| 单词 | armenian stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasArmenian stone Armenian stone n. now historical a blue mineral substance consisting principally of azurite (basic copper carbonate), formerly used in pigments and medicines. [After post-classical Latin lapis armenius (1551 or earlier) and lapis armenus (1523 or earlier; compare also post-classical Latin lapis armenicus (14th cent. in a British source), lapis armeniacus (1534 or earlier), and Hellenistic Greek λίθος Ἀρμενιακός, λίθος Ἀρμενικός); compare also French pierre d'Arménie (1553 or earlier), pierre arménienne (1579 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > carbonates > [noun] > azurite Armenian stone1580 lapis Armenus1651 blue copper1728 blue malachite1728 armenite1823 chessylite1852 azurite1868 1580 T. Newton Approoued Med. f. 85 (heading) Lapis Armenius, The Armenian stone. 1727 E. Strother tr. P. Hermann Materia Medica II. 229 It [sc. lapis lazuli] is dug out of the Mines, and approaches in Virtues to the Armenian Stone, because it moves both upwards and downwards, but the Armenian Stone is preferable. 2012 E. Lev & L. Chipman Med. Prescriptions Cambr. Genizah Coll. iii. 58 (note) The pills are composed of hiera, sandalwood, agaric, birthwort, Armenian stone, lapis lazuli [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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