单词 | alcamyne |
释义 | † alcamynen. Obsolete. A metal alloy imitating gold; = alchemy n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > alchemy > other alchemical substances or theories > [noun] > gold > elements imitating gold alchemya1393 alcamyne1463 1463–5 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Apr. 1463 §22. m. 7 Harneys for gurdles of iron, of laton, of stele, of tyn or of alkamyn. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1876) VI. 41 (MED) Machomete made an ydole of auricalke or alkmuyne [read alkumyne] in the brynke of the see of Speyne. 1499 Promptorium Parvulorum (Pynson) sig. aiiv/2 Alcamyn [1440 Harl. Alkamye] metall, alcanaia. a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 904 To copper, to tyn, To lede, or alcumyn. 1557 Bible (Whittingham) Rev. i. 15 His fete lyke vnto fyne brasse [margin: or alcumyne]. 1636 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1905) II. 143 To John, sonne of the said Francis, two chestes and one alcamyne cupp. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1463 |
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