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▪ I. † pelleter1, peletre Herb. Obs.
Forms: 4–5 pelestre, 5 peletre, -thre, -tur, pelletre, -etur, -atur, -eter, 5–6 peletyr.
[ME. peletre, -ethre, a. AF. peletre, -estre, f. (by dissimilation of r..r) OF. *peretre, piretre (Cotgr.) = Sp. pelitre (:—*peritre):—L. pyr-, pirethrum:—Gr. πύρεθρον feverfew; cf. πυρετός fever. See also pyrethrum. The history of sense 2 is obscure.]
1. = pellitory 1, the Pyrethrum of the ancients.
a1387Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.) 34 Piretrum, pelestre idem. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 262 Seed of rosis & peletre & zinzibere. a1450Stockh. Med. MS. 184 Long⁓wourt or pelethre of Spanye (Eleborus). Ibid. 214 Pelethre: peretrum domyticum. c1450Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 145 Piretrum, herba..satis communis, radix eius multum est acuta in sapore qua utimur. gall. et a⊇. pelestre. 1530Palsgr. 253/1 Peletyr an herbe.
2. Wild Thyme (Thymus Serpyllum), or Garden Thyme (T. vulgaris). Cf. pellamountain.
a1387Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.) 39 Serpillum et herpillum idem sunt, s. pelestre, tamen herpillum quandoque sumitur pro poligonia. a1400Pistill of Susan 116 Daysye and Ditoyne, Ysope and Aueroyne, Peletre [v. rr. pelletre, -tur] and Plauntoyne. c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 1024 Of tyme is wex and hony maad swettest; Of tymbra, peletur and origon. 14..Anc. Cookery in Househ. Ord. (1790) 441 Take..myntes, and peletur, and costmaryn, and sauge. 1483Cath. Angl. 273/2 Pelleter.., serpillum, herba est.
▪ II. † pelleter2 Obs.
In 6 pellytour.
[ad. OF. peletier (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), mod. F. pelletier (16th c. in Littré), f. OF. pel, L. pell-em skin, fur.]
A fellmonger.
1575Turberv. Faulconrie 12 Thin skynnes sent to the furryers and pellytours of Fraunce.
▪ III. pelleter3
[f. pellet v. + -er1.]
An apparatus for pelleting.
1960Times Rev. Industry July 51/1 BIPEL now sells much of its production outside the plastics industry. This includes pelleters for explosives, punch presses for metal work, [etc.]. 1963P. Finn-Kelcey in A. N. Duckham Farming III. xi. 405 Whether an installation is to consist of a mill only, a mill and a mixer or the full layout of mill, mixer and pelleter.., considerable thought must be given to the positioning of each. 1973[see pellet v.]. |
单词 pelletierine 释义 pelletierine Chem.|pltran|[f. name of the French chemist Bertrand P......