单词 | cinefaction |
释义 | cinefactionn. rare (historical in later use). Reduction to ashes; incineration. Also: †that which is incinerated (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > consumption by fire > to ashes incinerationa1529 incinderment1609 calcination1616 cinefaction1617 calcining1651 concremation1860 ashing1937 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > consumption by fire > to ashes > that which is cinefaction1822 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate Termes 339 Cinefaction is ignition conuerting Vegitables and Animals by a very vehement heat into Cineres. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. K3 Cinefaction [L. cinefactio] is most competent to Combustion. 1822 T. Mitchell tr. Aristophanes Wasps in tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 202 Bake me And make me A cinefaction [Gk. με..σπόδισον]. 1964 ‘A. Burgess’ Nothing Like Sun 234 Subject matter?.. Dittany, face-ague, cosmic cinefaction, the Antipodes,..cardinals, touchability. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1617 |
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