| 单词 | st martin's beads |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSt. Martin's beads 6. beads of St. Elline: certain round roots brought out of Florida (Bullokar 1616). St. Martin's beads: (the sanctuary of St. Martin's-le-Grand, London, was a noted resort of makers of sham jewellery. F. Cohen. in Archæol. XVIII. 55, quotes an ordinance of the Star Chamber in 36 Hen. VI. for the regulation of that sanctuary, by which it is declared that ‘no workers of counterfeit cheynes, beades, broaches, owches, rings, cups, and spoons silvered, should be suffered therein.’) Baily's beads: a phenomenon observed in total eclipses of the sun; see quotations. Wilson's or Lovis's beads: a series of globular bodies of different densities, formerly used to determine the specific gravity of a spirit into which they were thrown one by one. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > [noun] > imitation doublet1449 St. Martin's beads1616 triplet1877 snide1885 junk1904 costume jewellery1907 slum1914 junk jewellery1920 the world > the universe > sun > sunlight > [noun] > eclipse annular eclipse1728 Baily's beads1861 shadow-band1891 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Beades of Saint Elline, certaine round roots brought out of Florida, which being drie are very hard, on the outside blacke, and inwardly white: of a sweet smel and good taste. 1678 S. Butler Ladies Answer to Knight in Hudibras: Third Pt. 266 Those False S. Martins beads. 1861 G. F. Chambers Handbk. Descr. Astron. ii. ii. 95 When the disc of the Moon advancing over that of the Sun has reduced the latter to a thin crescent, it is usually noticed that immediately before the beginning and after the end of complete obscuration, the crescent appears as a band of brilliant points, separated by dark spaces so as to give it the appearance of a string of beads..These phenomena are generally known as Baily's beads, having received their name from the late Mr. Francis Baily, who was the first to describe them in detail... The earliest account of the..beads is contained in Halley's Memoir on the total eclipse of 1715. 1874 S. Johnson Eclipses 66 An eclipse of the sun a.d. 1836, May 15..Famous for what is known as ‘Baily's beads’ noticed by Mr. Baily, at Jedburgh, in Roxburghshire. 1878 S. Newcomb Pop. Astron. iii. iii. 314 ‘Baily's beads’ ..are caused by the sun shining through the depressions between the lunar mountains. < as lemmas |
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