tophusn.

Brit.

/ˈtəʊfəs/, U.S.

/ˈtoʊfəs/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s tofus, 1600s tophis, tophas. plural tophi; also 1600s tophy, tophoes, tophuses, tofusses.

Etymology: < Latin tōphus, better tōfus , a general name for loose porous stones of various kinds, whence Italian tufo (also tofo in Florio, ‘a kind of soft, crumbling, or mouldring stone, to build withall’), French tuf (16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), ‘generic name of porous stones, produced in the form of sediment or incrustation, as calcareous, siliceous, volcanic tuf ’ (Littré): see also tuff n., tufa n.

1. A soft porous stone, arenaceous, calcareous, or volcanic; esp. a stony substance deposited by calcareous springs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > calcareous tuff

tophus1555

calcareous tuff1569

calcareous tufa1811

calc-tuff1822

schaalstein1866

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iv. f. 19^v The stone cauled Tofus, whiche is soone resolued into sande.

1615 G. Sandys tr. Juvenal in Relation of Journey 161 How much more venerable had it beene, If grasse had cloth'd the circling banks in greene, Nor marble had the natiue tophis marr'd.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 272 The artificiall rocks, shells, mosse and tophas, seeme euen to excell that which they imitate.

1632 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) iii. 84 A natiue Arch she drew, With Pumice and light Tofusses [1621 Topases], that grew [ iii. 160 nam pumice vivo, Et levibus tophis nativum duxerat arcem].

1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. v. 111 Among Tophi and Stones in those dry places.

1696 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 194 He produces one Echinus, bruised in the Tophus in which it lay.

1789 J. Pilkington View Derbyshire I. vii. 316 I have seen a stag's head..which was found in the tophus at Alport.

1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1244/1 Tophus,..the term..has been applied to porous deposits of calcareous matter from water.

2. Pathology. A concretion which forms on the surface of the joints, the teeth, the pinna of the ear, etc. in gout; a gouty deposit; also gravel, or a stone or calculus, formed within the body.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] > concretion

stonec1000

felta1548

toph1598

gravel-stone1606

tophus1607

concretion1646

talusa1728

calculus1732

osteid1855

concrement1885

inolith1886

milkstone1892

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 83 In the second venter of a cow there is a round blacke Tophus found, being of no waight.

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 105 Amoniacum..dissolueth Tophoes or hard stones growne in the flesh.

1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. iii. 77 With a very few Doses..the Merchant was quickly free'd, not onely from his Pains, but from his Gouty Tophy.

1698 E. Tyson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 132 These Hairy Tophi are frequently to be met with in the Stomachs of Bruits.

1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Tophus... Med. A name for the matter concreted in the joints of the gouty; also the calculous matter concreted in the kidneys and urinary bladder; also the tartar on the teeth. Surg. Term for a swelling particularly affecting a bone, or the periosteum: a toph.

1881 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 5) 1103 These gouty concretions are called tophi or chalk-stones.

Compounds

tophus-stone n. = travertine n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > types of limestone for building

Purbeck stone1410

Tiburtine stonec1440

toph stonea1552

travertine1669

Purbeck1683

Purbeck marblea1697

Portland1711

tiber-stone1726

tophus-stone1830

Hopton wood1888

roach1911

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone > travertine

toph stonea1552

Tivertine1663

travertine1669

tophus-stone1830

1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 211 Pallas..enumerates a great many hot springs, which have deposited monticules of travertin precisely analogous in composition and structure to those of the baths of San Filippo, and other localities in Italy... Speaking of the tophus-stone, as he terms these limestones, he often observes that it is snow-white.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tophus
释义	tophusn. Brit. /ˈtəʊfəs/, U.S. /ˈtoʊfəs/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s tofus, 1600s tophis, tophas. plural tophi; also 1600s tophy, tophoes, tophuses, tofusses. Etymology: < Latin tōphus, better tōfus , a general name for loose porous stones of various kinds, whence Italian tufo (also tofo in Florio, ‘a kind of soft, crumbling, or mouldring stone, to build withall’), French tuf (16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), ‘generic name of porous stones, produced in the form of sediment or incrustation, as calcareous, siliceous, volcanic tuf ’ (Littré): see also tuff n., tufa n. 1. A soft porous stone, arenaceous, calcareous, or volcanic; esp. a stony substance deposited by calcareous springs. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > calcareous tuff tophus1555 calcareous tuff1569 calcareous tufa1811 calc-tuff1822 schaalstein1866 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iv. f. 19^v The stone cauled Tofus, whiche is soone resolued into sande. 1615 G. Sandys tr. Juvenal in Relation of Journey 161 How much more venerable had it beene, If grasse had cloth'd the circling banks in greene, Nor marble had the natiue tophis marr'd. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 272 The artificiall rocks, shells, mosse and tophas, seeme euen to excell that which they imitate. 1632 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) iii. 84 A natiue Arch she drew, With Pumice and light Tofusses [1621 Topases], that grew [ iii. 160 nam pumice vivo, Et levibus tophis nativum duxerat arcem]. 1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. v. 111 Among Tophi and Stones in those dry places. 1696 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 194 He produces one Echinus, bruised in the Tophus in which it lay. 1789 J. Pilkington View Derbyshire I. vii. 316 I have seen a stag's head..which was found in the tophus at Alport. 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1244/1 Tophus,..the term..has been applied to porous deposits of calcareous matter from water. 2. Pathology. A concretion which forms on the surface of the joints, the teeth, the pinna of the ear, etc. in gout; a gouty deposit; also gravel, or a stone or calculus, formed within the body. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] > concretion stonec1000 felta1548 toph1598 gravel-stone1606 tophus1607 concretion1646 talusa1728 calculus1732 osteid1855 concrement1885 inolith1886 milkstone1892 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 83 In the second venter of a cow there is a round blacke Tophus found, being of no waight. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 105 Amoniacum..dissolueth Tophoes or hard stones growne in the flesh. 1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. iii. 77 With a very few Doses..the Merchant was quickly free'd, not onely from his Pains, but from his Gouty Tophy. 1698 E. Tyson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 132 These Hairy Tophi are frequently to be met with in the Stomachs of Bruits. 1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Tophus... Med. A name for the matter concreted in the joints of the gouty; also the calculous matter concreted in the kidneys and urinary bladder; also the tartar on the teeth. Surg. Term for a swelling particularly affecting a bone, or the periosteum: a toph. 1881 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 5) 1103 These gouty concretions are called tophi or chalk-stones. Compounds tophus-stone n. = travertine n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > types of limestone for building Purbeck stone1410 Tiburtine stonec1440 toph stonea1552 travertine1669 Purbeck1683 Purbeck marblea1697 Portland1711 tiber-stone1726 tophus-stone1830 Hopton wood1888 roach1911 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone > travertine toph stonea1552 Tivertine1663 travertine1669 tophus-stone1830 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 211 Pallas..enumerates a great many hot springs, which have deposited monticules of travertin precisely analogous in composition and structure to those of the baths of San Filippo, and other localities in Italy... Speaking of the tophus-stone, as he terms these limestones, he often observes that it is snow-white. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1555
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