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单词 golden earth
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golden earth
golden earth n. Obsolete (a) an earth containing gold; gold ore; (b) the mineral yellow arsenic; = orpiment n. 1.
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1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. iii. f.102 (margin) The coloure of the Golden earthe and a tryall of the same.
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 10 The stone Arsenick..which also they call the golden earth.
1699 tr. M. Ettmüller Etmullerus Abridg'd 109 Medicines us'd against Loosenesses... The Golden Earth found in Gold Mines dissolv'd with the Spirit of the Vitriol of Steel.
1823 T. Tooke Thoughts & Details High & Low Prices Last Thirty Years 391 These mines are near the surface, and the golden earth is several archines, each archine is 28 inches in depth.
1909 Mercantile & Financial Times 16 Oct. 2/1 An endless chain of buckets filled with gold ore from Mother Earth, emptying themselves tirelessly, ceaselessly, delving into and depositing the golden earth into the gold mill.
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