"saloop" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /səˈluːp/ [Received-Pronunciation], /səˈlup/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-saloop.wav [Southern-England] Forms: saloops [plural]
enPR: sə-lo͞opʹ Rhymes: -uːp Etymology: A variant of salep (“starch or jelly made from orchid plants”), originally a key ingredient in the drink. Etymology templates: {{vern|red berry saltbush}} red berry saltbush, {{taxlink|Chenopodium hastatum|species}} Chenopodium hastatum, {{m|en|salep||starch or jelly made from orchid plants}} salep (“starch or jelly made from orchid plants”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} saloop (usually uncountable, plural saloops)
  1. (dated) An aromatic drink originally prepared from salep and later from sassafras bark with other ingredients such as milk and sugar added, which was once popular in London, England. Tags: dated, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Beverages Categories (lifeform): Orchids Translations (aromatic drink): salep [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-saloop-en-noun-LKKz05f9 Disambiguation of Beverages: 41 16 44 Disambiguation of Orchids: 22 40 38 Disambiguation of 'aromatic drink': 81 6 13
  2. The berry saltbush or red berry saltbush (Chenopodium hastatum, syn. Einadia hastata and Rhagodia hastata), a small plant found in coastal and inland areas of eastern Australia. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Beverages Categories (lifeform): Goosefoot subfamily plants, Orchids
    Sense id: en-saloop-en-noun-L7OH0vPJ Disambiguation of Beverages: 41 16 44 Disambiguation of Goosefoot subfamily plants: 19 56 25 Disambiguation of Orchids: 22 40 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 56 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 59 10
  3. Alternative form of salep (“starch or jelly made from orchid plants”). Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Alternative form of: salep (extra: starch or jelly made from orchid plants) Categories (topical): Beverages Categories (lifeform): Orchids
    Sense id: en-saloop-en-noun-wwBreqUz Disambiguation of Beverages: 41 16 44 Disambiguation of Orchids: 22 40 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: salep, saloup, salop Derived forms: saloop bush Related terms: salep

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          "text": "Saſſafras is a warm ingredent, and where it is not made too ſtrong, ſo as to make the head ach, is a very good ſubstitute for breakfaſt, and as ſuch I recommend it to thoſe who do not care to be at the trouble to make any other drinks; this is the chief ingredient of what is called ſaloup, and ſold about the ſtreets in the morning.",
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          "text": "The little sweep would have his saloop smoking hot—and there was the common appliance of a charcoal grate—regaling himself with the savory steam until the mess was cool enough for him to swallow; […] his white teeth the while gleaming from his sooty visage as he gleefully licked his lips at the warm and oily breakfast.",
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          "text": "Sassafras officinale, the Laurus sassafras, was introduced into Europe through France, and both wood and bark supply a volatile oil. […] The infusion of it was formerly much sold about the streets of London, at daybreak, modified with milk and sugar, under the name of Saloop, and chiefly made from this wood, though the true Saloop or Salep is an Orchis.",
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          "ref": "1868, “Progress of Cookery and Housewifery”, in John Timbs, editor, Lady Bountiful’s Legacy to Her Family and Friends. A Book of Practical Instructions & Duties, Counsels & Experiences, Anecdotes, Hints, & Recipes, in Housekeeping & Domestic Management. Calculated to Increase the Comforts of House and Home, London: Griffith and Farran, (successors to Newbery and Harris,) corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, →OCLC, pages 56–57",
          "text": "Saloop was originally made from salop, the root of Orchis mascula, a common plant of our meadows, the tubers of which being cleaned and peeled, were lightly browned in the oven. […] Saloop is stated to contain the largest proportion of nutritious matter in the smallest space; and when boiled it was much used in this country before the introduction of tea and coffee, and their greatly reduced prices. The pretended saloop, sold at stalls in the streets within memory, was a decoction of sassafras.",
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          "ref": "2003, Antony Clayton, London’s Coffee Houses: A Stimulating Story, London: Historical Publications, page 31, column 1",
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          "ref": "2004, Tim Fulford, Debbie Lee, Peter J. Kitson, “Britain’s Little Black Boys and the Technologies of Benevolence”, in Literature, Science and Exploration in the Romantic Era: Bodies of Knowledge (Cambridge Studies in Romanticism; 60), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 261",
          "text": "He [Charles Lamb] reveals some of their tastes – their likes and dislikes, their humour. And, characteristically, he does so in a digression, that turns out not to be a digression at all, about saloop, a drink made from 'the sweet wood yclept sassafras' and sold at roadside stalls throughout London.",
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          "ref": "2014 April 5, “Quite interesting: A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week; QI orchids you not”, in The Daily Telegraph (Weekend), page W22",
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          "text": "SALOOP Rhagodia hastata R. Br. Chenopodiaceae / Deep-green perennial subshrub, usually about 25 cm high, with stems to 75 cm long, woody at base.",
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          "ref": "2016, Eric [R.] Anderson, “Trees and Shrubs: Other Woody Plants”, in Plants of Central Queensland: Identification and Uses of Native and Introduced Species, Clayton, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing, page 177",
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          "ref": "1800, Erasmus Darwin, “Sect. XI. Of Draining and Watering Lands.”, in Phytologia: Or The Philosophy of Agricuture and Gardening. With the Theory of Draining Morasses and with an Improved Construction of the Drill Plough, Dublin: Printed for P. Byrne, 108, Grafton-Street, →OCLC, section XI.2.4.5, page 245",
          "text": "Where finally the draining of marſhy grounds can not be effected at a reſponſible expence, ſome plants may perhaps be cultivated with profit to the cultivator; as in ſome ſituations the feſtica fluitans, floating feſcue, callitriche, ſtar-graſs; or in others the orchis for the purpoſe of making ſaloop by drying the peeled roots in an oven.",
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          "ref": "1835 June 27, “Dr. Gölis’s Treatment of the Diseases of Children. Diseases of the Abdomen.”, in Michael Ryan, editor, The London Medical and Surgical Journal; Exhibiting a View of the Improvements and Discoveries in the Various Branches of Medical Science, volume VII, number 178, London: Published by G. Henderson, 2, Old Bailey, Ludgate Hill, →OCLC, page 703",
