orichalcn.

Brit.

/ˈɒrᵻkalk/, U.S.

/ˈɔrəˌkælk/

Forms: late Middle English auricalke, 1500s oricalche, 1500s orichalke, 1800s orichalch, 1800s– orichalc.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin orīchalcum.

Etymology: < classical Latin orīchalcum orichalcum n. Compare Middle French aurichalque (1511), French orichalque (1765).

Now historical.

= orichalcum n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > brass > types of

maslinOE

latten1340

messing1371

orichalcc1429

shruff1541

black latten1545

mellay1545

medley brass1600

medley1601

shaven latten1660

latten-brass1677

brass-latten1678

similor1778

pig brass1841

Muntz metal1842

button brass1849

oreide1857

voltaic brass1860

semilor1866

naval brass1881

c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 837 The metalle of auricalke is knawen a preciouse thing, Silvere more preciouse, gold alder-most passing.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1876) VI. 41 (MED) Machomete made an ydole of auricalke or alkmuyne in the brynke of the see of Speyne.

1590 E. Spenser Muiopotmos 78 The metall was of rare and passing price; Not Bilbo steele, nor brasse from Corinth fet, Nor costly Oricalche from strange Phœnice.

1831 W. N. Darnell tr. Schedule of Goods in I. Basire Corr. 195 Several boxes of Orichalch.

1867 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Æneis xii. 348 Breastplate..rough with mingled orichalc and gold.

1931 T. S. Moore Coll. Poems 218 A chest they brought inlaid with jet and pearl, With ivory incrustations held by nails Of orichalc.

1996 Afr. Amer. Rev. 30 523/2 There were, not mud huts, but suspended gardens, high white walls, storied palaces shaped from orichalc and bdellium, pools inlaid with gold.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	orichalc
释义	orichalcn. Brit. /ˈɒrᵻkalk/, U.S. /ˈɔrəˌkælk/ Forms: late Middle English auricalke, 1500s oricalche, 1500s orichalke, 1800s orichalch, 1800s– orichalc. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin orīchalcum. Etymology: < classical Latin orīchalcum orichalcum n. Compare Middle French aurichalque (1511), French orichalque (1765). Now historical. = orichalcum n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > brass > types of maslinOE latten1340 messing1371 orichalcc1429 shruff1541 black latten1545 mellay1545 medley brass1600 medley1601 shaven latten1660 latten-brass1677 brass-latten1678 similor1778 pig brass1841 Muntz metal1842 button brass1849 oreide1857 voltaic brass1860 semilor1866 naval brass1881 c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 837 The metalle of auricalke is knawen a preciouse thing, Silvere more preciouse, gold alder-most passing. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1876) VI. 41 (MED) Machomete made an ydole of auricalke or alkmuyne in the brynke of the see of Speyne. 1590 E. Spenser Muiopotmos 78 The metall was of rare and passing price; Not Bilbo steele, nor brasse from Corinth fet, Nor costly Oricalche from strange Phœnice. 1831 W. N. Darnell tr. Schedule of Goods in I. Basire Corr. 195 Several boxes of Orichalch. 1867 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Æneis xii. 348 Breastplate..rough with mingled orichalc and gold. 1931 T. S. Moore Coll. Poems 218 A chest they brought inlaid with jet and pearl, With ivory incrustations held by nails Of orichalc. 1996 Afr. Amer. Rev. 30 523/2 There were, not mud huts, but suspended gardens, high white walls, storied palaces shaped from orichalc and bdellium, pools inlaid with gold. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1429
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