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单词 lithodipyra
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lithodipyran.

/ˌlɪθəʊdɪˈpʌɪərə/
Etymology: modern Latin, < litho- comb. form + di- comb. form +Greek πῦρ fire, as repr. ‘stone twice fired’.
The name given to a kind of artificial stone by members of the Coade family when in 1769 they took over the factory in Lambeth where it was made (until c1837) which stone (also called Coade stone) was claimed to have greater frost and heat resistance than natural stone and was much used for statues, monuments, and decorative work.
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artificial stone1722
lithodipyrac1778
reconstructed stone1915
cast stone1925
reconstituted stone1961
c1778 (title) Coade's lithodipyra or artificial stone manufactory. For all kinds of statues, capitals, vases, tombs, coats of arms, & architectural ornaments &c. &c.
1910 Notes & Queries 2 July 15/1 A monument to Edward Wortley Montagu, made of Coade's Lithodipyra, is in the west walk of the Cloisters of Westminster Abbey.
1928 Connoisseur Oct. 81 (caption) Plaque in Lithodipyra, from a design by J. Bacon, R.A. installed on the east front of Hooton Hall, Cheshire 1788.
1954 Archit. Rev. 116 296/1 George Coade died in 1770 and can, therefore, have had little to do with the development of ‘Coade's Lithodipyra Terra-Cotta or Artificial Stone Manufactory’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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