α. Middle English prassio, Middle English prassyus, Middle English–1500s 1700s prassius, 1600s–1700s prasius, 1700s prasium.
β. 1700s– prase.
单词 | prase |
释义 | prasen.α. Middle English prassio, Middle English prassyus, Middle English–1500s 1700s prassius, 1600s–1700s prasius, 1700s prasium. β. 1700s– prase. Mineralogy. A green variety of quartz or (esp. formerly) quartzite. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > chalcedony > prase or chrysoprase prasine?c1335 prasea1398 prasine stone1665 chrysoprase1804 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [noun] > quartz > cryptocrystalline quartz > chalcedony > prase prasine?c1335 prasea1398 prasine stone1665 chrysoprase1804 α. β. 1788 J. H. de Magellan et al. Cronstedt's Ess. Syst. Mineral. (new ed.) I. 144 As to the Prase, its name..shews it to be of a greenish-blue colour.1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 82 (note) False emeralds, or prases.1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 194 Quartz..Cryptocrystalline Varieties..4. Prase. Translucent and dull leek-green... Always regarded as a stone of little value. The name is also given to crystalline quartz of the same color.1891 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. Great. Brit. & Ireland 20 338 At first it was regarded as a mass of prase or greenish quartz, but its extreme toughness raised a doubt, and on chemical examination it was found to be nephrite.1929 G. P. Merrill Minerals from Earth & Sky ii. iv. 230 Bloodstone is nearly black with blood-red spots and streaks; carnelian uniformly red; prase dull, leek green; and jasper, the most comprehensive term of all includes the opaque red, yellow, and brown of all shades.1990 C. Pellant Rocks, Minerals & Fossils 61 In the UK, Cornwall has amethyst, citrine, prase and smoky quartz.a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 204 Prassius is a stoon grene as leeke. c1475 Court of Sapience (Trin. Cambr.) (1927) 1051 (MED) The Parius and eke the Prassyus, Grene of colour and good for febyll syght. a1500 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 83 (MED) Crispassus is like in colour to a ston þat is called prassius, & it [is] grene as lyk. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 619 As touching green stones..we reckon one of a Porret colour, which we cal Prasius. 1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones V. 218 Prassius, is so called from an Herb of its own Name. 1772 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. (ed. 2) V. xxi. 154 The prasius, or prassite, is by many thought to be the matrix of an Emerald, and perhaps not improperly, because it is sometimes found within it. 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 249 Prasium..seems to consist of a mixture of quartz, and shoerlaceous actinolite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398 |
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