单词 | porphyry stone |
释义 | porphyry stonen. = porphyry n. 2a, 3. Formerly also: †= sense porphyry n. 1 (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > ancient porphyry porphyry?a1439 porphyry stone?a1439 porphyrine1588 porphyrite1589 porfido1611 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > porphyry porphyry?a1439 porphyry stone?a1439 porphyrine1588 porphyrite1589 porfido1611 society > occupation and work > equipment > work-benches, seats, etc. > [noun] > block > for grinding on porphyryc1395 porphyry mortar1605 porphyry stone1644 porphyrite1708 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) viii. 1247 (MED) The font was maad of porfirie stoon. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 102 Þe pope gaue him a ryng and a superaltarie of porphiri-ston. 1579 G. Gilpin tr. P. van Marnix van Sant Aldegonde Bee Hiue of Romishe Church vi. iii. f. 291v The holy Romish Church did ordeine two chaires to be heawen of Porphyr stone. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xv. 133 A subtile pouder..much like what filing..of leafe gold vpon a porphyre stone, may reduce it into. 1742 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Antiq. Rome lx, in tr. A. Palladio Architecture (ed. 3) II. 86 It was adorn'd with white Marble, Porphyr-stone,..and..Statues. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. i. 18 Porphyry stones for Edward the Confessor's feretory. 1870 Amer. Naturalist 4 486 Porphyry stones.., while they have a fine general polish, will yet oftentimes have many minute fractures below the level of the polished surface. 1925 Times 13 Jan. 9/2 The great round porphyry stone in the centre was supposed to contain the four colours of the elements. 1996 High Country News 18 Mar. 12/1 The blue porphyry stone used almost a century ago to build the monastery was quarried within this small forest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1439 |
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