| 单词 | scale-stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscale-stone scale-stone n. Mineralogy (a) transl. of German schalstein = tabular spar or wollastonite; (b) anglicization of lepidolite n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > mica > lepidolite lepidolite1794 lilalite1794 scale-stone1819 lithionite1884 1819 J. R. Bakewell Introd. Study Mineral. ii. 346 Lepidolite, or Scale-stone..is composed of scales or minute laminæ. 1841 S. Maunder Sci. & Lit. Treasury Scale~stone, or Schaalstein. scale-stone scale-stone n. (see quot. 1859). ΚΠ 1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 142/1 The whole instrument is then removed to the scale-stone on which the rough block is placed. 1859 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 868/2 If the model is to be copied in marble or stone, the first step is to procure a block of the required size. Two stones, called scale-stones, are then prepared, upon one of which the model or plaster cast is placed, and upon the other the rough block of marble. The fronts of these stones have figured marks or ‘scales’ exactly corresponding. 1893 J. A. Symonds Life Michelangelo I. 104 The ingenious process of ‘pointing the marble’ by means of the ‘pointing machine’ and ‘scale-stones’. < as lemmas |
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