dioscorea villosa of North America, the root of which is used medicinally, also called colic-root; also applied to two West Indian climbing shrubs, Rajania pleioneura (N.O. Dioscoreaceæ) and Cissus sicyoides (N.O. Vitaceæ); also to an Australian parasitic orchid ( Gastrodia sesamoides) with edible roots, called native potato in Tasmania. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > yam yam1657 Negro country yam1696 yampee1796 cush-cush1871 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > yam jicama1604 yam1657 Negro country yam1696 yellow yam1836 adjigo1863 cush-cush1871 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 94 Planting provisions of Corn, Yeams, Bonavista, Cassavie. 1659 in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1919) July 285 To procure..planton rootes, cassada-sticks, large jamooes, potatoes and bonavist [in Cape Verde Is.]. 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 16 Plentifull produce of Sugar-Canes, Tobacco, Cotten, Maiz.., Potato's, Yames [printed Yarnes]. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World ii. 12 Yams, Patatoes, and Plantains served us for Bread. 1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 101 Yams, of which they have two sorts, a White and a Purple. 1704 Nat. Hist. ix, in L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. (ed. 2) 262 Round Yam. From the Root which is white raw, but when boyl'd red... White Yam. Its Root being of that colour, the Leaves single and cordated. 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea i. 7 Jammes [Fr. jammes]. 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea ii. 16 Jambs, Potatoes, and other Fruits. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 231 Guams, Potatoes. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 360 The Wild Yam. This plant grows wild in the inland woods of Jamaica. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 359 The Negro Yam. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 278 The yams, so important a food in all tropical countries, because of their large, fleshy, mucilaginous, sweetish tubers. 1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 718 The Chinese Yam (D. Batatas), recently introduced to this country as a substitute for the potatoe. 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 789 Yams, Indian, Dioscorea trifida... Yams, white, Dioscorea alata. Yams, wild, Cissus sicyoides and Rajania pleioneura. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 411 Yams vary greatly in size and colour..; many attain a length of two or three feet, and weigh from 30 to 40 lbs.; some are white, others purplish throughout, while some have a purple skin with whitish flesh, and others are pink, or even black. 1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 433 White Bockra or Winged Yam (Dioscorea alata, L.).—Square-stemmed climbing plant. The roots of this species afford a much more delicate..food than those of D. sativa. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 67 Vistis opaca,..Round Yam. 2. Applied to †(a) the mangrove, of which some species have an edible fruit; (b) varieties of the common potato ( Solanum tuberosum), cultivated in Scotland; (c) U.S. a variety of the sweet potato ( Batatas edulis). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > mangroves mangle1613 mangrove1613 mangrove treec1625 button tree1698 Rhizophora1753 yam1753 button mangrove1864 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > sweet potato potato1565 batata1577 potato root1583 Spanish potato1599 red batata1696 Virginia potato1715 sweet potato1750 yam1753 kumara1773 boniato1800 camote1842 Carolina potato1848 Carolina1884 mickey1936 kau kau1937 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > sweet potato batata1577 potato root1583 red batata1696 sweet potato1750 yam1753 kumara1773 camote1842 Carolina1884 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > potato > types of baker1651 Irish potato1664 sprout1771 London lady1780 ox-noble1794 pink-eye1795 kidney1796 Suriname1796 round1800 yam potato1801 bluenose1803 yam1805 bead-potato1808 Murphy1811 lumper1840 blue1845 salmon1845 merino1846 regent1846 pink1850 redskin potato1851 fluke1868 snowflake1882 magnum1889 ware1894 snowdrop1900 King Edward1902 Majestic1917 red1926 fingerling1930 Pentland1959 chipper1961 Maris Peer1963 Maris Piper1963 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > potato > types of potato potato1629 Rough Red1771 sprout1771 London lady1780 russet1780 ox-noble1794 pink-eye1795 kidney1796 Suriname1796 silver-skin1797 yam potato1801 bluenose1803 yam1805 bead-potato1808 lumper1840 blue1845 merino1846 regent1846 pink1850 redskin potato1851 fluke1868 mangel-wurzel potato1875 snowflake1882 snowdrop1900 pomato1905 Idaho1911 Majestic1917 red1926 Pentland1959 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. Yams,..a name sometimes used for the rhizophora of Linnæus. c1775 T. L. Yankee Doodle (song) ii, in Notes & Queries 1st Ser. V. 87 Farewell all de yams, and farewell de salt fish. 1803 J. Walker in Prize Ess. & Trans. Highland Soc. Scotl. 