talcn.

Brit.

/talk/, U.S.

/tælk/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s talke, 1600s–1700s talck, 1600s–1800s talk.

Etymology: < French talc (Palissy a1590) or < medieval Latin talcum, = Portuguese talco, Italian talco, Spanish talco, talque, < Arabic ṭalq, mentioned a.d. 869 by Jahiz of Bassora, and by Serapion the elder (Syriac and Arabic), Rhazi, Avicenna, Ibn-el-Beithar †1248, etc. Held by Arabic scholars to be from Persian, where the form is talk. So German, Danish, Swedish talk; Dutch talk, talksteen. In medieval Latin, Matth. Silvaticus Pandectarum Opus, c1317, has talk; later writers have talcum; Matthiolus Comment. in Dioscoridem, 1549, has talchus; Agricola, 1546, talk.

A name applied by the Arabs and mediæval writers to various transparent, translucent, or shining minerals, as talc proper, mica, selenite, etc. Now restricted to the following:

a. In popular and commercial use, (loosely) applied to (or including) mica n. or Muscovy glass.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass-like materials

specular stone1577

murra1598

talc1601

isinglass1750

mica1778

Muscovy glass1794

muscovite1850

Vitreosil1909

vitreous silica1925

windolite1927

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > mica > muscovite

Muscovy glass1573

talc1601

mirror-stone1668

Muscovy talc1677

potash mica1844

muscovite1850

phengite1854

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxi. xiv. 95 Many have made them [bee-hives] of Talc [L. speculari lapide], which is a kind of transparent glasse stone, because they would see through them how the Bees do worke and labour within.

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxviii. 252 The gallery windowes of my cabin..were of light moscouia glasse or talke.

1780 W. Coxe Acct. Russ. Discov. 216 The windows..on account of the dearness of glass and Russian talk are generally of paper.

1866 D. Livingstone 11 Dec. in Last Jrnls. (1874) I. vi. 157 Granite with large flakes of talc.

1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) i. i. 7 He fitted them on a little plate of talc, or thin-blown glass.

b. With a and plural. A plate of mica used as a microscopic slide.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > microscope > slides

talc1766

finder1829

slide1837

slip1895

1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 255 A third observation was made..of some blood dropped upon a single talk.

1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 254 Many of the rings were broke..by some confinement of the talks.

?1790 J. Imison School of Arts (ed. 2) 223 'Tis proper to have some sliders furnished with talcs.

2. Mineralogy.

a. A hydrated silicate of magnesium, usually consisting of broad flat laminæ or plates, white, apple-green, or yellow, having a greasy feel, and shining lustre, translucent, and in thin plates often transparent; it exists in three varieties—foliated, massive (steatite or soapstone), and indurated (talc slate or schist).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > talc

talcum1558

talc1612

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. v. sig. F With the calce of Egge-shels, White Marble, Talck .

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 62 Fissil, into Flakes,..Selenite, Muscovia glass, Isingglass, Sparr, Talc.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. i. v. 308 A piece thus figur'd, I call A Crystal of Talk.

1770 J. Cook Jrnl. 31 Jan. (1955) I. 243 This man spoke of three lands, the two above mentioned which he call'd Tovy-poenammu which signifies green Talk.

1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 177 The mica may pass into talc or steatite, or siderite, as on the summit of Mont Blanc.

1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. §66. 61 Talc.—Infoliated masses; folia flexible but not elastic; also compact, massive, very soft, and having a greasy feel.

1867 H. W. Bristow Figuier's World before Deluge (new ed.) 40 The Serpentine rocks are a sort of compact talc.

1867 W. T. Brande & G. W. Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (new ed.) III. 695/1 Talc forms the basis of the rouge used by ladies; it is also employed by tailors for marking lines on cloth, and in a powdered state for making gloves and boots slip on easily, and to diminish the friction of machinery.

b. A species or variety of talc, or a mineral so called.

