| 释义 |
ˈopen-ˌarse Now dial.
[In reference to the large open disk between the persistent calyx-lobes.]
An old name of the Medlar, fruit and tree.
c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 137/36 Mespila, openærs. c1386Chaucer Reeve's Prol. 17, I fare as dooth an Openers; That ilke fruyt is euer leng the wers, Til it be roten in Mullok or in stree. c1425Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 646/29 Hec sorbus, opynharstre. 1544T. Phaer Bk. Childr. (1553) U ij b, Take the kernels or stones that are founde in the fruite, called openers. 1663Killigrew Parson's Wedd. ii. ii. in Hazl. Dodsley XIV. 414 As useless as open-arses gathered green. 1877N.W. Linc. Gloss., Oppen-arses, medlars. 1886Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk., Open-ass..the common and usual name among the working class. |
