| 单词 | armenian bole |
| 释义 | > as lemmasArmenian bole Armenian bole n. now chiefly historical a kind of earthy clay originating in Armenia and typically coloured red by the presence of iron oxide, formerly used as a pigment, in tooth powders and other preparations, and medicinally; = bole armeniac n. at bole n.2 1b. [After post-classical Latin bolus armenus (15th cent. or earlier; also bolus armenius (7th cent. as armenia bolos (translating Byzantine Greek Ἀρμενία βῶλος ); < bolus bolus n. + classical Latin Armēnius of or relating to Armenia: see Armenian n. and adj.)); compare Middle French, French bol Arménien (1566); compare earlier bole armeniac n. at bole n.2 1b and Armeniac adj. 1.] ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > red or leached soil red eartheOE red landc1250 minium1613 Armenian bole1621 red loam1707 red soil1817 terra rossa1882 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > mineral medicine > [noun] > medicinal earths terra sigillata1398 bole armeniac?a1425 sealed earth1526 Lemnian earth1611 Terra Lemnia1613 Armenian bole1621 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antidote > [noun] > other antidotes > mineral terra sigillata1398 bole armeniac?a1425 sealed earth1526 Lemnian earth1611 Terra Lemnia1613 Armenian bole1621 1621 D. Widdowes tr. W. A. Scribonius Nat. Philos. 31 Bole Armenian [L. bolus Armenus] is earth of Armenia, it is of a pale red coullour, smooth, and easie to breake as chalke. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. §iii. iii. 349 Armenian Bole... Both of a deep and a pale Red. Very soft, and easily rub'd to powder. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Armenian Bole is..frequently prescribed against diarrhœas. 1832 Fraser's Mag. 6 714 The best toothpowder in the world is Armenian bole. 2006 J. Henderson Renaissance Hosp. ix. 308 He [sc. Albertus Magnus] recommended Armenian bole and red sandalwood. < as lemmas |
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