Also 5 iarden, iardyne. [In ME. jardyne almaunde, app. from F. or Sp. jardin garden; in later times associated with the Jordan.] A fine variety of almond, now coming chiefly from Malaga. Also simply jordan.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 257/2. Iardyne almaunde, amigdalam jardinum.
c. 1460. J. Russell, Bk. Nurture, 774. Creme of almond Iardyne & mameny.
1469. in Househ. Ord. (1790), 103. Item, Jardens and Valaunces 330 lb.—4l. 2s. 6d.
1615. Markham, Eng. Housew., II. ii. (1668), 101. Take the best Jordan Almonds.
1769. Mrs. Raffald, Eng. Housekpr. (1778), 13. Put in half a pound of Jordan almonds beat fine.
1888. Pall Mall Gaz., 24 Jan., 5/2. With the Malaga raisins go the Jordan almonds, with which they are always eaten.
