单词 | jet wood |
释义 | > as lemmasjet wood ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > ebony ebony1382 ebonc1440 jet wood1607 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 193 The Ethyopians payed for a tribute vnto the king of Persia euery 3. yeare twenty of these [elephants'] teeth hung about with gold and Iet-wood. 1816 F. Kendall Descriptive Catal. Minerals Scarborough 82 Many masses of jet..on polishing their surfaces exhibit the grain wood in a very perfect degree: this we denominate jet-wood. 1884 W. Smith Old Yorks. V. 274 It is formed of jet, but of that inferior kind known in this jet district as ‘jet wood’. < as lemmas |
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