| 单词 | jews' pitch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJews' pitch Jews' pitch n. now chiefly historical asphalt (asphalt n. 1a), bitumen; cf. Jews' lime n. [After classical Latin bitumen Iudaicum, itself after Hellenistic Greek ἄσϕαλτος Ἱουδαϊκή (Galen). Apparently so called because the substance is found in large quantities in the vicinity of the Dead Sea (formerly called the Asphaltite Lake (see asphaltite adj.) or the Asphaltic Lake (see asphaltic adj.) on account of this fact: compare quot. 1816).] 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 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Compoundes f. xxxjv in Bulwarke of Defence Wilde Aspaltum, which is a thing compounded, and made of Iewes, Pitche, Castor, Opopanax, Galbanum, Mummy, Centaurie, Aristologia longa, wilde yelowe Carettes, ana.℈.i. of Honie. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. i. 40 Asphaltum, Jew's Pitch. 1816 tr. P. F. Tingry Painter & Varnisher's Guide (ed. 2) 1 Asphaltum..issues in a liquid form from the bottom of the lake Asphaltis in Judæa; and hence the name of Jew's pitch [Fr. Bitume de Judée]. 2009 Green Mountains Rev. i. 82 Bitumen of Judea or, vulgarly, Jew's pitch Upon a pewter plate. < as lemmas |
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