单词 | antimonial |
释义 | antimonialadj.n. A. adj. 1. Of or pertaining to antimony. antimonial cups, made of glass of antimony, to communicate emetic qualities to wine. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > antimony > [adjective] antimonial1605 reguline1662 antimonian1836 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xvi. 79 Spirits mercuriall, arsenical, and antimonial. 1712 R. Blackmore Creation (ed. 2) iv. 439 Though antimonial cups prepar'd with art, Their force to wine through ages should impart. 1755 W. Lewis in Philos. Trans. 1754 (Royal Soc.) 48 688 It increases the hardness of zinc, and the antimonial semi~metal, but not of bismuth. 1865 Daily Tel. 8 July If his wife died under the effects of antimonial poison. 2. Containing antimony in combination; as in the names of many minerals, e.g. antimonial arsenic, copper, nickel, ochre. antimonial wine n. sherry containing tartar emetic (tartarated antimony). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > medicinal potion or draught > [noun] > medicated wine > specific opopanax wine?1550 mandrake winea1640 white wine whey1718 sack-whey1736 oporice1753 ipecacuanha wine1761 wine whey1769 antimonial wine1771 balm-winea1811 mandragora1844 lizard wine1894 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > fortified wine, Madeira wine, and sack > [noun] > sherry > types of sherry doctor1770 antimonial wine1771 Montilla1793 Paxarete1802 pale sherry1803 amontillado1804 golden sherry1830 manzanilla1843 fino1846 Bristol milk1848 brown sherry1849 solera1851 amoroso1859 brown1862 oloroso1876 Bristol cream1886 Tio Pepe1886 cream sherry1964 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 162 To forward the operation of the antimonial wine. 1788 Edinb. New Dispensatory (1791) 97 The antimonial caustic of the shops. 1875 A. Ure Dict. Arts I. 199 In the works where antimonial ores are smelted. B. n. A medicine containing antimony. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > mineral medicine > [noun] > medicines prepared from other minerals king's silverc1400 sulphurc1400 cerusec1405 mummy1601 sal-prunella1664 prunella salt1721 antimonial1728 mummia1770 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word), Antimonials are chiefly of an emetic tendency. 1755 Philos. Trans. 1754 (Royal Soc.) 48 832 A physician, who prescrib'd antimonials, was expelled the faculty. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics 512 Antimonials act as diuretics. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2011). < adj.n.1605 |
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