| 单词 | obsidian stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasobsidian stone obsidian stone n. [after classical Latin obsiānus lapis; compare Hellenistic Greek ὀψιανὸς λίθος (1st cent. a.d.), Middle French pierre obsidienne (1562 in Du Pinet's translation of Pliny), pierre obsidiane (1600)] now rare = sense B. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > volcanic rocks > lava > vitreous obsidian stone1601 pitchstonea1728 volcanic glass1780 obsidian1794 pearlstone1806 retinite1808 marekanite1818 perlite1833 Pele's hair1844 Pele's tears1930 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxvi. xxvi. 598 Foure Elephants made of this Obsidian stone. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Obsidian Stone, a precious stone, mentioned in Pliny. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iii. 126 The Obsidian stone. 1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. i. iii. 10 Obsidian Stones are black, but very shining. a1822 P. B. Shelley Prose Wks. (1880) III. 72 A remarkable figure of Sleep as a winged child..sleeping on its great half unfolded wing of black obsidian stone. 1870 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. (new ed.) 1052/2 at Speculum Besides metals, the ancients also formed stones into mirrors... Pliny..mentions the obsidian stone, or, as it is now called, the Icelandic agate, as particularly suitable for this purpose. 1963 J. Hambleton tr. G. Lanctot Hist. Canada I. ii. 16 There even existed an active exchange of copper ingots, obsidian stone and woollen blankets among the Pacific coast and interior tribes. < as lemmas |
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