English Dictionary

pomander

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɒ.mæn.də/

名詞

可算名詞 歴史的 不可算名詞

(countable, uncountable, historical) A mixture of aromatic substances, made into a ball and carried by a person to impart a sweet smell or as a protection against infection.

日本語の意味

香料や芳香物質を混ぜ合わせ、丸い形に固めたもの。歴史的には、香りを放つためや感染防止のために個人が携帯した学問上の香玉（こうぎょく）ともいえる存在。

She tucked a small pomander into her cloak, hoping its sweet scent would ward off the illness that swept through the town.

彼女は小さな香り玉をマントにしまい込み、その甘い香りが町に広がる疫病を寄せ付けないことを願った。

意味（1）

(countable, uncountable, historical) A mixture of aromatic substances, made into a ball and carried by a person to impart a sweet smell or as a protection against infection.

Take red Storar, Nutmegs, Cucubes, Cloues, Nardus ſeed, Lignum Aloes, Indy Spica, and Cinamom, of each one drag. Muſcus and Amber of each one ſcruple, Landanum one ounce, make a Pomander thereof, like as there be many deſcribed in the ſixt part, and is alſo taught how the ſame is to be made.

意味（2）

(countable, historical) A small case in which an aromatic ball was carried.

Colonel Johnson was talking to her earnestly, leaning over the card-table. On seeing Miss Harrison's gesture he rose suddenly, and attached to the ribbon of his watch was my godmother's silver pomander.

意味（3）

(countable) A perforated container filled with pot-pourri for placing in a drawer, wardrobe, room, etc., to provide a sweet smell.

意味（4）

(countable) An apple or orange studded with cloves used for the same purpose.

Sir Thomas Gresham, in his celebrated portrait by Sir Antonio More, holds in his left hand a small object resembling an orange, but is a pomander. This sometimes consisted of a dried Seville orange, stuffed with cloves and other spices; and being esteemed a fashionable preservative against infection, it frequently occurs in old portraits, either suspended to the girdle or held in the hand.

pomanders （ plural ）