单词 | marcasite |
释义 | marcasiten.adj. A. n. 1. A piece or specimen of marcasite (see sense A. 2), esp. as used to strike fire or in jewellery; an ornament made of marcasite. Also: a piece of polished steel or similar metal cut as a gem. Cf. firestone n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > marcasite > [noun] marcasite?a1425 marcasin1601 Jew's stone1617 copperas-stone1640 society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > flint or steel flinta700 firestoneeOE pyritesOE steelc1220 fire ironc1300 pyrite stonec1475 fire striker1483 furisonc1540 fusil1580 fire steel1585 flintstone1585 tindern iron1586 marcasite1682 briquet1823 fleerish1825 strike-a-light1870 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > [noun] > composed of specific stones marcasite1773 garnet-work1883 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > marcasite > [noun] > piece of marcasite1773 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 36 (MED) In tenontz forsoþ with firestonez or marcasitez..ybrent or cast in aceto in stuphyng þe place..did magic. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. v. f. 115v Marchasites are flowers of metals, by the colours wherof, the kyndes of metals are knowen. 1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin iii. 54 From his Pocket He takes his Marchasite, begins to knock it With hardned Steel, out springs an Active spark. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer iii. 52 Half the ladies of our acquaintance,..carry their jewels to town, and bring nothing but paste and marcasites back. 1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 307 Two hearts surmounted by a crown..set with marcasites. 1955 Times 7 Dec. 10/4 Marcasites are among the staple stones of costume jewelery. 1981 H. Newman Illustr. Dict. Jewelry (1987) 193 The term ‘marcasite’ is today often loosely applied in the trade to cut steel or even any white metal cut with facets. 2. Originally: a metallic sulphide (such as pyrites) or similar compound, esp. one that physically resembled the specified metal that it was (often erroneously) believed to contain. Now: iron pyrites, esp. as used in jewellery; (Mineralogy) the orthorhombic form of iron disulphide, dimorphous with pyrite, occurring as bronze-yellow tabular crystals (white on freshly exposed faces) with a metallic lustre (also called white pyrites). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > marcasite or related minerals marcasite?c1425 pyrites1567 marcasin1601 Jew's stone1617 copperas-stone1640 brass lump1675 spear pyrites1837 ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 603 (MED) Medecynes þat gendren flesche..ben..þe mele of benes of Egipte and of wylde facches and marcasite and copperose ibrent. 1572 J. Jones Bathes of Bathes Ayde ii. f. 20 Copper, Iron, and Marquesite. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. iii. sig. E2 Your Marchesite, your Tutie, your Magnesia. View more context for this quotation 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Marchasite, a stone participating with the nature of some mettall, yet in so small quantity, that the mettall cannot be melted from it, but will vapour away in smoake, the stone turning to ashes. 1652 Ripley's Epist. Edward IV in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum 116 Our Marchasite, our Magnete, and our Lead. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xix. 852 Glass of Antimony..is nothing but the meer Marchasite of Lead. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 172 A common Marcasite or Pyrites shall have the Colour of Gold most exactly:..and yet..yield nothing of worth, but Vitriol, and a little Sulphur. 1727–52 E. Chambers Cycl. Marcasite, Marcasita, a sort of metallic mineral, supposed by many to be the seed or first matter of metals. On this principle, there should be as many different marcasites as metals... There are only three kinds in the shops, which are called, marcasite of gold, of silver, and of copper: though some repute the loadstone to be a marcasite of iron; bismuth, marcasite of tin; and zink, or spelter, marcasite of lead. a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) 172 I could never perceive any Arsenic in the Pyritæ; in which they differ from the Marcasits, most of which contain more or less of that Mineral. 1778 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 69 15 The Derbyshire and Eckton Cauk, which is commonly covered with copper marcassite. 1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 256 Arsenical Pyrites or Marcassite. 1836–41 W. T. Brande Man. Chem. (ed. 5) 861 Bismuth was sometimes called Marcasite. 1844 R. Browning Colombe's Birthday in Bells & Pomegranates No. VI i. 344 Yon gray urn's veritable marcasite, The Pope's gift. 1865 H. Watts Dict. Chem. III. 851 Marcasite, white Iron Pyrites. 1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 157 Marcasite resembles pyrites, except that it crystallises in the rhombic system. 1943 D. Welch Maiden Voy. xxxiv. 297 In the early morning the cinders glittered like splintery marcasite. 1990 P. Kearey & F. J. Vine Global Tectonics xi. 265 At high levels in the lithosphere, massive sulphide deposits (marcasite, chalcopyrite and sphalerite) occur on top of or within the pillow lavas of layer 2. B. adj. (attributive). Made, consisting of, or resembling marcasite; set or ornamented with a marcasite or marcasites. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [adjective] > marcasite marcasite1588 marcasitical1670 marcasital1731 1588 C. Lucar Appendix 17 in tr. N. Tartaglia 3 Bks. Shooting The marchasite stone. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 558 It commeth of a certaine marquesit stone, wherupon also they call it Chalcitis. a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) i. 181 The Marcasite Grains are of a bright Yellow. 1928 Chem. Abstr. 22 4411 Gudmundite is a new mineral belonging to the marcasite group. 1975 New Yorker 17 Nov. 140/2 We..were pleased to see..a pair of marcasite clips that can be locked together to form a pin shaped like a swooping bow. DerivativesΚΠ 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) II Marcasital, of or pertaining to marcasites. ˈmarcasite-like adj. rare ΚΠ 1651 J. French tr. J. R. Glauber Of Minerall Work in tr. J. R. Glauber Descr. New Philos. Furnaces 414 Those flints Quartzen and Hornstein every where almost to be found, containing but a mean quantity of dispersed iron-like Gold, Marcasite-like,..cannot be separated with gain. 1997 Small Swap in alt.fashion (Usenet newsgroup) 12 Oct. Revlon Streetwear nailpolish in ‘Schmutz’ A great marcasite-like color, used once. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > others amethystine1670 marcasitical1670 cawky1676 blendy1683 sylvanitic1796 ytter1805 phosphatic1818 pyroxenic1819 hornblendic1823 muriatiferous1823 platiniferous1828 quartziferous1831 hypersthenic1838 schorly1838 uralitic1845 blendous1847 rutilated1849 orthoclase1853 palladiferous1866 peridotic1867 paragonitic1868 vivianitized1870 andesitic1876 tremolitic1880 phosphoriferous1881 kaolinitic1885 saussuritic1885 perthitic1887 strontianiferous1888 radiferous1899 myrmekitic1916 montmorillonitic1939 illitic1949 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [adjective] > marcasite marcasite1588 marcasitical1670 marcasital1731 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > marcasite > [adjective] marcasitical1670 1670 R. Boyle Tracts Cosmicall Qualities iv. 21 A great quantity of marchasiticall Earth, if I may so call it. 1779 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 69 30 On one side there was a slight marcasitical coating. 1789 J. Williams Mineral Kingdom I. 419 The pyritical or marcasitical yellow copper ores. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.?a1425 |
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