单词 | stone-boiling |
释义 | > as lemmasstone-boiling stone-boiling n. the method, used in certain pre-industrial societies, of boiling water by putting hot stones into it. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [noun] > boiling by immersing hot stones stone-boiling1865 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind ix. 262 This intermediate process, which I propose to call Stone~Boiling. 1883 tr. Joly's Man before Metal ii. i. 204 (note) The process known as ‘stone-boiling’, which consists in obtaining boiling water by means of stones heated directly in the fire and then dropped in the water. < as lemmas |
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