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单词 surturbrand
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surturbrandn.

/ˈsəːtəːbrand/
Forms: Also 1700s suturbrand, sortebrand.
Etymology: < German Surturbrand, < Icelandic surtarbrandr , < Surtar , genitive of Surtr (related to svartr swart adj.) name of a fire-giant + brandr brand n.
A name for lignite as occurring in Iceland.
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1761 J. Milles in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 545 An extraordinary sort of wood, which they call sortebrand, or black brand.
1780 tr. U. von Troil Lett. on Iceland 42 I have seen tea-cups, plates, &c. in Copenhagen made of suturbrand, which takes a fine polish.
1804 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 94 397 The Bovey coal is found in strata, corresponding in almost every particular with those of the surturbrand in Iceland.
1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland p. xxiv The alternation of basalt and surturbrand.
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