ΚΠ

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 93 We see crystals,..even metals, talks and asbestos, growing from stony substances.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 460 Talks of various kinds, white, brown, and chocolate coloured crystals.

†c. oil of talc, a preparation formerly used as a cosmetic, reputed to be obtained from talc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion > unguents or moisturizers

oil of talc1582

slick1626

cold cream1709

cream1765

amandin1861

face cream1889

skin food1892

skin cream1894

orange-flower skin food1908

violet cream1912

day cream1915

vanishing cream1916

night cream1926

orange skin food1926

baby oil1930

hormone cream1938

moisture cream1957

moisturizer1957

mousse1971

1582 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Compend. Rationall Secretes iii. lxxxiii. 110 If this [verjuice] bee mixed with Oile of Talke, it will restore the sight vnto those that are almost blinde.

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iii. ii. sig. F4^v A Lady, that is past the feate of body..and hath her face decay'd..you restore With the Oyle of Talck.

1639 J. Mayne City Match ii. i, in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1875) XIII. 225 Who Do verily ascribe the German War..to curling, False teeth, and oil of talc.

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Talc, a squamous, white, and lucid stone, of which is made an oil, with which Women that are curious to preserve their beauty use to wash their faces.]

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Some Chymists..pretend to draw from it that precious Oil..called Oil of Talc, which is suppos'd a wonderful Cosmetic.

d. [elliptical for talcum powder n. at talcum n. Compounds] Talcum powder, esp. as a cosmetic and toilet preparation. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion > powders > scented

damask powder?a1547

sweet-powder1573

diapasm1616

pulvilio1675

pulvila1685

foo-foo1880

talcum powder1901

dusting-powder1907

talcum1908

talc1938

1938 Vogue Beauty Bk. 16 Feb. 24/2 Sifter top talc, 3 at 1s. 6d.

1949 Heiress Aug. 82 (advt.) Fragrant talc cool-silky-perfumed by the master Goya.

1966 P. O'Donnell Sabre-tooth vii. 105 Two small bars of soap, a tin of talc, and some body mist.

1977 ‘D. Cory’ Bennett ii. 37 Hunter contrived to take a shower..to apply to himself..a dusting of powdered talc.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as (from 2.) (From 1.)

talc crystal n.

ΚΠ

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. i. v. 310 A Diamond-square, i.e. with unequal Angles, and equal sides; whereas in a Talk-Crystal, both are unequal.

talc earth n.

ΚΠ

1861 H. W. Bristow Gloss. Mineral. Talc earth, Native.

talc rock n.

ΚΠ

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. i. v. 309 A lump of the Talk-Rock near Spiral, in the upper Carinthia.

talc stone n.

ΚΠ

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 221 A kind of yellow green and whitish talc-stone dug about Bern.

talc-like adj.

ΚΠ

1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell li The rim of dazzled vision whitened to a talc-like glimmer.

talc-alum n.

ΚΠ

1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 656 Talc-alum, a term sometimes applied to magnesio-aluminic sulphate.

talc-apatite n.

ΚΠ

1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 656 Talc-apatite, a variety of apatite containing magnesia.

talc-chlorite n.

ΚΠ

1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 656 Talc-chlorite, syn. with Clinochlore.

talc-garnet n.

ΚΠ

1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 656 Talc-garnet, magnesian garnet from Arendal in Norway.

talc-gneiss n.

talc-iron-ore n.

ΚΠ

1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 656 Talc-iron-ore, Magnesian Iron-ore,..an iron-ore..consisting..of ferrous oxide with much magnesia.

talc-ironstone n.

ΚΠ

1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 656 Talc-ironstone, Breithaupt's name for a magnetic iron-ore from Sparta in New Jersey.

talc-spar n.

ΚΠ

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. i. v. 309 A Green Talk-Spar..brittle as Glass.

talc-steatite n.

