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单词 scoria
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scorian.

Brit. /ˈskɔːrɪə/, U.S. /ˈskɔriə/
Forms: Plural scoriæ /ˈskɔərɪiː/ and (rarely) ˈscorias. Cf. scorium n., scory n.
Etymology: < Latin scōria dross, < Greek σκωρία, < σκῶρ dung. Compare French scorie.
1. The slag or dross remaining after the smelting out of a metal from its ore. Also transferred.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials produced from metalworking > [noun] > slag or scoria
cindera800
drossc1050
scoriaa1398
scum1526
scory1607
recrement1611
slag1612
scorium1681
slackstone1683
finery cinder1786
browsec1794
smithy slack1813
matte1825
sullage1843
forge-cinder1881
basic slag1888
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. xliv. 849 Synder hatte scoria and is þe filthe of iren þat is clensed þerfro in fyre.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxiii. iv. 467 The grosse substance cast up from the pot or vessell & swimming aloft..is named Scoria.
1682 G. Hartman Digby's Choice Coll. Rare Secrets i. 105 See that you do not cast away the Scoria.
1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 146 These floating matters take the name of Scoriæ.
1878 S. Newcomb Pop. Astron. iii. ii. 245 Dark patches, like scoria, floating on the molten surface of the photosphere.
1887 A. M. Brown Treat. Animal Alkaloids iii. ii. 144 Those alkaloids and extractive matters..must be regarded as veritable scoria, resulting in the processes of physiological combustion of the elements of the organic tissues.
figurative.1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 41 So redundant is the population of the Inner House found to be,..so large the proportion of the mass that runs into scoriæ [etc.].1836 R. W. Emerson Lang. in Nature iv. 44 ‘Material objects’, said a French philosopher, ‘are necessarily kinds of scoriæ of the substantial thoughts of the Creator.’
2. Rough clinker-like masses formed by the cooling of the surface of molten lava upon exposure to the air, and distended by the expansion of imprisoned gases.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > volcanic rocks > lava > scoria
slag1673
cinder1774
scoria1792
dross1811
clinker1850
1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. 37 A company of persons..have found further evidences of internal fires; particularly a large quantity of scoriæ.
1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 294 The ejected scoriæ of volcanoes are receptacles in which mineral products previously unknown are constantly discovered.
1896 F. M. Crawford Corleone (1898) ii. 16 A barren stretch of burnt lava and scoriæ, which had descended..from some lower crater of the volcano.
attributive.1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada xi. 235 The further ascent lies up along scoria ridge of loose, red, pumiceous rock.
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