| 单词 | pyrite stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspyrite stone ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > flint or steel flinta700 firestoneeOE pyritesOE steelc1220 fire ironc1300 pyrite stonec1475 fire striker1483 furisonc1540 fusil1580 fire steel1585 flintstone1585 tindern iron1586 marcasite1682 briquet1823 fleerish1825 strike-a-light1870 c1475 Court of Sapience (Trin. Cambr.) (1927) 1053 (MED) The Pirrite stone, anone the whyche brennyth vs Wythyn owre hand, yef we hym presse aryght. a1500 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 116 (MED) Pirite is a stone, þat whoso draweþ him he will not abyd with him..& he most hold it softly in his honde; & yf a man streyn him hard he wol bren his hond. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 17v The Pirrite must with easie hand..enholden be. 1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 2 A Pyrit stone, which handled softly is as colde as ice, but pressed betweene the fingers burneth like fire. 1657 J. Rowland tr. J. Johnstone Hist. Wonderful Things of Nature iv. xxvi. 117 Gold..is found in its proper vein, and in stones that are of shining white; also in the true Pyrite, and sometimes in stones of iron. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 41/2 The Pirrite is a kind of stone yellow, like to the flame of fire, and in quailty almost all one with the fire: it is soon set on fire and sparkleth. < as lemmas |
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