| 单词 | gum olibanum |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgum olibanum An aromatic gum resin obtained from trees of the North African genus Boswellia (family Burseraceae), esp. Boswellia sacra, formerly used as a medicine but now chiefly as incense; frankincense. Also gum olibanum. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > incense rechelseOE storc1000 incensec1290 censea1382 guma1382 olibanuma1398 thus1398 frankincensea1400 frank14.. thurec1425 mascle thure?1440 olibanc1440 smoke1530 perfume1542 masculine frankincense1555 tacamahac1577 cayolac1588 masculine gum1604 candle1628 pastille1630 Spanish coal1631 incense-frank1633 thymiama1697 censery1823 punk1844 joss-stick1845 god-stick1874 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > gums and viscid products > [noun] > gum resins guttaa1398 mastica1398 olibanuma1398 opopanaxa1400 serapinec1400 olibanc1440 tragacanth1558 gum tragacanth1562 tacamahac1577 seraphium1582 bdellium1585 sagapenum1597 liquidambar1598 lignum vitae1611 gamboge1615 sagapen1712 stacte1715 angico1821 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 251v Þe tree..hatte libanus, and þe gomme þerof hatte olibanum. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 164 (MED) In þe wounde of þe lungis caste poudre of mastix & olibani. a1475 Bk. Hawking (Harl. 2340) in Studia Neophilol. (1944) 16 16 (MED) Take olybanum rasine, wax, and talow..and anoynt the sore with this oynement tyl it be hole. c1560 (a1500) Squyr Lowe Degre (Copland) 849 Cloves that be swete smellyng, Frankensence and olibanum. 1582 Rates Custome House (new ed.) sig. Div v Olibanum the pound xii.d. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 172 Take..aloes hepat., myrrhe, olebanum, mastic. 1634 J. Levett Ordering of Bees 15 If you perceive the Bees..to be faint,..it is good to buy some Olibanum at the Apothecaries. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 200 Olibanum drops from the Tree plentifully, in roundish Drops. 1744 Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 562 I accordingly ordered some Gum Arabic, Olibanum and Pulvis Amyli, and Alum. 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. vii. 505 The gum resins form a numerous and important class of medicinal remedies. Ammoniacum,..olibanum, and scammony, all belong to this class of bodies. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 23 Sept. 8/3 It is popularly supposed that there is a trade secret in the making of incense, but..it is composed simply of gum olibanum, Siam benjamin, cascarilla bark, myrrh, and copal varnish. 1930 E. Pound Draft of XXX Cantos xx. 91 Wrapped each in burnous, smoke as the olibanum's, Swift, as if joyous. 1964 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 23 387 Other goods brought from Southeast Asia included cloves and nutmeg,..olibanum, eaglewood. 1997 Nature 18 Dec. 6767/1 Frankincense, or olibanum, obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia.., is the best known of the aromatic gum resins used throughout the world as incense. < as lemmas |
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