单词 | schistous |
释义 | schistousadj. 1. Geology. = schistose adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > texture or colour > [adjective] > texture > laminated scaly1538 scissile1552 platy1789 flat-bedded1793 schistose1794 schistous1803 sheeted1903 1803 F. W. Blagdon tr. P. S. Pallas Trav. Southern Provinces Russ. Empire II. 115 It is scarcely ever observed in thin layers between schistous minerals [Ger. zwischen den Schieferarten]. 1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 122 An immense schistous rock. 1875 Wonders Physical World i. i. 29 The schistous slate separates readily into leaves. 2. Formed of schist. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [adjective] > schist schistic1803 schistous1829 schistose1843 schistoid1852 1829 T. L. Peacock Misfortunes Elphin xi. 139 Prince Rhun being safe in schistous bastile, Taliesin commenced his journey. 1835 R. Browning Paracelsus i. 40 In the steady rolling Mayne..is mingled and involved a mass Of schistous particles of ore. 1840 T. Arnold Jrnl. in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1858) II. 351 Bare schistous hills. 3. Natural History. = schistose adj. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > bluish grey glawke1412 perse-blue1414 waterisha1425 blunket1488 bluish-grey1578 blue-grey1590 water1592 slate-grey1794 slate-coloured1801 griseous1819 neutral1821 slaty1822 schistous1858 slatish1860 powder-blue-grey1952 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Schistosus..sometimes applied the same as Ardisiaceus, to indicate a shade of blue, as the Coluber schistosus: schistous. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.1803 |
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