Bologna
(bəˈləʊnjə, bəˈlɒnjə)
Also 5 Bonony, 6 Bononye, 8 Bolonia.
A town in Italy, anciently called Bononia. Hence Bolognan, Bononian a.: also Bologna bottle, flask, phial, an unannealed bottle (see quot.); B. phosphorus, a phosphorescent preparation of Bologna stone and gum; B. sausage, a large kind of sausage first made at Bologna; also (U.S.) ellipt.; B. spar, stone, native sulphate of baryta found near Bologna, having phosphorescent properties.
| 1563 Grafton Chron. 601 To forsake the cytie of Bonony. |
| 1744 Phil. Trans. XLIII. 272 A Phænomenon, which is called of the Bologna *Bottle, because it was first discover'd at Bologna. If you let these Bottles fall perpendicularly from some Height upon a Brick-floor, they will not be broken; but if you drop into them some little hard Bodies, they will burst in Pieces. |
| 1875 B. Loewy tr. Weinhold's Exp. Physics 774 Bolognian *flasks are simply small glass bottles which, after being formed, have been suddenly cooled in the air. |
| 1822 J. Imison Sc. & Art II. 90 Sulphate of barytes..when calcined..forms the Bolognian *phosphorus. 1875 Ure Dict. Arts I. 295 Bologna spar is notable for phosphorescence..when heated; the so-called ‘Bologna Phosphorus’ was made by powdering this stone, and cementing the powder into the form of sticks, by means of gum. |
| 1596 Nashe Saffron Walden Wks. 1883–4 III. 162 As big as a Bolognian *sawcedge. 1842 ‘Meg Dods’ Cook & Housew. Manual iii. i. 267 note, Real Bologna sausages labour under the imputation of being made of asses' flesh. 1850 Knickerbocker XXXV. 23 Relishing ‘Bolognas’, will he plead that a jelly-eyed roaster is disgusting? 1916 C. Sandburg Chicago Poems 24 The dago shovelman finishes the dry bread and bologna. |
| 1674 N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 196 Light may otherwise arise than from suns, as may be seen by..the Bononian *Stone. 1694 Phil. Trans. XVIII. 35 Method of Preparing the Bononian Stone or Phosphorus. 1791 E. Darwin Bot. Gard. i. note, The Bolognian stone..has been long celebrated for its phosphorescent quality. |