2 68 There is a demand for the large coarse varieties of potatoe, improperly called Yams. 1805 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. II. 84 To give them [sc. horses]..a considerable quantity daily of potatoes, especially of the coarse sort, called yams. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 30 The varieties raised exclusively for cattle are the common yam, red yam, and ox-noble. 1862 J. G. Whittier Song of Negro Boatmen in At Port Royal De yam will grow, de cotton blow, We'll hab de rice an' corn. 1892 Kilmarnock Standard 30 July 5/2 The Negro likes his yam. Compounds C1. General attributive. yam-cloth n. ΚΠ 1867 R. W. Emerson Progr. Culture in Wks. (1906) III. 228 Even the races that we still call savage..vindicate their faculty by the skill with which they make their yam-cloths. yam-hill n. ΚΠ 1864–5 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands iii. 85 A Yam-hill—i.e. a bank of mould prepared for the purpose of growing yams. yam-root n. ΚΠ 1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 839 The juice of yam-roots fresh is acrid. 1861 Bp. Mackenzie in H. Goodwin Mem. (1864) 349 Huge yam-roots, some weighing fifty pounds. C2. yam-bean n. either of two species of leguminous plants, Pachyrrhizus ( Dolichos) tuberosus and angulatus, cultivated in the tropics for their pods and tubers, both of which are edible. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > other root vegetables skirret1338 pease earthnut1548 skirret-root1565 rampion1573 Tragopogon1578 oca1604 tuckahoe1612 groundnut1636 sedge-root1648 breadroot1756 tannia1756 rush nut1783 wapato1796 cous1806 vegetable oyster1806 prairie turnip1811 prairie potato1828 murnong1836 Tartarian bread1836 biscuitroot1837 yam-bean1864 tiger-nut1887 wasabi1903 ramp1946 sunchoke1955 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > other root vegetables or plants producing them skirret-root1565 Spanish nut1597 oca1604 tuckahoe1612 sisyrinchium1629 sedge-root1648 arrowroot1681 breadroot1756 tannia1756 rush nut1783 wapato1796 cous1806 prairie turnip1811 prairie potato1828 native potato1833 murnong1836 Tartarian bread1836 biscuitroot1837 tobacco-root1845 amadumbi1851 chufa1860 yam-bean1864 parsnip chervil1866 tiger-nut1887 yautia1899 wasabi1903 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 789 Yam-bean, Dolichos tuberosus. 1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 321 Yam Bean (Pachyrhizus angulatus), its tubers are like turnips. yam house n. a building in which to store yams. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > store for roots root house1790 potato pie1807 yam house1910 1910 C. G. Seligmann Melanesians Brit. New Guinea xlix. 672 The number of yam houses makes each hamlet look larger than it really is. 1949 M. Mead Male & Female ix. 190 Among the Trobriand Islanders, each man fills the yam-house of his sister, not that of his wife. yam potato n. = sense 2(b). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > potato > types of baker1651 Irish potato1664 sprout1771 London lady1780 ox-noble1794 pink-eye1795 kidney1796 Suriname1796 round1800 yam potato1801 bluenose1803 yam1805 bead-potato1808 Murphy1811 lumper1840 blue1845 salmon1845 merino1846 regent1846 pink1850 redskin potato1851 fluke1868 snowflake1882 magnum1889 ware1894 snowdrop1900 King Edward1902 Majestic1917 red1926 fingerling1930 Pentland1959 chipper1961 Maris Peer1963 Maris Piper1963 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > potato > types of potato potato1629 Rough Red1771 sprout1771 London lady1780 russet1780 ox-noble1794 pink-eye1795 kidney1796 Suriname1796 silver-skin1797 yam potato1801 bluenose1803 yam1805 bead-potato1808 lumper1840 blue1845 merino1846 regent1846 pink1850 redskin potato1851 fluke1868 mangel-wurzel potato1875 snowflake1882 snowdrop1900 pomato1905 Idaho1911 Majestic1917 red1926 Pentland1959 1801 Farmer's Mag. Aug. 324 The yam potatoe. yam-stick n. a long stick sharpened at the end, used by Australian Aboriginal people for digging, and as a weapon. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > digging tool pikeeOE digger1686 mamoty1782 ko1843 changkol1848 yam-stick1863 digging-stick1865 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > Australian Aboriginal reed spear1819 yam-stick1863 giddea1878 1863 M. K. Beveridge Gatherings 27 One leg's thin as Lierah's yam-stick. yam-stock n. a nickname for an inhabitant of St. Helena. