keffekilln.

Forms: Also kiffekill, kiefekill.

Etymology: ‘Said to mean the earth of Keffe or Kaffe, the town of the Crimea from which it was shipped’ (Chester, Dict. Names Min.). Perhaps representing Persian kef-i-gil ‘foam of clay’; but the classical Persian name is kef-i-daryā ‘foam of the sea’ (J. T. Platts).

Mineralogy. Obsolete. rare.

= meerschaum n.

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keffekill1784

meerschaum1784

myrsen1794

sea-froth1801

magnesite1837

sea-foam1837

sepiolite1854

magnesium trisilicate1936

1758 Cronstedt Mineralogie 79 states, that the Keffekil Tartarorum was used by the Tartars as soap.]

1784 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. 59 Meershaum of the Germans, Keffekill.

1796 R. Kirwan Elem. Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 145 Keffekill or myrsen..is said to be when recently dug of a yellow colour, and as tenacious as cheese or wax.

1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 477 To the first of these classes belongs the ruby; to the second, steatites and kiffekille.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	keffekill
释义	keffekilln. Forms: Also kiffekill, kiefekill. Etymology: ‘Said to mean the earth of Keffe or Kaffe, the town of the Crimea from which it was shipped’ (Chester, Dict. Names Min.). Perhaps representing Persian kef-i-gil ‘foam of clay’; but the classical Persian name is kef-i-daryā ‘foam of the sea’ (J. T. Platts). Mineralogy. Obsolete. rare. = meerschaum n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > smectites > sepiolite keffekill1784 meerschaum1784 myrsen1794 sea-froth1801 magnesite1837 sea-foam1837 sepiolite1854 magnesium trisilicate1936 1758 Cronstedt Mineralogie 79 states, that the Keffekil Tartarorum was used by the Tartars as soap.] 1784 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. 59 Meershaum of the Germans, Keffekill. 1796 R. Kirwan Elem. Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 145 Keffekill or myrsen..is said to be when recently dug of a yellow colour, and as tenacious as cheese or wax. 1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 477 To the first of these classes belongs the ruby; to the second, steatites and kiffekille. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1784
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