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单词 rock petre
释义

rock petren.

Forms: see rock n.1 and petre n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rock n.1, petre n.1
Etymology: < rock n.1 + petre n.1, perhaps as alteration of roche petre n.
Obsolete. rare.
= roche petre n.
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1667 T. Henshaw in T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. 264 I my self..have drawn very good Rock peter out of those Stiriæ, which are usually found hanging like Icycles in Arched-cellars and Vaults.
1736 N. Bailey Dict. Domesticum sig. E6 Take five handfuls of common salt, three handfuls of bay salt, and rock petre and petre salt of each one handful.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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