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Definition of Bohea
1. n. Bohea tea, an inferior kind of black tea. See under Tea.
Definition of Bohea
1. Noun. A black tea from China. Originally referred to a high quality tea, now refers to a lower-grade tea. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bohea
1. a black tea [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bohea
Literary usage of Bohea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"SOUCHONG, bohea, and Slang-Whang, three intelligent brothers, of Pékin, having
travelled about the world for some years, and seen all that was worth seeing, ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"tea, entirely distinct from congo, and known in China by an appropriate name;
that it is to this pure and unmixed bohea tea, that the successive act of ..."
3. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1887)
"False; spurious; counterfeit.1 bohea.—A term of commerce, used in the expression "
bohea tea." It is not usually a distinct and simple substance, ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In 1703 orders were given for "75000 Ib. Singlo (green), 10000 lb imperial, and
20000 lb bohea." Tho average price of tea at this period was 16s. per lb. ..."
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