C2.

talc light n. a window glazed with mica, or a lantern with mica instead of glass.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > lantern > types of

sconcec1392

Muscovy lantern1606

sconcer1731

talc light1808

stirrup lantern1824

mistress1848

bull's-eye1851

midgy1893

1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi iii. 207 In one or two houses there were talc lights.

talc powder n. powdered talc, talcum powder: see talcum n.

ΚΠ

1895 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon at Powder Talc powder.

talc schist n.

ΚΠ

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 747 It is..among the oldest talc-schists and clay slates, that it usually occurs.

1866 P. H. Lawrence tr. B. von Cotta Rocks Classified ii. ii. 252 Talc-schist is almost always stratified, and forms alternating beds with other crystalline schists.

talc slate n. a schistose rock consisting largely of talc.

ΚΠ

1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xxvi. 392 A primitive clay-slate passing into talc-slate.

1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 560/2 Gneiss rocks..include among them many gradations, chlorite slate, talc slate, hornblende slate [etc.].

C3.

talc-windowed adj.

ΚΠ

1888 J. A. Lees & W. J. Clutterbuck B.C. 1887: Ramble in Brit. Columbia (1892) xix. 206 An evil-smelling, talc-windowed American stove.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	talc
释义	talcn. Brit. /talk/, U.S. /tælk/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s talke, 1600s–1700s talck, 1600s–1800s talk. Etymology: < French talc (Palissy a1590) or < medieval Latin talcum, = Portuguese talco, Italian talco, Spanish talco, talque, < Arabic ṭalq, mentioned a.d. 869 by Jahiz of Bassora, and by Serapion the elder (Syriac and Arabic), Rhazi, Avicenna, Ibn-el-Beithar †1248, etc. Held by Arabic scholars to be from Persian, where the form is talk. So German, Danish, Swedish talk; Dutch talk, talksteen. In medieval Latin, Matth. Silvaticus Pandectarum Opus, c1317, has talk; later writers have talcum; Matthiolus Comment. in Dioscoridem, 1549, has talchus; Agricola, 1546, talk. A name applied by the Arabs and mediæval writers to various transparent, translucent, or shining minerals, as talc proper, mica, selenite, etc. Now restricted to the following: 1. a. In popular and commercial use, (loosely) applied to (or including) mica n. or Muscovy glass. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass-like materials specular stone1577 murra1598 talc1601 isinglass1750 mica1778 Muscovy glass1794 muscovite1850 Vitreosil1909 vitreous silica1925 windolite1927 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > mica > muscovite Muscovy glass1573 talc1601 mirror-stone1668 Muscovy talc1677 potash mica1844 muscovite1850 phengite1854 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxi. xiv. 95 Many have made them [bee-hives] of Talc [L. speculari lapide], which is a kind of transparent glasse stone, because they would see through them how the Bees do worke and labour within. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxviii. 252 The gallery windowes of my cabin..were of light moscouia glasse or talke. 1780 W. Coxe Acct. Russ. Discov. 216 The windows..on account of the dearness of glass and Russian talk are generally of paper. 1866 D. Livingstone 11 Dec. in Last Jrnls. (1874) I. vi. 157 Granite with large flakes of talc. 1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) i. i. 7 He fitted them on a little plate of talc, or thin-blown glass. b. With a and plural. A plate of mica used as a microscopic slide. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > microscope > slides talc1766 finder1829 slide1837 slip1895 1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 255 A third observation was made..of some blood dropped upon a single talk. 1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 254 Many of the rings were broke..by some confinement of the talks. ?1790 J. Imison School of Arts (ed. 2) 223 'Tis proper to have some sliders furnished with talcs. 2. Mineralogy. a. A hydrated silicate of magnesium, usually consisting of broad flat laminæ or plates, white, apple-green, or yellow, having a greasy feel, and shining lustre, translucent, and in thin plates often transparent; it exists in three varieties—foliated, massive (steatite or soapstone), and indurated (talc slate or schist). