| 单词 | grey powder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrey powder grey powder n. (a) chalk mixed with finely divided mercury, originally used medicinally (esp. as a laxative) and later used in fingerprinting (now historical); (b) any of various other, usually aluminium-based, powders used in fingerprinting. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > mineral medicine > [noun] > medicine prepared from mercury mercury1617 blue pill1670 calomel1676 mercurial1676 silver-pill1753 blue mass1823 panacea of mercury1823 grey powder1842 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > powder > [noun] > specific powders > prepared from minerals Irish slate1633 slat1639 calomel1676 grey powder1842 mercurous chloride1859 1842 C. Ridley Let. 4 Dec. in U. Ridley Cecilia (1958) ix. 111 Baby is not quite well. I consulted Sir John Fife, who gave him grey powder. 1890 J. V. Shoemaker Pract. Treat. Dis. Skin 175 Hydrarg. cum creta, or gray powder, is an effective and non-irritating preparation. 1926 D. Paterson & J. F. Smith Mod. Methods Feeding in Infancy & Childhood vi. 88 An occasional grey powder..succeeds when constipation is even more obstinate. 1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise iv. 105 Hop out to the nearest chemist and get me some grey powder and an insufflator. 1974 G. F. Newman Price viii. 242 Latent prints brought out on the non-absorbent surfaces with grey powder for photographing. 2008 J. E. Girard Criminalistics vi. 140/1 Gray powder, which consists largely of finely ground aluminum, is used on dark-colored surfaces. < as lemmas |
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