† maxyn.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: marcasite n.

Etymology: Probably variant (with elision of the medial syllable and loss of pre-consonantal r) of marcasite n.

Obsolete.

Among tin-miners: = mundic n.

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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > pyrite group > pyrite

firestone1440

pyrites1567

mundic1662

maxy1671

pyrite1741

magistral1824

fool's gold1828

brass1829

1671 Observ. Mines Cornwal & Devon in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2102 And so continue sinking..till we find either the Load to grow small, or degenerate into some sort of weed, which are diverse; as Mundick or Maxy (corrupted from Marchasite) of 3 sorts; white, yellow, and green.

1710 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum II. (at cited word) Maxy, is the Tin-miners Term for a Weed, as they call it, of the Marchasite kind, from whence Maxy seems to be a Corruption.

1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Maxy, (with Tin Miners) is what they call a Weed of the Marchasite Kind, when the Load or Vein of Oar degenerates into this or any thing else, that is not Tin, they call it Weed.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	maxy
释义	† maxyn. Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: marcasite n. Etymology: Probably variant (with elision of the medial syllable and loss of pre-consonantal r) of marcasite n. Obsolete. Among tin-miners: = mundic n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > pyrite group > pyrite firestone1440 pyrites1567 mundic1662 maxy1671 pyrite1741 magistral1824 fool's gold1828 brass1829 1671 Observ. Mines Cornwal & Devon in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2102 And so continue sinking..till we find either the Load to grow small, or degenerate into some sort of weed, which are diverse; as Mundick or Maxy (corrupted from Marchasite) of 3 sorts; white, yellow, and green. 1710 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum II. (at cited word) Maxy, is the Tin-miners Term for a Weed, as they call it, of the Marchasite kind, from whence Maxy seems to be a Corruption. 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Maxy, (with Tin Miners) is what they call a Weed of the Marchasite Kind, when the Load or Vein of Oar degenerates into this or any thing else, that is not Tin, they call it Weed.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1671
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