单词 | combustive |
释义 | combustiveadj.ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > burned or scalded burnt?a1300 scaldedc1450 combustive1599 ambust1727 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 332 To make an excellent combustive oyntment. Take Lintseede oyle and oaten meale. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adjective] > setting on fire or alight > having quality of combustive1653 incentive1667 fire-kindling1674 inflammative1730 inflammatory1757 conflagratory1831 fire-setting1833 incendive1959 1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 20 Their beams and influences begin to grow malign, fiery and combustive. 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 146 The light of the Sun is combustive or burning up. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 411 Salt, sulphur, and mercury are equivalent to the combustive, the combustible, and the combust. 3. Pertaining to or characterized by combustion. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adjective] > relating to combustion empyrical1818 combustive1858 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 45 Gases, at the instant of their combustive formation. 1880 Mrs. C. Reade Brown Hand & White III. i. 24 A crackling noise..suggestive of combustive lucifers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1599 |
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