单词 | oil of bricks |
释义 | > as lemmasoil of bricks oil of bricks n. (also oil of brick) now historical a preparation typically made by distilling oil in which brick dust or hot bricks have been soaked, used medicinally for the treatment of a variety of diseases; = brick oil n. 1; also called oil of philosophers. ΚΠ ?1575 J. Hester True & Perfect Order to distill Oyles sig. D.iiv (heading) The order to make oyle of briks otherwise called oleum philosophorum delateribus. 1653 N. Culpeper Pharmacopœia Londinensis 153/1 The Oyls and Oyntments made of these, Turpentine, Oyl of Bricks, Oyl of Foxes, Oyl of Bays, Oyl of Dill, [etc.]. 1737 B. Godfrey Miscellanea vere Utilia (ed. 2) 28 Strong Coffee must be noxious; for its innate fœtid Oil is rarify'd..by the Act of roasting, whereby it becomes like an Oleum Philosophorum..or Oil of Bricks, very pungent and active. 1803 A. F. M. Willich & J. Mease Domest. Encycl. (Amer. ed.) I. 401/2 Oil of bricks, a singular preparation, formerly much esteemed in the cure of many diseases; but now justly exploded as absurd and pernicious rather than useful. 1902 Chemist & Druggist 5 Apr. 541/2 For oil of brick the modern equivalent is linseed oil coloured with alkanet. 1980 N. F. George in J. Weisheipl Albertus Magnus & Sci. ix. 257 The preparation of oil of bricks is a rudimentary catalytic cracking process, remotely resembling those used in today's petroleum refineries. < as lemmas |
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