单词 | derbyshire |
释义 | Derbyshiren. The shire or county of Derby in England. Hence 1. Derbyshire neck n. a swelling of the thyroid gland; bronchocele, goitre; so called as being endemic in parts of that county. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > glandular disorders > [noun] > goitre wen1530 strume1559 struma1565 Bavarian poke1621 goitre1625 bronchocele1657 throat rupture1662 strumosity1674 Derby neck1769 Derbyshire neck1802 tracheocele1828 Graves's disease1868 thyrocele1886 strumitis1889 1802 T. Beddoes Hygëia II. vi. 67 The water of melted snow has been held by many authors to be the cause of the bronchocele or Derbyshire neck. 1836 G. Head Home Tour 117 The malady..called the ‘Derbyshire neck’—an endemic protuberance in the throat, or goitre. 1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. iv. 189 Goitre, or Derbyshire neck,..is very frequently met with. 2. Derbyshire spar n. (also †Derbyshire drop) fluor-spar. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > halides > [noun] > fluorite group > calcium fluoride fluorspar?1770 Derbyshire spar1772 fluor1772 tiger-stone1829 fluorite1844 spodiosite1887 1772 W. Gilpin Lakes Cumberland (1788) II. 217 It..is known in London by the name of the Derbyshire drop. But on the spot it is called Blue John. 1788 Cronstedt's Min. 26 Pieces of Derbyshire spar, through which the light of a candle formed many images. 1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circle Sci. Chem. 64 Derbyshire spar (fluoride of calcium). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1772 |
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