▪ I. † ˈmarinate, ppl. a. Obs.
Also 7 marrionate.
[ad. It. marinato, pa. pple. of marinare: see marinade n.]
Marinated.
| 1651–7 T. Barker Art of Angling (1820) 18 The marrionate Trout..wil keep. 1789 Farley Lond. Art Cookery i. xii. (ed. 6) 146 Marinate Soles. 1886 R. F. Burton Arab. Nts. (abr. ed.) I. 115 Stews well marinate. |
▪ II. marinate, v.
(ˈmærɪneɪt)
Also 7 marinat, mar(r)ionate, marrinate.
[ad. It. marinare or F. mariner: see marinade n. and -ate.]
1. a. trans. To pickle (fish, etc.) with marinade. Also absol.
| c 1645 Howell Lett. I. v. xxxviii, He can marinat fish. 1651 T. Barker Art of Angling (1653) 15 The way to marrionate a Trout or other fish. 1725 Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Frogs, These [frogs] being marinated with Verjuice, Pepper, Salt,..must be fry'd till they assume a fine Colour. 1863 H. C. Pennell Angler-nat. 170 A few dozen Bleak marinated form an excellent breakfast dish. 1960 Times 18 Jan. 15/5 Fillet [steak] is exceptionally tender and should not need to be marinated or beaten. 1970 Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 30 Oct. 62 It is..absolutely in order to make the ‘gamey’ flavour less pungent by marinating. |
† b. To prepare (poultry) by a certain method of stuffing. Obs.
| 1747 H. Glasse Cookery ii. 38 To marinate Fowls. 1805 Eliz. Raffald Eng. Housekeeper (new ed.) 126 To marinate a Goose. |
† 2. slang. To transport over sea. Obs.
| 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 16 The other was (nub'd) hang'd, and the last (marrinated) transported. a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Marinated, transported into some foreign Plantation. |