| 单词 | saxeous odour |
| 释义 | > as lemmassaxeous odour Of or pertaining to stone, stony. †saxeous odour, an exhalation supposed to be the cause of petrifaction. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [adjective] lapidial1599 lapideous1646 saxatile1651 petrous1657 petrose1661 saxeous1671 stony1723 petrific1759 lapidose1807 lithoidal1833 lithoid1841 1671 J. Webster Metallographia xxix. 362 That the petrifying seed doth consist alone in a saxeous or stony odour or steam [tr. Van Helmont De Lithiasi i. Quod semen petrificum consistat in solo odore saxeo]. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain II. ix. 664 Such a saxeous metamorphosis was an old story even in..Ovid's times. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain II. xi. 875 The culprit in the saxeous change lost two-thirds of his original height. < as lemmas |
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