† killown.

Forms: Also 1600s kellow, 1700s cullow.

Etymology: Of unknown origin. Modern dictionaries, into which the word has passed from Johnson, Todd, etc., repeat the suggestion of Woodward (cited by Johnson) that killow may be connected with collow n., soot, grime; but the form is against this.

Obsolete.

A name formerly given (originally in Cumberland) to black-lead, plumbago, or graphite.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > native elements and alloys > [noun] > native carbon

black lead?a1560

wad1614

killow1666

wad-lead1780

plumbago1784

graphite1796

plumbagine1800

kish1812

lead1816

pot lead1876

cliftonite1887

shungite1892

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > [noun] > graphite

black lead?a1560

wad1614

killow1666

wad-lead1780

plumbago1784

graphite1796

plumbagine1800

lead1816

pot lead1876

1666 C. Merrett Pinax Rerum Naturalium Britannicarum 218 Lapis cæruleus Killow dictus ducendis lineis idoneus.

a1696 R. Plot in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1698) 20 183 The Mineral Substance, called, Black Lead..found only at Keswick in Cumberland, and there called, Wadt, or Kellow.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Killow, a sort of Mineral Stone.

1763 W. Lewis Commercium Philosophico-technicum 324 The black earthy substance called Killow... The killow has somewhat of a bluish or purplish cast mixed with its blackness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	killow
释义	† killown. Forms: Also 1600s kellow, 1700s cullow. Etymology: Of unknown origin. Modern dictionaries, into which the word has passed from Johnson, Todd, etc., repeat the suggestion of Woodward (cited by Johnson) that killow may be connected with collow n., soot, grime; but the form is against this. Obsolete. A name formerly given (originally in Cumberland) to black-lead, plumbago, or graphite. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > native elements and alloys > [noun] > native carbon black lead?a1560 wad1614 killow1666 wad-lead1780 plumbago1784 graphite1796 plumbagine1800 kish1812 lead1816 pot lead1876 cliftonite1887 shungite1892 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > [noun] > graphite black lead?a1560 wad1614 killow1666 wad-lead1780 plumbago1784 graphite1796 plumbagine1800 lead1816 pot lead1876 1666 C. Merrett Pinax Rerum Naturalium Britannicarum 218 Lapis cæruleus Killow dictus ducendis lineis idoneus. a1696 R. Plot in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1698) 20 183 The Mineral Substance, called, Black Lead..found only at Keswick in Cumberland, and there called, Wadt, or Kellow. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Killow, a sort of Mineral Stone. 1763 W. Lewis Commercium Philosophico-technicum 324 The black earthy substance called Killow... The killow has somewhat of a bluish or purplish cast mixed with its blackness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1666
随便看	swabberly swabbers swabberslops swabbies swabbing swabble swabby swabhitch swabian swabie swabification swabman swabpot swabrope swabs swabstick swabtail swabwasher swabwringer swac swachele sweat-wet sweatable sweatabsorber sweatband