| 单词 | crystal of the mountain |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrystal of the mountain crystal of the mountain n. now historical rock crystal; cf. mountain crystal n. at Compounds 2b(a). ΚΠ 1563 Rolls New Year's Gifts (P.R.O.: C 47/3/38) By John Fitzwilliams oone glasse Cup of Chrystall of the Mountayne with a couer and foote of siluer guilte. 1596 W. Raleigh Discoverie Guiana (new ed.) 69 Whether it be Christall of the mountaine, Bristoll Diamond or Saphire I doe not yet knowe. 1678 T. Hobbes Decameron Physiologicum x. 124 It may be the true Chrystal of the Mountain, which is found in great pieces in the Alps, is but a compound of many small ones. 1896 W. M. F. Petrie Hist. Egypt II. 308 14 pieces of crystal of the mountain. 2007 L. H. Whittlesey Storytelling in Yellowstone x. 174 A fake Jim Bridger story about seeing an elk telescopically magnified in the crystal of the mountain. < as lemmas |
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