释义 |
‖ sedimen Obs. rare. [L. sedimen settlings, sediment, f. sedēre to sit, settle.] = sediment.
1655in Hartlib's Ref. Commw. Bees 21 In Rain-water kept in wooden Troughs..there would in time gather a sedimen of muddy matter to the bottome. 1657G. Starkey Helmont's Vind. 196 Which precipitates a light sedimen. |