| 单词 | fining pot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfining pot fining pot n. now historical and rare a crucible in which metal is refined; also figurative.Frequently with reference to Proverbs 17:3 (see quot. 1560). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > vessels crossletc1386 testc1386 cruciblea1475 spoon1496 melting pot1545 cruset1558 fining pot1560 hooker1594 cupel1605 crusoile1613 crisol1622 melt pot1637 muffle1644 crevet1658 coffin1686 sand-pot1758 Hessian crucible1807 pan1839 shank1843 casting-pot1846 king pot1862 converter1867 washpot1879 1560 Bible (Geneva) Prov. xvii. 3 As is ye fining pot [1611 King James fining pot; Heb. maṣrēp, L. igne] for siluer, & the fornace for golde, so the Lord tryeth ye hearts. 1640 H. Woodward Childes Patrimony vi. 104 It is not gold that comes not purer out of the fining pot; he that doth not learn by affliction, will be taught by nothing. 1738 J. Hort Sixteen Serm. vii. 261 The Practice of Founders, who run down hard Metals by placing Fire on the Top as well as underneath the fining Pot. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 134 Let us throw them boldly into the fining-pot. 1953 Chymia 4 3 The art of assaying gold and such native alloys as electrum by the ‘fining pot’..was known as early as 1500 B.C. < as lemmas |
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