单词 | gypseous |
释义 | gypseousadj. 1. Resembling or having the qualities of gypsum. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphates > [adjective] > gypsum gypsous1655 gypseous1661 gypsine1695 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια 437 Of phlegme... If gypseous, by nodous swellings. 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 278 And these [Expectorators]..cast..purulent and gypseous Matter out of the Bronchia. 1783 Philos. Trans. 1782 (Royal Soc.) 72 323 This clay..contains no gypseous matter. 1796 W. Marshall Rural Econ. W. Eng. I. 16 I was led to the idea, that they [sc. crystals of quartz] were of a gypseous nature. 2. Containing or consisting mainly of gypsum. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > lime or gypsum calcareous1677 calcary1767 gypseous1771 calciferous1799 gypsiferous1847 calcariferous1853 1771 Bp. R. Watson Chem. Ess. (1787) V. 127 Gypseous alabasters, plaster stone [etc.]. 1778 P. Woulfe in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 69 14 Heavy spars, commonly called selenitical or gypseous spars. 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. i. xxxiii. 333 The gypseous red marl of Aix in Provence..is now acknowledged to be a tertiary fresh-water formation. 1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria xiii. 311 It is flanked by the Ural Mountains, gypseous limestones form the base. 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 247 Variegated gypseous marls. 1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. XII. 478 The peculiar color [of the Red River] is attributed to the red clay of the gypseous formation..of its bed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1661 |
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