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allspice (n.)[allspice 词源字典]: spice made from the berry of the Jamaican pimento, 1620s, from all + spice (n.), "so called because supposed to combine the flavour of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves" [Weekley].[allspice etymology, allspice origin, 英语词源]
balls (n.): "testicles," early 14c., from plural of ball (n.1). See also ballocks. Meaning "courage, nerve" is from 1928. Balls to the wall, however, probably is from World War II Air Forces slang, from the ball that topped the aircraft throttle, thrust to the bulkhead of the cockpit to attain full speed. Ball-busting "difficult" is first recorded 1944; ball-buster, disparaging for "dominant female," is from 1974.
ballsy (adj.): "courageous, masculine," 1959, first attested in Norman Mailer (writing of Truman Capote); see balls + -y (2).
gallstone (n.): 1758, from gall (n.1) + stone (n.).
Hallstatt: 1866 in reference to an Iron Age civilization of Europe, from the name of a village in Upper Austria, where implements from this period were found. The Germanic name is literally "place of salt," in reference to ancient salt mines there, which preserved the bodies of the original miners.
overalls (n.): see overall. Compare French surtout "overcoat," literally "an over all," from sur- "over" + tout "all."