| 单词 | tears of st peter |
| 释义 | > as lemmastears of St. Peter 5. With defining words, in special senses: as glass tear [French larme de verre] , (a) a detonating bulb (see detonating adj.); (b) a pear-shaped glass-drop used for ornament ( Cent. Dict. 1891); St. Lawrence's tears, a popular name for the Perseids, the meteors occurring about St. Lawrence's day, Aug. 10; tears of St. Peter, a West Indian plant, Anthacanthus microphyllus ( Treasury Bot.); tears of strong wine, drops of liquid forming on the inner sides of a glass partly filled with strong wine. Also crocodile tears n., Job's tears n., Juno's tears n. ΚΠ 1899 R. H. Allen Star-names 335 In the later Middle Ages they were known as the Larmes de Saint Laurent, Saint Laurence's Tears, his martyrdom upon the red-hot gridiron having taken place on the 10th of August, 258. < as lemmas |
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