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单词 kali
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kalin.1

Brit. /ˈkali/, /ˈkeɪli/, /ˈkeɪlʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈkeɪli/
Forms: 1600s chali, 1700s kaly, caly, 1500s– kali.
Etymology: < Arabic qalī: see alkali n. and adj.
1.
a. The Prickly Saltwort or Glasswort ( Salsola Kali); = alkali n. 3. Also applied to other species of Salsola, as Barilla ( Salsola Soda).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Chenopodiaccae (goose-foot and allies) > [noun] > glasswort or barilla
glass-weed1568
alkali1578
kali1578
glasswort1597
rock samphire1597
saltwort1597
soda1658
barilla1766
kelpwort1787
Salsola1801
roly-poly1857
Russian thistle1884
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxxviii. 115 The herbe named of the Arabians Kali, or Alkali.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 116 A desart producing here and there..a weed called Kali [printed Kall] by the Arabs.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 51 Glasse, whose materialls are fine sand, and the ashes of Chali or Fearne. View more context for this quotation
1766 W. Stork Acct. E.-Florida 49 This herb resembles entirely our samphire in England, and is called barilla or kaly.
1884 Evang. Mag. 343 Here, among the softer sand..is growing..the Kali, or Saltwort.
b. Egyptian kali, name for Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum.
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1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 316.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxi. 298 Egyptian Kali, esteemed for making the best pot-ash, is also of this genus.
2. A saline substance obtained by the calcination of saltwort; soda-ash; = alkali n. 1; hence, vegetable alkali, potash. (Latinized kalium, whence the chemical symbol K for potassium.)
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > vegetable extracts or preparations > [noun] > potash
gravelled ashes1579
salt of wormwood1617
salt of tartar1646
pearl ash1703
kali1799
pearls1809
1799 W. G. Browne Trav. Afr. xxv. 397 (note) Twenty-five pounds of kali, and five pounds of pulverized chalk.
1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory iii. 426 Take of nitrate of kali, six pounds.
1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia (at cited word) The kali of the pharmacopoeias is the vegetable alkali, or potash.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Kalin.2

Brit. /ˈkɑːli/, U.S. /ˈkɑli/
Forms: Also Cali.
Etymology: Sanskrit kālī feminine of kāla black, dark; also taken as feminine of Kālà time (as destroyer), one of the names of Shiva.
Hinduism.
The name given to the Hindu mother-goddess Devi, consort of Shiva, in her most terrible form as goddess of destruction and death, when she is depicted as blackskinned, smeared with blood, and wearing a necklace of skulls and a girdle of snakes.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > Indian or Hindu > Kali
Kali1798
1798 W. C. Blaquire tr. in Asiatick Researches 5 369 Let the sacrificer say Hrang, hrīng. Ca´li, Ca´li, O horrid-toothed goddess; eat, cut, destroy all the malignant.
1810 E. Moor Hindu Pantheon 145 Of the many names of the goddess..those of Parvati, Bhavani, Durga, Kali, and Devi..are the most common.
1832 C. Coleman Mythol. Hindus vii. 92 Kali is also called the goddess of cemeteries, under which form she is described dancing with the infant Siva in her arms.
1882 W. J. Wilkins Hindu Mythol. vii. 257 Kāli (the black woman), or, as she is more commonly called Kāli Mā, the black mother, with the aid of Chandi, slew Raktavija, the principal leader of the giant's army.
1917 A. K. Coomaraswamy & G. K. Duggirala tr. Nandikesvara Mirror of Gesture 8 Kālī..dances in the burning ground..to signify the heart of the devotee made empty by renunciation.
1933 E. A. Payne Śāktas ii. 13 Hibiscus flowers have become a favourite present to Kālī, probably because they are the colour of blood.
1952 S. Selvon Brighter Sun vii. 130 Don't know Indian people haveam own god?.. To pray Kali for rain?
1971 ‘G. Black’ Time for Pirates i. 9 They were Moslems, which meant that there shouldn't have been a place in their faith for a worship of Kali, the Destroyer.
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