| 单词 | of the old rock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof the old (also new) rock P1. of the old (also new) rock: (of a precious stone) of the highest (least) authenticity and value. Now only in extended use. [Originally after Dutch †van de oude rootse and †van de nieuwe rootse respectively (1595 in the passage and in the source translated in quot. 1598, respectively). Compare French de la vieille roche (1653 with reference to God, in extended use), de vieille roche (1683 with reference to high-quality turquoise). The English phrase with new is unparalleled in French until considerably later (compare French de la nouvelle roche: 1871 (in Littré) or earlier).] ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > [adjective] > quality noblea1393 femalea1398 malea1398 orientc1400 fine-cut1598 of the old (also new) rock1598 watered1624 occidental1747 semi-precious1905 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xc. 139/1 If there be an Espinell of the old rocke [Du. vande oude Rootse], which in kind and qualitie is good, being perfect in all parts with a very good table, and were to bee compared with a Diamond of one Quilate, it would bee worth 40. duckets. 1669 R. Boyle Of Absolute Rest in Bodies 19 in Certain Physiol. Ess. (ed. 2) They be of a peculiar sort of Diamonds whose nature it is to be always softer than those of the old Rock. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 34 Diamonds of both Rocks, the Old and New. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Turcoise There are Turcoises..of the new Rock and the old... Those of the old Rock are a deep blue, and those of the new Rock more whitish. 1763 H. Walpole Let. 12 Nov. in Corr. (1941) X. 109 Sir Michael Foster is dead, a Whig of the old rock. 1791 Monthly Rev. Feb. 180 If he should write with the heaviness of the Italian antiquaries, and of many book-makers of the old rock, [etc.]. 1820 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. Jan. 27/1 It ought to be of the old rock; for we find it very seldom in commerce. 1886 Eclectic Mag. Sept. 397/1 These true-born Britons of the old rock are now but strangers and outcasts in the land. 1929 Times 25 Nov. 8/4 His son, William Smith, was a Radical of the old rock. 1998 D. Graham Giant Country 115 Dobie, Webb, and Bedichek were men, as Dobie would have said, ‘out of the old rock.’ < as lemmas |
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