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1661 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist v. 329 I might here..demand, what addition or decrement of either Salt, Sulphur, or Mercury, befalls the Body of the Glass by being Prismatically figur'd.

1757 F. L. Norden Compend, Trav. 204 An antient quay along the Nile, made of large stones, and cut prismatically.

1798 G. Mitchell tr. D. L. G. Karsten Descr. Minerals in Leskean Mus. 235 Light red Silver Ore crystallized in similar Prisms, prismatically connected together, in white Cobalt Ore.

1889 Amer. Naturalist 23 812 Phenocrysts of bronzite prismatically elongated.

1968 I. Kostov Mineral. ii. 148 Betekhtinite is found as long black needles, whose habit is due to the arrangement of prismatically co-ordinated lead atoms in columns along the c-axis.

1786 W. Gilpin Observ. Picturesque Beauty I. 147 Airy tints of vivid yellow, green, and purple, we could prismatically separate.

1824 T. Medwin Conv. with Byron I. 212 His colour changed almost prismatically.

1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 11 The colossal forms of the Lion's Head were prismatically outlined against the speckless sky.

1938 Times 1 June 10/4 One saw around the sun another circle in places as brightly prismatic as a rainbow... The radius of the prismatically bright circle was half that of the larger white one.

1973 H. Brodkey in Amer. Rev. Feb. 25 Opalescent fog, rainbowed where the lights from the portholes of an immense ship were altered prismatically.

1998 Gramophone Jan. 50/2 It is a powerful and prismatically orchestrated work in three movements.