meerschaumn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪəʃ(ə)m/,

/ˈmɪəʃɔːm/, U.S.

/ˈmɪ(ə)rˌʃɔm/,

/ˈmɪrʃəm/,

/ˈmɪ(ə)rˌʃɑm/

Forms: 1700s–1800s meershaum, 1700s– meerschaum, 1800s maersham, 1800s meerchaum, 1800s meerchum, 1800s mereschaum, 1800s merschaum.

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Meerschaum.

Etymology: < German Meerschaum, lit. ‘sea-foam’ (15th cent. in early modern German as meerschuym ; < mer sea (see mere n.¹) + schūm , schoum foam (see scum n.) after post-classical Latin spuma maris a kind of coral (so called from the notion that it was formed from solidified sea-foam)), attested in German in sense 1 from the early 18th cent., perhaps partly translating Turkish deniz köpüğü meerschaum, or zebed ül-bahir a name of several porous marine products ( < Arabic zabad al-baḥr ), or kef-i derya pumice stone, madrepore coral ( < Persian kaf-i daryā ), all lit. ‘sea-foam’, although these words may simply be calques on the German. Compare slightly later myrsen n.Principally mined in Eskişehir in Turkey, but also formerly in the Crimea (see keffekill n.). For the origin of the name, compare:1911 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 72 Meerschaum, a German word designating a soft white mineral sometimes found floating on the Black Sea, and rather suggestive of sea-foam (Meerschaum). There is no information in the context of the following quotation to show whether meersham is an earlier example of this word, and, if so, which sense it exemplifies:1676 R. Hooke Diary 5 Nov. (1935) 191 Sent by Mary to [Theodore] Haak his meersham.

1. A soft white, grey, or yellowish mineral resembling a hardened clay, which consists of orthorhombic hydrated magnesium trisilicate. Also called sepiolite.

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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > smectites > sepiolite

keffekill1784

meerschaum1784

myrsen1794

sea-froth1801

magnesite1837

sea-foam1837

sepiolite1854

magnesium trisilicate1936

1784 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. vi. 59 Spuma Maris, Meershaum of the Germans, Keffekil.

1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 145 Keffekill or myrsen, which the Germans corruptly call Meerschaum, is said to be when recently dug of a yellow colour.

1812 J. Nott in T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. (new ed.) 176 Those tobacco-pipes which they manufacture of a species of earth, of the magnesious genus combined with silex, denominated meerschaum; the spuma maris, ecume de mer, and keffekill of mineralogists.

1823 T. De Quincey tr. ‘F. Laun’ Mr. Schnackenberger vi, in London Mag. May 499/2 The great meerschaum head of his pipe.

1891 Daily News 26 Oct. 5/6 He bought wholesale little blocks of flawed meerschaum, polished them, and made them up into pipes.

1938 R. Hum Chem. for Engin. Students xxii. 590 Of the important silicate rocks meerschaum..talc..and asbestos..may be mentioned.

1978 J. A. Maxwell America's Fascinating Indian Heritage vii. 270/1 Magnesite, a creamy white mineral with a texture like meerschaum, was ground into cylinders.

2. In full meerschaum pipe. A tobacco pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum.

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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > pipe > other types of pipe

calumet1717

pillow pipe1752

meerschaum1799

corn-cob pipe1832

bulldog1885

plague pipe1892

Peterson1906

shell-briar1972

1799 S. T. Coleridge Let. 14 Jan. (1956) I. 463 A pipe of a particular kind, that has been smoked for a year or so, will sell here [i.e. at Ratzeburg] for twenty Guineas... They are called Meerschaums.

1812 J. Nott in T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. (new ed.) 176 A meerschaum pipe nearly black with smoking is considered a treasure.

1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 3 404 Bobwigs and meerschaums, petticoats and sabres.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xi. 314 One Stradivarius, I confess, Two Meerschaums, I would fain possess.

1887 G. R. Sims Mary Jane's Mem. 145 He sent me back the meerschaum-pipe.

1904 B. von Hutten Pam i. iii. 14 ‘Well, Jane, and so here we are,’ he began, stuffing his little meerschaum pipe from a leather bag.

1962 S. J. Perelman in New Yorker 7 Apr. 39/1 I can just picture a sardonic smile wreathing your physiognomy as, meerschaum in hand, you peruse these lines in your study.

