英语词汇“woodwax”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

woodwax

释义

woodwax ? Obs.|ˈwʊdwæks|
Also 6 wodwesse, -wosse, 9 dial. woodwish, etc.
[OE. wuduweaxe, f. wudu wood n.¹ + *weaxe, presumably f. Teut. waχs- to grow, wax v.¹]
= woodwaxen.
c1000Sax. Leechd. II. 66 Wudu weaxe & heᵹerife ᵹecnuwa þa togædere.1570Levins Manip. 85/35 Wodwesse, glastum.Ibid. 175/37 Wodwosse, glastum.a1667Sir W. Petty in Sprat Hist. Royal Soc. 296 The Yellows are Weld, Wood-wax, and old Fustick.a1691Aubrey Nat. Hist. Wilts (1847) 49 In Bradon Forest growes very plentifully rank wood-wax.1707Mortimer Husb. 241 Green-weed or Wood-wax.1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. 486 Wudwise, a yellow flower, which grows on bad land, and has a bitter taste.1845Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. V. ii. 435 The wood-wax and gorse are very abundant.
Hence ˈwoodwaxer, one who gathers woodwax.
1829J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Nat. 77 Our poorer people..used to collect it by cart loads..; and the season of ‘woodwaxen’ was a little harvest to them:..the old woodwaxers tell me that [etc.].

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