▪ I. ˈsimmon, n.1 Now dial.
Forms: 5 symonde, 6 semonde, 7 sim(m)ond, symond; 7– simmon (8 simon).
[var. of cement n.]
Cement. (Cf. quots. 1706 and 1890.) Also attrib.
| c 1440 York Myst. viii. 102 Þus sall I iune it..And sadly sette it with symonde fyne. 1575 Turberv. Faulconrie 98 Glewe it in with Semonde or Rosen and waxe molten togither. Ibid. 275 The gummie fatte of a fygge, the yolcke of an egge, or some kinde of Semonde made of purpose. 1641 Churchw. Acc. Pittington, etc. (Surtees) 191 Wax, rossel, and stone pitch to make symond for mending the fount stone broken by the Scotts. 1688 Holme Armoury iii. 382/2 A Simmon Stick..is an handle with a round head..which hath a certain Simond clapt upon it [etc.]. Ibid. (Roxb.) 231/1 These vessells are..stopped close together by a certaine morter, clay or simmond. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Cement, commonly pronounced Simmon, a Compound made of Pitch, Brick-dust, Plaister of Paris, &c. us'd by Chacers, Repairers, and other Artificers. 1828 Carr Craven Gloss., Simmon, cement. 1890 J. Nicholson Folk-Lore E. Yks. 80 When bricklayers wish to give a reddish colour to the mortar, they used pounded bricks or tiles to mix with it. This powder is called simmon, and simmon pounding was formerly the hard labour punishment in Beverley Gaol. |
▪ II. ˈsimmon, n.2 Sc. (chiefly Shetland).
Also 9 simmin, -an, symmon; simmond, -ind.
[f. ON. s{iacu}ma sime. Cf. Gael. sioman.]
A rope or band made of straw or heath, esp. one used in thatching; rope of this material. Also attrib.
| α c 1690 in Macfarlane's Geogr. Collect. (S.H.S.) III. 252 The common..thacking is of a kind of Divet,..and Straw and Simmons above the same. 1812 J. Henderson Agric. Surv. Caithness 27 These [divots] are secured on the houses with ropes made of heath, or straw (provincially simmons). 1871 Cowie Shetland 92 The roof consists of..thin divots of dried turf, spread on wood, and covered with straw placed in a vertical direction, and held in its place by simmins or straw ropes. |
| β 1808 Jamieson, Simmonds, ropes made of heath and of Empetrum nigrum. 1822 Hibbert Desc. Shetl. Isl. 115 Over these they lay the straw, and afterwards secure the whole with simmonds or bands formed also of straw. 1888 Edmonston & Saxby Home Naturalist 145 A bit of simmond was woven. 1899 Spence Shetland Folk-Lore 195 Making numerous articles for domestic use from straw, such as..simmond-chairs [etc.]. |
▪ III. ˈsimmon, v. Now dial.
Also 6 symon, 6–7 simon.
[f. simmon n.1]
trans. To cement.
| 1568–9 Sarum Churchw. Accs. (Swayne, 1896) 283 Wex and Rosen and a fagot to symon the Stones. 1583 in Hutton St. John Bapt. Coll. (1898) 63 Item to Jhon Herberte simoninge certaine loose stones in the newe gate. 1663 Gerbier Counsel 83 French Glasse wrought with good lead, well simmoned, is worth sixteen pence a foot. 1688 Holme Armoury iii. 385/1 The Second thing in this quarter is the Oyle, or Simoning Brush. Ibid., The Leading of the glasse is..oyled and Simoned to keep out foule weather. 1828 Carr Craven Gloss., Simmon'd, cemented. ‘It's fearful weel simmon'd.’ |