单词 | surturbrand |
释义 | surturbrandn. A name for lignite as occurring in Iceland. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > coal > lignite moor-coal1562 Bovey coal1761 surturbrand1761 wood-coal1799 lignite1808 brown coal1833 peat-coal1851 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1761 |
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