| 单词 | writer's sand |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswriter's sand writer's sand n. (a) a type of fine sand or a similar powdery substance used for blotting ink; = writing sand n. at writing n. Compounds 1b (now historical and rare); †(b) Medicine very small tubercles (granulomas) present on the meninges in tuberculous meningitis (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] > concretion > sandy or granular substance sand1577 writer's sand1660 saburra1710 1660 R. Read Wecker's Secrets Art & Nature xii. 249 Take Vitriol half a pound, Gals beaten two ounces, sharpest Vinegar one measure,..then add filings of Iron one measure, Writers Sand a third part. 1762 J. Eliot Ess. Invention or Art of making Iron 3 A singular Sort of Sand, called scouring Sand..: It is also more extensively known by the Name of Writer's Sand, much used by Merchants and Printers. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 479 Such granulations vary in size from the finest ‘writer's sand’ (‘tuberculous dust’) to confluent groups of an eighth of an inch in diameter. 1998 T. Lee Faces under Water i. iii. 57 A handful of the ink-stanching writer's sand. < as lemmas |
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