| 单词 |
jambee |
| 释义 |
† jambee Obs. Also 8 jumbee. [f. Jambi a district, town, and large river of Sumatra, lying due south of Singapore.] A species of Calamus or Dæmonorops from the district of Jambi; a cane or walking-stick made of this, fashionable in the time of Queen Anne.
1704Lond. Gaz. No. 4059/4 The following Goods, viz... Jumbee Canes,..Dragon's Blood Canes. 1709Steele Tatler No. 142 ⁋⁋5–6 Yours [a cane] is a true Jambee, and Squire Empty's only a plain Dragon. This Vertuoso has a Parcel of Jambees now growing in the East Indies. 1885Dobson Select. fr. Steele 479 note, A Jambee..is a knotty bamboo of a pale brown hue. |

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