单词 | athanor |
释义 | athanor/ˈaθənɔː![]() noun historical A type of furnace used by alchemists, able to maintain a steady heat for long periods.Alchemists, along with surgeons, soldiers, butchers and blacksmiths, were regarded as ‘children of Mars’, the association presumably coming about through the importance of heat in powering the alchemical athanor or furnace....
OriginLate 15th century: from Arabic at-tannūr, from al- 'the' + tannūr 'baker's oven'. |
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