| 单词 | spittle of the stars |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspittle of the stars ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Aphis > substance excreted honeydew1526 spittle of the stars1577 mildew1658 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 180v Hony dewe,..a certayne spittell of the starres. 1656 tr. T. White Peripateticall Inst. 148 When any such matter is found in the Fields, the very Countrey-men cry it fell from Heav'n and the Starres, and, as I remember, call it the Spittle of the Starres. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 133 Pliny affirmed the Hony-dew to bee either the sweat of the heaven, or the slaver or spittle of the stars. < as lemmas |
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