单词 | salamander wool |
释义 | > as lemmassalamander wool ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > [noun] > asbestos asbestos1608 salamander wool1626 salamander1668 salamander's hair1728 byssus1864 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §774 Salamanders Wooll; Being a Kinde of Minerall, which whiteneth also in the Burning, and consumeth not. a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 152 A Garment of Salamander-wooll. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xiv. 139 Incombustible napkins and textures which endure the fire, whose materialls are call'd by the name of Salamanders wooll . View more context for this quotation 1668 [see sense 3a]. < as lemmas |
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