| 单词 | spume of argent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspume of argent 1. The metal silver. archaic or poetic. spume of argent (Latin argenti spuma): litharge of silver. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [noun] > silver silverc825 lunac1386 argenta1533 plate1559 Diana1706 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > other metallic materials > [noun] > litharge litharge1322 litharge of goldc1400 litharge of silverc1400 spumec1400 spume of argenta1533 foam of lead1538 silver-foam1565 plumbago1617 silver-glet1668 c1485 Early Eng. Misc. (1855) 3 The flore schold be of argentum, Clene sylver alle and sume.] a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxiiii. sig. Ov It semed wel to be of argent that is to say, syluer. 1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks iii. 51 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks They doo mingle therwithall The spume of argent. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 55 His argent-studded sword. 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend i. 38 Clouds of gold and argent. < as lemmas |
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