单词 | murra |
释义 | murran. Roman History. A substance (perhaps fluorspar) of which precious vases and other vessels were made. Cf. murrhine adj. and n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass-like materials specular stone1577 murra1598 talc1601 isinglass1750 mica1778 Muscovy glass1794 muscovite1850 Vitreosil1909 vitreous silica1925 windolite1927 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales vi. vii. 131 Hauing taken vp a certaine waight of the stone Murrha [L. sublato murrae pondere]. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 68 On cup of the pretious stone Myrrha [margin Or Murrha] [L. unum murrinum calicem]. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxi. 206 (note) The fragile vessels of chrystal and murra, which last is almost proved..to mean the porcelain of China and Japan. 1891 M. J. Cawein Days & Dreams 157 Well: dead men work us mischief from the grave! Richer than all Castile and yet not dare Drink but from cups of Roman murra, spar Bowl-sprayed with fibrile gold. 1949 Oxf. Classical Dict. 583/1 The identification of this murra is still disputed, though opinion inclines to some variety of fluorspar or jade. 1976 B. F. Cook Greek & Roman Art Brit. Museum 168 It is recorded that the Emperor Nero once bought a cup made of murra for a million sesterces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598 |
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