单词 | thyine |
释义 | thyineadj. Epithet of a tree, and its wood, mentioned in Revelation xviii. 12; supposed to be the African coniferous tree Callitris quadrivalvis, which yields gum sandarac. The Vulgate has ligna thyina also in 1 Kings x. 11–12, where the Greek is different, and the version of 1611, following the Hebrew, has almug trees. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [adjective] thyine1382 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Kings x. 11 The nauee of Yram,..brouȝte to of Oofer manye tyyn trees [1 L.V. trees of tyme, L. ligna thyina, Gk. ξύλα πελεκητά hewn trees, Heb. almuggim, Coverd. costly tymber, 1611 almug trees]. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Rev. xviii. 12 The marchaundises of gold, and siluer, and precious stoon,..and ech tre thyine [erron. thyme, L. et omne lignum thyinum, Gk. καὶ πᾶν ξύλον θύϊνον]. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. clxv Thina beþ certeyne treene moste precious.] 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rev. xviii. 12 Off pearle, and raynes, and purple, and scarlett, and all thyne wodde [so Geneva & Rhem.; Coverd. Thynen wod, Great thynne wodde, 1611 Thine wood, mod. edd. thyine wood]. a1571 J. Jewel Expos. 2 Thess. (ii. 1, 2) in Wks. (1611) All manner of thyine wood. 1763 C. Smart Song to David lx The wealthy crops of whit'ning rice 'Mongst thyine woods and groves of spice. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1382 |
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