| 释义 |
saxeous, a. rare.|ˈsæksɪəs|
[f. L. saxe-us of stone (f. sax-um stone, rock) + -ous.]
Of or pertaining to stone, stony. † saxeous odour, an exhalation supposed to be the cause of petrifaction.
1671J. Webster Metallogr. xxix. 362 That the petrifying seed doth consist alone in a saxeous or stony odour or steam [tr. Van Helmont De Lithiasi i. Quod semen petrificum consistat in solo odore saxeo]. 1845Ford Handbk. Spain ii. 664 Such a saxeous metamorphosis was an old story even in..Ovid's time. Ibid. 875 The culprit in the saxeous change lost two-thirds of his original height. |