单词 | ferrumination |
释义 | † ferruminationn. Obsolete. The action of joining together two things; soldering, cementation. Also figurative. Cf. ferruminate v. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > close, intimate, or permanent joining spousal1340 weddingc1380 solding1398 marriagec1400 espousal?c1450 soldering?1550 marryinga1566 twist1580 suture1600 welding1603 ferrumination1606 cementation1836 cementing1868 1606 R. Knolles tr. J. Bodin Six Bks. Common-weale vi. iii. 699 As for gold, it is impossible that this ferrumination and soldring can any thing auaile coyners. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate Termes 343 Ferrumination is the ioining together of a fracture in one & the same metall..by a minerall flux. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. iii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Rv It helps the ferrumination of broken bones. 1782 Mr. Lemon Diss. Errors Marksmen & Gunmakers 25 The upper part of it [sc. the gun barrel] increased with an accretion by ferrumination, till it is superior to the breech in thickness. 1806 W. Turton tr. C. Linnaeus Gen. Syst. Nature (new ed.) VII. 24 Vitriols by ferrumination conglutinate and penetrate. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 10 I mention this by way of elucidating one of the most ordinary processes in the ferrumination of these centos. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1606 |
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