1983 M. S. Power Hunt for Autumn Clowns 22 The tiny pen-and-ink sketch..depicted him as a middle-aged sartorial gentleman sucking a chin-warming Meerschaum.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meerschaum
释义	meerschaumn. Brit. /ˈmɪəʃ(ə)m/, /ˈmɪəʃɔːm/, U.S. /ˈmɪ(ə)rˌʃɔm/, /ˈmɪrʃəm/, /ˈmɪ(ə)rˌʃɑm/ Forms: 1700s–1800s meershaum, 1700s– meerschaum, 1800s maersham, 1800s meerchaum, 1800s meerchum, 1800s mereschaum, 1800s merschaum. Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Meerschaum. Etymology: < German Meerschaum, lit. ‘sea-foam’ (15th cent. in early modern German as meerschuym ; < mer sea (see mere n.¹) + schūm , schoum foam (see scum n.) after post-classical Latin spuma maris a kind of coral (so called from the notion that it was formed from solidified sea-foam)), attested in German in sense 1 from the early 18th cent., perhaps partly translating Turkish deniz köpüğü meerschaum, or zebed ül-bahir a name of several porous marine products ( < Arabic zabad al-baḥr ), or kef-i derya pumice stone, madrepore coral ( < Persian kaf-i daryā ), all lit. ‘sea-foam’, although these words may simply be calques on the German. Compare slightly later myrsen n.Principally mined in Eskişehir in Turkey, but also formerly in the Crimea (see keffekill n.). For the origin of the name, compare:1911 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 72 Meerschaum, a German word designating a soft white mineral sometimes found floating on the Black Sea, and rather suggestive of sea-foam (Meerschaum). There is no information in the context of the following quotation to show whether meersham is an earlier example of this word, and, if so, which sense it exemplifies:1676 R. Hooke Diary 5 Nov. (1935) 191 Sent by Mary to [Theodore] Haak his meersham. 1. A soft white, grey, or yellowish mineral resembling a hardened clay, which consists of orthorhombic hydrated magnesium trisilicate. Also called sepiolite. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > smectites > sepiolite keffekill1784 meerschaum1784 myrsen1794 sea-froth1801 magnesite1837 sea-foam1837 sepiolite1854 magnesium trisilicate1936 1784 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. vi. 59 Spuma Maris, Meershaum of the Germans, Keffekil. 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 145 Keffekill or myrsen, which the Germans corruptly call Meerschaum, is said to be when recently dug of a yellow colour. 1812 J. Nott in T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. (new ed.) 176 Those tobacco-pipes which they manufacture of a species of earth, of the magnesious genus combined with silex, denominated meerschaum; the spuma maris, ecume de mer, and keffekill of mineralogists. 1823 T. De Quincey tr. ‘F. Laun’ Mr. Schnackenberger vi, in London Mag. May 499/2 The great meerschaum head of his pipe. 1891 Daily News 26 Oct. 5/6 He bought wholesale little blocks of flawed meerschaum, polished them, and made them up into pipes. 1938 R. Hum Chem. for Engin. Students xxii. 590 Of the important silicate rocks meerschaum..talc..and asbestos..may be mentioned. 1978 J. A. Maxwell America's Fascinating Indian Heritage vii. 270/1 Magnesite, a creamy white mineral with a texture like meerschaum, was ground into cylinders. 2. In full meerschaum pipe. A tobacco pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > pipe > other types of pipe calumet1717 pillow pipe1752 meerschaum1799 corn-cob pipe1832 bulldog1885 plague pipe1892 Peterson1906 shell-briar1972 1799 S. T. Coleridge Let. 14 Jan. (1956) I. 463 A pipe of a particular kind, that has been smoked for a year or so, will sell here [i.e. at Ratzeburg] for twenty Guineas... They are called Meerschaums. 1812 J. Nott in T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. (new ed.) 176 A meerschaum pipe nearly black with smoking is considered a treasure. 1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 3 404 Bobwigs and meerschaums, petticoats and sabres. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xi. 314 One Stradivarius, I confess, Two Meerschaums, I would fain possess. 1887 G. R. Sims Mary Jane's Mem. 145 He sent me back the meerschaum-pipe. 1904 B. von Hutten Pam i. iii. 14 ‘Well, Jane, and so here we are,’ he began, stuffing his little meerschaum pipe from a leather bag. 1962 S. J. Perelman in New Yorker 7 Apr. 39/1 I can just picture a sardonic smile wreathing your physiognomy as, meerschaum in hand, you peruse these lines in your study. 1983 M. S. Power Hunt for Autumn Clowns 22 The tiny pen-and-ink sketch..depicted him as a middle-aged sartorial gentleman sucking a chin-warming Meerschaum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1784
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