单词 | dealbate |
释义 | dealbateadj.Categories » Presenting a whitened surface; esp. in Botany ‘covered with a very opaque white powder’ ( Treasury Bot. 1866). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018). † dealbatev. Obsolete. transitive. To whiten. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > make white [verb (transitive)] whiteOE emblanch1393 blank1484 whiten1552 frost1596 albify1599 frostbite?1605 hoar1605 dealbate1623 impearl1640 marble1658 bewhite1678 whiten1699 rewhiten1725 bewhiten1810 ermine1825 powder1890 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Dealbate, to whitelime a thing. 1638 T. Whitaker Blood of Grape 30 Milke is bloud dealbated or thrice concocted. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ff This Dentifrice also will dealbate the teeth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.v.1623 |
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