| 单词 | jews' tin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJews' tin Jews' tin n. English regional (Cornwall) (now historical and rare) any lump or lumps of tin found on the sites of ancient tin-smelting furnaces in Cornwall; cf. Jews' houses n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > tin > lumps of tin found in furnaces Jews' tin1828 1828 London Mag. May 198 In the Cornish mines, fragments of a peculiar sort of tin are, to this day, known to the miners by the name of Jews' tin, derived from some remote tradition that these shafts were actually worked by that people. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. I. 162 In the reign of King John, the mines [were] principally in the hands of the Jews..remains of furnaces, called Jews' houses, have been discovered, and small blocks of tin, known as Jews' tin, have..been found in the mining localities. 1908 D. Raeburn Hoodman Grey iii. 33 The old smelting-houses are still called Jews' houses, and blocks of Jews' tin are constantly found. 2014 R. Hayman Holy Grail & Holy Thorn ix. 111 Old specimens of metal were Jew's Tin. < as lemmas |
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