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > talc talcum1558 talc1612 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. v. sig. F With the calce of Egge-shels, White Marble, Talck . View more context for this quotation 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 62 Fissil, into Flakes,..Selenite, Muscovia glass, Isingglass, Sparr, Talc. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. i. v. 308 A piece thus figur'd, I call A Crystal of Talk. 1770 J. Cook Jrnl. 31 Jan. (1955) I. 243 This man spoke of three lands, the two above mentioned which he call'd Tovy-poenammu which signifies green Talk. 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 177 The mica may pass into talc or steatite, or siderite, as on the summit of Mont Blanc. 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. §66. 61 Talc.—Infoliated masses; folia flexible but not elastic; also compact, massive, very soft, and having a greasy feel. 1867 H. W. Bristow Figuier's World before Deluge (new ed.) 40 The Serpentine rocks are a sort of compact talc. 1867 W. T. Brande & G. W. Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (new ed.) III. 695/1 Talc forms the basis of the rouge used by ladies; it is also employed by tailors for marking lines on cloth, and in a powdered state for making gloves and boots slip on easily, and to diminish the friction of machinery. b. A species or variety of talc, or a mineral so called. ΚΠ 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 93 We see crystals,..even metals, talks and asbestos, growing from stony substances. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 460 Talks of various kinds, white, brown, and chocolate coloured crystals. †c. oil of talc, a preparation formerly used as a cosmetic, reputed to be obtained from talc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion > unguents or moisturizers oil of talc1582 slick1626 cold cream1709 cream1765 amandin1861 face cream1889 skin food1892 skin cream1894 orange-flower skin food1908 violet cream1912 day cream1915 vanishing cream1916 night cream1926 orange skin food1926 baby oil1930 hormone cream1938 moisture cream1957 moisturizer1957 mousse1971 1582 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Compend. Rationall Secretes iii. lxxxiii. 110 If this [verjuice] bee mixed with Oile of Talke, it will restore the sight vnto those that are almost blinde. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iii. ii. sig. F4^v A Lady, that is past the feate of body..and hath her face decay'd..you restore With the Oyle of Talck. View more context for this quotation 1639 J. Mayne City Match ii. i, in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1875) XIII. 225 Who Do verily ascribe the German War..to curling, False teeth, and oil of talc. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Talc, a squamous, white, and lucid stone, of which is made an oil, with which Women that are curious to preserve their beauty use to wash their faces.] 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Some Chymists..pretend to draw from it that precious Oil..called Oil of Talc, which is suppos'd a wonderful Cosmetic. d. [elliptical for talcum powder n. at talcum n. Compounds] Talcum powder, esp. as a cosmetic and toilet preparation. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion > powders > scented damask powder?a1547 sweet-powder1573 diapasm1616 pulvilio1675 pulvila1685 foo-foo1880 talcum powder1901 dusting-powder1907 talcum1908 talc1938 1938 Vogue Beauty Bk. 16 Feb. 24/2 Sifter top talc, 3 at 1s. 6d. 1949 Heiress Aug. 82 (advt.) Fragrant talc cool-silky-perfumed by the master Goya. 1966 P. O'Donnell Sabre-tooth vii. 105 Two small bars of soap, a tin of talc, and some body mist. 1977 ‘D. Cory’ Bennett ii. 37 Hunter contrived to take a shower..to apply to himself..a dusting of powdered talc. Compounds C1. General attributive, as (from 2.) (From 1.) a. talc crystal n. ΚΠ 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. i. v. 310 A Diamond-square, i.e. with unequal Angles, and equal sides; whereas in a Talk-Crystal, both are unequal. talc earth n. ΚΠ 1861 H. W. Bristow Gloss. Mineral. Talc earth, Native. talc rock n. ΚΠ 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. i. v. 309 A lump of the Talk-Rock near Spiral, in the upper Carinthia. talc stone