单词 | brazen dish |
释义 | > as lemmasbrazen dish 4. Phrases. brazen age: the third of the four mythological ages of humankind, said to come between the silver and the iron age. †brazen dish: ‘the standard dish or measure by which the wooden dishes for measuring the lead duties in Derbyshire are gauged’ (Tapping's Gloss. Lead Mining Terms 1851). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring volume > measuring vessels > vessel of standard capacity > dish for measuring quantities of lead brazen dish1631 the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > of Greek antiquity or mythology antiquityc1375 golden age?a1439 silver age1565 heroic age1654 heroic times1654 brazen age1841 mundane era1892 1631 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 90 The deputy Barre Masters, measured the oare with a brasen dish. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. iii. iii. 257 These last bear some resemblance to the golden, silver, brazen, and iron ages of the Greeks. < as lemmas |
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