singlo
(ˈsɪŋləʊ)
Also 9 sunglo.
[See def.]
A kind of green China tea, orig. obtained from the Sung-lo range of hills in the southern part of the province of Gan-hwuy (or Anhui). Also singlo tea.
The form single, occurring in the 18th cent., is prob. a mere error of printing or transcribing.
| 1699 J. Ovington Ess. Tea 11 The second sort is Singlo, or Soumlo with the Chinese. 1701 Phil. Trans. XXIII. 1206 The Bing Tea is the second growth in April: and Singlo the last in May and June. 1760 Ann. Reg. 132 The East-India ships..have brought..1,533,200 [lb.] of singlo. 1832 Veg. Subst. Food of Man 379 The kind of green tea..most abundant is called Singlo,..the name of a mountain on which it grows. 1852 Fortune Tea Countrys China 86 Travellers who seek Sunglo tea may now search in vain, that which is sold in the markets is a mere counterfeit. |