n. ΚΠ 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 221 A kind of yellow green and whitish talc-stone dug about Bern. b. talc-like adj. ΚΠ 1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell li The rim of dazzled vision whitened to a talc-like glimmer. c. talc-alum n. ΚΠ 1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 656 Talc-alum, a term sometimes applied to magnesio-aluminic sulphate. talc-apatite n. ΚΠ 1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 656 Talc-apatite, a variety of apatite containing magnesia. talc-chlorite n. ΚΠ 1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 656 Talc-chlorite, syn. with Clinochlore. talc-garnet n. ΚΠ 1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 656 Talc-garnet, magnesian garnet from Arendal in Norway. talc-gneiss n. talc-iron-ore n. ΚΠ 1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 656 Talc-iron-ore, Magnesian Iron-ore,..an iron-ore..consisting..of ferrous oxide with much magnesia. talc-ironstone n. ΚΠ 1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 656 Talc-ironstone, Breithaupt's name for a magnetic iron-ore from Sparta in New Jersey. talc-spar n. ΚΠ 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. i. v. 309 A Green Talk-Spar..brittle as Glass. talc-steatite n. C2. talc light n. a window glazed with mica, or a lantern with mica instead of glass. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > lantern > types of sconcec1392 Muscovy lantern1606 sconcer1731 talc light1808 stirrup lantern1824 mistress1848 bull's-eye1851 midgy1893 1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi iii. 207 In one or two houses there were talc lights. talc powder n. powdered talc, talcum powder: see talcum n. ΚΠ 1895 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon at Powder Talc powder. talc schist n. ΚΠ 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 747 It is..among the oldest talc-schists and clay slates, that it usually occurs. 1866 P. H. Lawrence tr. B. von Cotta Rocks Classified ii. ii. 252 Talc-schist is almost always stratified, and forms alternating beds with other crystalline schists. talc slate n. a schistose rock consisting largely of talc. ΚΠ 1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xxvi. 392 A primitive clay-slate passing into talc-slate. 1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 560/2 Gneiss rocks..include among them many gradations, chlorite slate, talc slate, hornblende slate [etc.]. C3. talc-windowed adj. ΚΠ 1888 J. A. Lees & W. J. Clutterbuck B.C. 1887: Ramble in Brit. Columbia (1892) xix. 206 An evil-smelling, talc-windowed American stove. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). talcv. Forms: Past tense and participle talcked (also talced). Etymology: < talc n. transitive. To treat with talc; to coat (a photographic plate) with talc; to dust (the skin) with talcum powder. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > treatment of plates, films, or paper > [verb (transitive)] mercurialize1843 actinize1844 albumenize1850 sensitize1851 wax1853 develop1859 sensibilize1860 organify1873 back1878 salt1878 excite1879 talc1888 alum1889 bleach1889 fume1890 orthochromatize1890 flash1903 pre-expose1925 hypersensitize1954 panchromatize1960 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > beautify (the skin or complexion) [verb (transitive)] > powder pounce1610 puff1809 powder1870 violet-powder1876 talcum1923 talc1976 1888 Engineer LXVI. 334 A glass plate is first cleaned, talced, and collodionized. 1976 ‘M. Nelson’ Crusoe Test iii. 40 She sprayed and talced her body. Derivatives talced adj. /tælkt/ ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [adjective] > powdered powdered1613 pounced1619 farined1664 pulvilleda1704 bepowdered1742 pulvilized1791 pearl-powdered1826 white-floured1841 rice-powdered1868 talced1891 powder-dusted1917 talcumed1952 1891 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 274 If the wet prints be squeegeed down upon talced glass, a glossy enamelled surface is obtained. 1976 L. Deighton Twinkle, twinkle, Little Spy xvii. 175 His..face talced like a..cottage-loaf. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1582v.1888
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talcn.

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talcv.

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