单词 | porfido |
释义 | porfidon. Now rare. = porphyry n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > ancient porphyry porphyry?a1439 porphyry stone?a1439 porphyrine1588 porphyrite1589 porfido1611 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > porphyry porphyry?a1439 porphyry stone?a1439 porphyrine1588 porphyrite1589 porfido1611 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxi. 784/1 The pauement..shall be of Orientall stone: That is to say, of Alabaster, Porfido, Serpentines, and other stones of diuers colours. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IX. 1625 The high Piller of Porfido (which is a kinde of hard Stone) in the same place was erected. ?1706 T. Price Let. in E. Curll Life Robert Price (1734) 56 The Arms of every City, in the Duke's State, are finely inlaid, being Porfido for the Ground. 1795 W. Nicholson Dict. Chem. II. 677 Porphyry. Porphyrites. The porfido of the Italians. 1897 R. Lanciani Ruins & Excavations Anc. Rome 227 Its pavement is laid out in colored marbles, such as giallo, porfido, serpentino, etc., and the pattern belongs to the style brought into fashion under Septimius Severus. 1908 A. Harker Petrol. (ed. 4) xiii. 199 They show a development of the red manganese-epidote (withamite) which is seen in the well known ‘porfido rosso antico’ from Egypt.] 1998 A. Claridge Rome 41 Red porphyry (porfido). From Mons Porphyrites in the eastern desert of Egypt. Discovered by AD 18. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611 |
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