| 释义 |
‖ ˈpumex Obs.
[L. pūmex.]
= pumice n.
1589Greene Tullies Loue Wks. (Grosart) VII. 201 Seeke not sir to wring water out of the pumex. 1649Roberts Clavis Bibl. 471 Expressions..so penetrating as might dissolve an heart as hard as Adamant into waters, and eyes as dry as Pumex into floods of tears. 1656Ridgley Pract. Physick 319 A Pumex stone fired, and quenched twice in white wine. 1792M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 42 There is no appearance of pumex nor vestiges of fire about it. |