▪ I. sanders1
(ˈsɑːndəz, ˈsæn-)
Forms: 4 saundres, (zaunders), 5 sawndres, -dyrs, saun-, sawnderys, 4–8 saunders, 6– sanders; with sing. form 4 zawndre, sandery, 5 sander, sandrey, 5–7 saunder.
[a. OF. sandre (Hatz.-Darm. s.v. santal), var. of sandle: see sandal2. The word has in Eng. been most commonly plural in form, and occas. in construction.]
1. = sandalwood, in its various applications. (Cf. red sanders.)
| 1329–30 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 16 In..2 unceis de Saundres, 3s. 1340 Ibid. 35 Saundres pro colore. 1388 Ibid. 48 In una li. de zawndre. 1390 Ibid. 49 Di. li. de zaunders, 2s. 6d. 1331 Acc. Chamberl. Scotl. (1771) 25 Et de 484 lib. diversarum confectionum..2 lib. de sandery [etc.]. ? c 1390 Form of Cury xx. in Warner Antiq. Culin. (1780) 19 Color it with saundres a lytel. 1390 Gower Conf. I. 225 That I mai stonde in thilke rowe Amonges hem that Saundres use. c 1430 Two Cookery-bks. 12 Þen take Sawnderys, an Vynegre, an cast þer-to. 14.. Noble Bk. Cookry (1882) 30 To mak longe de bef, tak ox tunges..then tak..parsly, ysope, tyme sandrey [etc.]. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 22 b, A precyous tree: wherof the stock is saundres, the barke synamom, the fruyt nutmygges or maces. 1598 W. Phillip Linschoten i. lxxiv. 120/2 There are 3. sorts of Sanders, that is, white, yelow and red. 1623 Markham Eng. Housew. (ed. 2) 108 Take..good store of suger, cinamon, a few saunders and rosewater. 1791 Hamilton Berthollet's Dyeing I. i. ii. iv. 205 With the addition of sanders [F. santal]..they stand much better. 1864 Grisebach Flora W. Ind. Isl. 787 Sanders, yellow: Bucida capitata. |
† 2. The sandalwood tree; sandalwood trees.
| 1613 Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 507 In Tymor, an Iland by Iaua, are whole woods of Sanders. 1783 Justamond tr. Raynal's Hist. Indies II. 94 The santalum or sanders grows to the size of a walnut-tree. |
3. attrib., as
sanders-beater,
sanders cup,
sanders powder,
sanders tree;
sanders-wood = sense 1.
| 1544 Will of R. Osborne (Somerset Ho.), I will that the *saunder beaters at Grocer's Hall beare my boddy to the churche. 1617 in Heath Grocers' Comp. (1869) 434 Payde the saunder beaters..1 l. 3 s. 4 d. |
| 1491 Will of Vaughan (Somerset Ho.), My *saunder cupp. |
| 1481–9 Howard Househ. Bk. (Roxb.) 42 Item, *sander poder di. lb. ij. s. vj. d. |
| 1640 Parkinson Theat. Bot. 1605 The *Saunders tree..groweth to be as bigge as the Wallnut tree. |
| 1615 Cal. St. Papers, E. Ind. (1862) 380 *Sanders wood. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (1821) 52 Brandy..having its red colour from burnt sugar, Saunders wood, &c. 1846 Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 190/1 Dyed red with the aromatic saunders-wood. 1866 Treas. Bot., Sanders-wood. |
▪ II. sanders2 (
ˈsɑːndəz,
ˈsæn-)
Also
saunders.
(See
quot. 1892.)
| 1827 New Syst. Cookery 51 To dress the same [sc. cold beef], called Sanders. 1864 Englishw. in India 128 Saunders. Put a layer of mashed potatoes [etc.]. 1892 Encycl. Cookery (ed. Garrett) II. 377 Sanders. This name is given to a preparation of minced beef or other meat. |