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‖ Terra Lemnia
[med. or mod.L., = ‘Lemnian earth’, f. Lemnos, an island in the ægean sea. So F. terre de Lemnos (Littré), It. terra lenia (Florio), G. lemnische erde.]
= terra sigillata; known also as Lemnian earth.
1613Harcourt Voy. Guiana in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) III. 192 The earth yieldeth bole-armoniack and terra-lemnia. 1632[see terra sigillata 1]. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) IX. 784/2 Lemnian Earth, Terra Lemnia, a medicinal, astringent sort of earth, of a fatty consistence and reddish colour. |