单词 | excalfaction |
释义 | † excalfactionn. Obsolete. rare. The action or fact of warming; calefaction. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [noun] heating1398 fomenting?a1425 warmingc1440 calefaction1547 chafing1580 riscaldation1599 excalfaction1607 fomentation1657 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 49 Apply it to a moist body lacking refrigeration, or to a colde body wanting excalfaction. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Excalfaction. 1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Excalefaction. 1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Excalefaction, a heating or warming. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [adjective] warmingc1450 calefactive1576 heating1591 excalfactory1601 excalfactive1611 fomentary1618 inflaming1709 calefactory1713 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Excalfactif, excalfactiue; heating, chafing, warming. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [adjective] warmingc1450 calefactive1576 heating1591 excalfactory1601 excalfactive1611 fomentary1618 inflaming1709 calefactory1713 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxviii. iv. 303 The very filth from the walls of their..places of wrestling..(say they) [Greeks] hath a speciall excalfactorie vertue. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Excalfactory,..heating, making very hot. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Excalefactory. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1601 |
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