α. 1500s pisasphalton, 1600s pissasphalton, 1700s pissasphaltum.
β. 1600s– pissasphalt.
单词 | pissasphalt |
释义 | pissasphaltn.α. 1500s pisasphalton, 1600s pissasphalton, 1700s pissasphaltum. β. 1600s– pissasphalt. historical. A semi-liquid bituminous substance (esp. as referred to by some early writers). Cf. mummy n.1 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > bitumen > semi-liquid pissasphalt1543 maltha1601 stone-oil1838 1543 B. Traheron Interpr. Straunge Wordes in tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. sig. &&.iii/1 Mumia... Howebeit other lerned men thynke it to be Pisasphalton. Whyche name sygnifiethe a thynge compounde of pytche, and the Iues lyme. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 183 As touching Pissasphalt, which is of a mixt nature, as if pitch and Bitumen were mingled together. 1706 Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 2106 There were several Kinds of Embalming, viz. with Asphalt or Pissasphalt, with Oyl or Gum of Cedar. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 107 The pissasphaltum is of a consistency between the common petroleum and the asphaltum, or bitumen of Judea. 1859 W. F. Wingfield Tour in Dalmatia 80 The ‘pissasphalt’, used anciently by the Egyptians for embalming their dead. 1931 Isis 16 31 For certain hard tumours excision is recommended, and, as an emollient, pissasphalt. 1992 Cosmetic World News (Nexis) June 1 Among the more extraordinary fragrant materials used [by medieval Arabs] were sweet hoof, pissasphalt and hyraceum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1543 |
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