单词 | essence of venus |
释义 | > as lemmasessence of Venus a. An extract obtained by distillation or otherwise from a plant, or from a medicinal, odoriferous or alimentary substance, and containing its characteristic properties in a concentrated form. In pharmacy chiefly applied to alcoholic solutions containing the volatile elements or ‘essential oil’ to which the perfume, flavour, or therapeutic virtues of the substance are due. essence of Venus = ens Veneris: see ens n. 2b.[This sense is common to all the Romanic languages, its general currency being probably due to its use by Paracelsus. It is in part a development of 8, perhaps suggested by the older fifth essence (see 2b), which had assumed a nearly similar meaning.] ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > distillation > essence or extract obtained by draught1576 alcohol1590 essence1660 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxv. 195 Very small Viols, such as Chymical Essences..are wont to be kept in. 1662 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist (new ed.) 177 The true preparation of the Essence of Venus. 1744 J. Thomson Spring in Seasons (new ed.) 24 Bees..with inserted Tube, Suck it's pure Essence. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 459 It comes to us from the South of Europe under the name of essence of lemons. 1842 R. H. Barham Babes in Wood in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 188 Mind Johnny's chilblains are rubb'd Well with Whitehead's best essence of mustard. < as lemmas |
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