| 单词 | bituminous shale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbituminous shale b. spec. in the scientific or technical names of various minerals, manufactures, etc., as bituminous coal, bituminous limestone, bituminous schist, bituminous shale; bituminous cement, bituminous mastic. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > bitumen bituminous1830 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [adjective] > bitumen bituminous1830 bituminoid1878 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 219 Bituminous shales. 1842 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone (ed. 2) ii. 55 Dark-coloured bituminous schist. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 755 The bituminous or black cement for bottle-corks consists of pitch hardened by the addition of resin and brick-dust. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 119 Bituminous limestone..containing various hydrocarbon compounds, diffusing by the action of fire a bituminous odour. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 67 Bituminous coals..burn..with a brilliant flame. bituminous shale a. An argillaceous fissile rock, the laminæ of which are usually fragile and uneven, and mostly parallel to the bedding; often overlying a coal formation. Also with qualifying word as bituminous shale, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > shale metal1672 shale1747 shillet1777 plate1794 skerry1844 plate-shale1881 plate rock1893 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Livb Strong Beds, Shale, or Chists. 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 182 Slate Clay, Shale. 1811 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire I. 443 It is not uncommon with colliers to call any Argillaceous Stratum in very thin lamina by the name of Shale. 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 334 The conversion of clay into shale, and of sand into sandstone, may, in many cases, be attributed to simple pressure. 1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 19 Sept. 3/2 A ring of shale, part of a large ribbed bead of delf. < as lemmas |
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