| 单词 | fossil wax |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfossil wax fossil wax n. [After French cire fossile (1833), itself probably after German Erdwachs (see earth wax n. at earth n.1 Compounds 8b).] = mineral wax n. at mineral adj. Compounds 1. ΚΠ 1834 London & Edinb. Philos. Mag. 5 316 Fossil wax of Moldavia. By M. Magnus. This substance is evidently a mixture of several different matters. 1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 733 Zietrisikite... The almost complete insolubility of this fossil wax in ether distinguishes it decisively from ozocerite. 1960 Stud. in Consvervation 5 79/1 Crude montan wax, a fossil wax, is important for the production of half-synthetic or synthetic waxes... This wax is extracted from lignite. fossil wax c. A mineral product somewhat resembling bees-wax. fossil wax or mineral wax = ozokerite n. paraffin wax: see paraffin wax n. at paraffin n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > waxes mountain tar1798 maltha1807 sea-wax1807 ozokerite1834 mineral wax1838 bog-butter1863 wax1866 petrostearin1879 impsonite1901 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 448 Fossil wax of Moldavia. 1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Wax, Mineral, a bituminous substance, found at the foot of the Carpathian mountains, near Slarick. 1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. (1877) V. 1037 Wax, Fossil. Syn. with Ozocerite. < as lemmas |
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