| 单词 | flaky-spar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflaky-spar a. Separating easily into flakes; flake-like. flaky-spar, a local name for calcite n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective] > brittle or fragile > flaky or splintery splinty1611 flaky1672 shivery1683 esquillous1853 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [adjective] > separating easily into layers flaky1672 1672 R. Boyle Ess. Origine & Virtues Gems 22 Diamonds themselves have a grain or a flaky Contexture, not unlike the fissility, as the schools call it, in wood. 1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory ii. iii. 93 The genuin true Salt is transparent and fleaky. 1748 tr. Vegetius Of Distempers Horses 107 Scissile or flaky Alum. 1758 R. Griffiths Descr. Thames 171 A flat, luscious and flaky Fish like the Salmon. 1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 98 It is warmth that..causes Cheese to cut Flakey. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. i. 5 The flesh [of the cod] when boiled becomes firm and flaky. 1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xxviii. 555 The flaky lateral muscles of the caudal region disappear. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xii. 162 The flaky red surface of the old tower. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Flaky-spar..the local name given to this spar is very likely due to the manner in which its beautiful rhomboidal prisms sever or flake. < as lemmas |
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