          "text": "In simple ordinary diarrhœa, a mixture is prescribed, consisting of two ounces of a decoction of mallow and saloop, and two drops of Sydenham's laudanum.",
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          "text": "Sassafras officinale, the Laurus sassafras, was introduced into Europe through France, and both wood and bark supply a volatile oil. […] The infusion of it was formerly much sold about the streets of London, at daybreak, modified with milk and sugar, under the name of Saloop, and chiefly made from this wood, though the true Saloop or Salep is an Orchis.",
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        {
          "ref": "2004, Tim Fulford, Debbie Lee, Peter J. Kitson, “Britain’s Little Black Boys and the Technologies of Benevolence”, in Literature, Science and Exploration in the Romantic Era: Bodies of Knowledge (Cambridge Studies in Romanticism; 60), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 261",
          "text": "He [Charles Lamb] reveals some of their tastes – their likes and dislikes, their humour. And, characteristically, he does so in a digression, that turns out not to be a digression at all, about saloop, a drink made from 'the sweet wood yclept sassafras' and sold at roadside stalls throughout London.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 April 5, “Quite interesting: A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week; QI orchids you not”, in The Daily Telegraph (Weekend), page W22",
          "text": "The tubers of one [orchid] species, Orchis mascula, produce a flour called salep, which was made into a drink known as \"saloop\" in 18th-century London, as an alternative to coffee (Charles Lamb thought it the ideal breakfast for chimney sweeps). Salep is a Turkish word with an even more precise derivation (it's from the Arabic for \"fox's testicles\"). Despite this, the Turks still use it to make a strange elastic ice cream, eaten with a knife and fork, which carries a pungent aftertaste compared by one commentator to the scent of \"goats on a rainy day\". Salep ice cream is so popular that O. mascula is now a protected species in Turkey.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An aromatic drink originally prepared from salep and later from sassafras bark with other ingredients such as milk and sugar added, which was once popular in London, England."
      ],
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          "aromatic",
          "aromatic#Adjective"
        ],
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          "drink",
          "drink#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "salep",
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        ],
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        ],
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        ],
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          "sugar",
          "sugar#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "popular",
          "popular"
        ],
        [
          "London",
          "London"
        ],
        [
          "England",
          "England"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) An aromatic drink originally prepared from salep and later from sassafras bark with other ingredients such as milk and sugar added, which was once popular in London, England."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
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        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
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        {
          "ref": "2011, G[eoffrey] M[cIver] Cunningham, W. E. Mulham, P. L. Milthorpe, J. H. Leigh, “Angiosperms (Dicots)”, in Plants of Western New South Wales, Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing, page 278, column 1",
          "text": "SALOOP Rhagodia hastata R. Br. Chenopodiaceae / Deep-green perennial subshrub, usually about 25 cm high, with stems to 75 cm long, woody at base.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Eric [R.] Anderson, “Trees and Shrubs: Other Woody Plants”, in Plants of Central Queensland: Identification and Uses of Native and Introduced Species, Clayton, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing, page 177",
          "text": "Red berry saltbush […] Other common name: saloop, berry saltbush",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The berry saltbush or red berry saltbush (Chenopodium hastatum, syn. Einadia hastata and Rhagodia hastata), a small plant found in coastal and inland areas of eastern Australia."
      ],
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      ],
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    },
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          "extra": "starch or jelly made from orchid plants",
          "word": "salep"
        }
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1800, Erasmus Darwin, “Sect. XI. Of Draining and Watering Lands.”, in Phytologia: Or The Philosophy of Agricuture and Gardening. With the Theory of Draining Morasses and with an Improved Construction of the Drill Plough, Dublin: Printed for P. Byrne, 108, Grafton-Street, →OCLC, section XI.2.4.5, page 245",
          "text": "Where finally the draining of marſhy grounds can not be effected at a reſponſible expence, ſome plants may perhaps be cultivated with profit to the cultivator; as in ſome ſituations the feſtica fluitans, floating feſcue, callitriche, ſtar-graſs; or in others the orchis for the purpoſe of making ſaloop by drying the peeled roots in an oven.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1835 June 27, “Dr. Gölis’s Treatment of the Diseases of Children. Diseases of the Abdomen.”, in Michael Ryan, editor, The London Medical and Surgical Journal; Exhibiting a View of the Improvements and Discoveries in the Various Branches of Medical Science, volume VII, number 178, London: Published by G. Henderson, 2, Old Bailey, Ludgate Hill, →OCLC, page 703",
          "text": "In simple ordinary diarrhœa, a mixture is prescribed, consisting of two ounces of a decoction of mallow and saloop, and two drops of Sydenham's laudanum.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of salep (“starch or jelly made from orchid plants”)."
      ],
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        ],
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        ],
        [
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        ],
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/səˈlup/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-uːp"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "sə-lo͞opʹ"
    }
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    {
      "word": "salep"
    },
    {
      "word": "saloup"
    },
    {
      "word": "salop"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "aromatic drink",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "salep"
    }
  ],
  "word": "saloop"
}

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