单词 | natron |
释义 | natronn. Native hydrous sodium carbonate, NaCO3·10H2O, crystallizing in the monoclinic system and occurring chiefly in solution and as evaporative residues, e.g. in dried lake beds; mineral salt containing this. Cf. soda n.1 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > carbonates > [noun] > natron nitrumOE soda1558 salt sode1580 nitre1587 natron1684 anatron1706 natrum1748 natre1756 varec1844 natrium1924 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for indigestion > mineral-derived magnesia1755 natron1803 Milk of Magnesia1880 Eno1889 bicarb1922 Maalox1951 1684 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 14 610 The Natron..is an Alkaly Salt perforated like a Sponge, and of a lixivial tast. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Anatron or Natron, a kind of Salt drawn from the Water of the River Nile in Egypt. 1760 Gentleman's Mag. 30 315 The saltness of the dew in that country..is oweing to the natron,..which is in plenty on the surface of the earth. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 514 The stomachic affections were subdued by natron. 1863 S. W. Baker Albert N'yanza (1866) I. i. 64 Found quantities of natron on the marshy ground bordering the river. 1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) xvii. 304 The water is impregnated with natron. 1936 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 21 19 The principal commodities carried by the slaves were morocco leather..native cloths, and a native salt called natron. 1993 New Scientist 6 Feb. 34/1 In the most opulent Egyptian mummifications, a dry salt called natron was applied before the body was wrapped in resin-infiltrated bandages, and this helped to dehydrate it. Compounds natron lake n. a lake which is rich in natron; a soda lake. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [noun] > salt or soda lake salinec1450 salt-pan1494 pan1573 salt-wich1610 salina1697 salt-pond1697 salt lake1763 natron lake1821 soda lake1839 bitter lake1843 shott1878 soda pan1976 1821 R. Jameson Man. Mineral. 6 It abounds..in the famous natron lakes in Northern Africa. 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 149 The natron lakes of Egypt were known to the ancients. 1944 Sci. Monthly Apr. 270/2 Each fish had evidently been subjected to prolonged immersion in a string brine from one of the Egyptian natron lakes. 1981 Jrnl. Ecol. 69 1068 Many [species] being halophytes and several almost confined to natron lakes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1684 |
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