| 单词 | jews' lime |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJews' lime ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > bitumen > asphalt asphalt1366 glue1382 botemayc1400 pitcha1425 bitumena1464 slime1530 Jews' lime1543 Jews' pitch1562 Jews'-slime1640 tar1747 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > mineral and fossil resins > [noun] > bitumen or pitch > asphalt asphalt1366 pitcha1425 bitumena1464 Jews' lime1543 Jews' pitch1562 Jews'-slime1640 1543 B. Traheron Interpr. Straunge Wordes in tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. sig. &&iii/1 Whyche name sygnifiethe a thynge compounde of pytche, and the Iues lyme. 1579 G. Gilpin tr. P. van Marnix van Sant Aldegonde Bee Hiue of Romishe Church 333 Here vnder you may also mingle some Iewes lime [Du. Jodenlijms], or Bitumen, which is a verie tough and cleauing substance, wherewithall the citie and Towre of Babylon was wont to be bound and it is drawen out of the poole and dead sinke of Sodom and Gomorre. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 188 Iewes lime drunk in water..prescribed for a remedy of this euill. 1854 in T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais Wks. (new ed.) 374 (note) That is, a certain stuff like pitch, being the substance of embalmed bodies, from Arabia; or else made of Jews lime, a bitumen so called. < as lemmas |
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