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Southern Atlantic Islands > [noun] Sandwicher1817 yam-stock1833 Falklander1850 Tristanite1910 Tristanian1929 St. Helenian1938 Kelper1960 saint1983 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. xiv. 287 The beautiful blue-eyed yam-stock at St. Helena. yam-vine n. (a) a species of yam ( Dioscorea bulbifera); (b) the ‘vine’ or climbing stem of the yam-plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > yam > yam plant Indian potato1752 yam-vine1792 yellow yam1836 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > yam > yam plant > stem of yam-vine1894 1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 89 The dioscorea bulbifera, or yam vine. 1894 B. Thomson S. Sea Yarns 186 I should soon..see the green yam-vines. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † yamn.² Etymology: < Russian yam posting stage or house, Persian yām post-horse. Obsolete. rare. A posting house. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > lodging-place > temporary > for travellers, pilgrims, etc. schooleOE hospitalc1300 khanc1400 xenodochy?c1550 posting inn1556 vent1577 caravanserai1585 yam1587 serai1609 venta1610 post-house1611 xenodochium1612 imaret1613 seraglio1617 rancho1648 hospitium1650 watering-house1664 choultry1698 accommodation house1787 stage-house1788 spital1794 stand1805 resthouse1807 hospice1818 resting1879 stopping house1883 truck stop1961 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 147^v If riding poast vpon a trotting Nagge, If homely yammes, in stead of Innes at night [etc.]. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 236/2 Each night they reached a yam, and each week a city. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2020). yamv. Brit. /jam/, U.S. /jæm/ Forms: Also nyam. Etymology: Derived through West Indian from West African words such as Hausa nama flesh, meat, Fulah nyama to eat; ultimately the same word as yam n.¹ dialect. transitive. To eat, esp. with relish. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eat [verb (transitive)] eatc825 to-fret?c1225 vourc1330 dinec1380 to eat inc1450 engorge1541 tooth1579 canvass1602 get1603 eat1607 manger1609 upeat1630 dispatch1711 feed1725 yam1725 to eat off1733 repartake1751 patter1803 chop1833 smouse1840 to stow away1858 to put oneself outside ——1865 to get outside ——1876 to feed down1887 1725 New Canting Dict. Yam, to eat heartily, to stuff lustily. 1801 T. Dancer Med. Assistant 174 [Dirt-eaters] display as much curiosity and nicety in their choice of the earth they yam, as snuff-takers or smokers in the kind of tobacco they make use of. a1818 M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 256 There's rice in the pot, take it, and yam-yamme. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Nyam, to chew. 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 136/1 Yam, to eat hearty. 1862 W. G. Hamley Captain Clutterbuck's Champagne iv. 68 They purchased the congenial [sugar-cane] plant, and nyaming greedily its fibre, were entranced. 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 273 Yam, to eat. This word is used by the lowest class all over the world; by the Wapping sailor, West India negro, or Chinese coolie. 1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 563/2 Yam, to eat greedily and with noise; to chew. 1970 C. Major Dict. Afro-Amer. Slang 125 Yam, to eat. Derivatives yam n.³ food. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > [noun] meateOE eatOE foodOE fodderOE dietc1230 gista1290 victual1303 victualsa1375 preya1382 feedinga1398 pasturea1398 viancea1400 viandsc1400 livingc1405 meatingc1425 vitalyc1440 vianda1450 cates1461 vivers1536 viandry1542 viander1543 gut-matter1549 peck1567 belly-cheer1579 appast1580 manchet1583 chat1584 belly-metal1590 repasture1598 cibaries1599 belly-timber1607 belly-cheat1608 peckage1610 victuallage1622 keeping1644 vivresa1650 crib1652 prog1655 grub1659 beef1661 fooding1663 teething1673 eatablea1687 sunket1686 yam1788 chow-chow1795 keep1801 feed1818 grubbing1819 patter1824 ninyam1826 nyam1828 grubbery1831 tack1834 kai1845 mungaree1846 scoff1846 foodstuff1847 chuck1850 muckamuck1852 tuck1857 tucker1858 hash1865 nosh1873 jock1879 cake flour1881 chow1886 nosebag1888 stodge1890 food aid1900 tackle1900 munga1907 scarf1932 grubber1959 1788 P. Marsden Acct. Island Jamaica 49 The negroes say, the black parroquets are good for yam, i.e. good to eat. 1828 Marly: Life of Planter (ed. 2) 13 Eh! Mosquitoes hab grandy nyamn on dat new buckra! 1835 R. R. Madden Twelvemonth's Resid. W. Indies I. 188 Him want no nyam, no clothes, no sleep. 1904 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VII. iii. 368/2 Yam (nautical), food. 1953 Caribbean Q. 3 iii. 176 That was a wicked Jamaican lizard ‘mash up him common-law wife for mout'ful of nyam’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1657n.²1587v.1725
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