单词 | nitre pit |
释义 | > as lemmasnitre pit ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > [noun] > salt or brine salt-wellc950 salt-pit1398 nitre pit1601 seathc1682 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxi. x. 420 For feare it should resolve againe and melt in the nitre pits. 1684 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 14 612 The Nitre Pits grow full of Nitre. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) There were Nitre-Pits in Egypt, as there are Salt-Pits among us. < as lemmas |
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