单词 | yellow copperas |
释义 | > as lemmasyellow copperas (a) In names of minerals and other inorganic substances of a yellow colour, as yellow copperas, yellow jasper, yellow lake (lake n.6 3), yellow pyrites, yellow quartz, etc. ΚΠ OE Recipe (Vitell. C.iii) in T. O. Cockayne Leechdoms, Wortcunning, & Starcraft (1864) I. 374 Genim geoluwne stan & salt stan & pipor & weh on wæge. c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 214 (MED) Tak yelew coperose & tempre hyt wyt vynegre..& þen pouder hyt & straw hyt on þe mormal. 1685 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis (new ed.) iii. §i. ii. 272 The middle part is Ore of Marcasite, or Yellow Mundick. 1757 tr. J. F. Henckel Pyritologia iii. 34 The yellow pyrites may be easily distinguished; its peculiar characteristics are the copper and sulphur it holds. 1862 C. O'Neill Dict. Calico Printing 20/1 The yellow lake extensively used by artists..called ‘stil de grain’, and manufactured in Holland, is made by preparing a decoction [etc.]. 1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 656 This species [sc. copiapite] is the yellow copperas long called misy. 1905 Trans. Geol. Soc. S. Afr. 8 98 Grey magnetite quartzite, with hematite, bands of white quartzite, small streaks of yellow jasper. 1966 R. Webster Pract. Gemmol. (ed. 4) xi. 112 As the name ‘topaz’ has been used indiscriminately for many yellow stones, and in particular the yellow quartz (citrine), it is usual to refer to the true topaz as ‘Brazilian topaz’. 2009 C. Miller Uranium Daughter 108 Now finding a perfectly smooth round piece of yellow agate, I finger it as I wander. < as lemmas |
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