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单词 marcasin
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marcasinn.

Forms: 1600s marcasin, 1600s marcasine, 1600s marcassin.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French marcassin.
Etymology: < Middle French marcassin (1562 in Du Pinet's translation of Pliny: compare quots. below) < marcassite marcasite n., with change of suffix (see -ine suffix2).
Obsolete. rare.
= marcasite n.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > marcasite or related minerals
marcasite?c1425
pyrites1567
marcasin1601
Jew's stone1617
copperas-stone1640
brass lump1675
spear pyrites1837
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > marcasite > [noun]
marcasite?a1425
marcasin1601
Jew's stone1617
copperas-stone1640
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxiv. xii. 509 These two Marcassins.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxiv. xii. 588 There is another fire stone going under the name of Pyrites or Marcasin... These Marcasines.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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