单词 | papyrine |
释义 | papyrinen. Now historical and rare. A form of parchment paper. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > paper imitating parchment water-leaf1796 vegetable parchment1835 papyrine1850 parchment paper1850 1850 H. Beasley Druggist's Gen. Receipt Bk. 345 Papyrine. Dip white unsized paper for ½ a minute in strong sulphuric acid, and afterwards in water containing a little ammonia. When dries it has the toughness and appearance of parchment. 1890 Manufacturer & Builder Dec. 288/3 An Englishman, Gaines by name, took out a patent for the material in England, and undertook its manufacture. The original discoverers gave it the name ‘papyrin’. 1926 A. W. Schorger Chem. Cellulose & Wood ix. 305 The paper resembled animal parchment. It was called ‘papyrine’. Similar products were later known as vegetable parchment and amyloid. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † papyrineadj. Obsolete. rare. 1. Made or composed of papyrus. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > papyrus > [adjective] papyrian1754 papyrine1816 1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry I. 211 They made a papyrine vessel, which in form represented the head of the deity [sc. Osiris]. 1819 G. S. Faber Dispensations (1823) I. 372 The active missionaries..whom the great maritime people..is to send by sea with papyrine volumes. 2. Resembling paper; papyraceous. ΚΠ 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Papyrinus, having the appearance of paper... papyrine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1850adj.1816 |
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