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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
JERKED BEEF.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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JERKED BEEF,
dried beef. (Peruvian.) The beef thus called is cut into thin
slices and dried in the sun to preserve it. The process is explained
in Capt. Basil Hall's Extracts from a Journal written on the coasts of Chili,
Peru, and Mexico, vol. i. c. 4. The name is a singular corruption of
charqui, the S. American name for it, which appears to be a Peruvian
word. 'The male deer and some of the coarser kind of the Peruvian
sheep were slaughtered;... and their flesh, cut into thin slices, was
distributed among the people, who converted it into charqui, the dried
meat of the country;' Prescott, Conquest of Peru, c.v. The term is
here applied only to dried venison and mutton; the beef is prepared in Chili.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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