| 单词 | tiburtine stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasTiburtine stone Of or pertaining to the region or district of Tibur (now Tivoli) in ancient Latium. Tiburtine stone = travertine n.: cf. tiber-stone n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > types of limestone for building Purbeck stone1410 Tiburtine stonec1440 toph stonea1552 travertine1669 Purbeck1683 Purbeck marblea1697 Portland1711 tiber-stone1726 tophus-stone1830 Hopton wood1888 roach1911 c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 372 Stone tiburtyne, or floody columbyne, Or spongy rede, lete brenne, or marble stone, For bylding better is the harder myne. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 249 The Moles is all built of Tiburtine stone. 1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 132/2 A bilingual inscription..sculptured on both sides of a Tiburtine stone. < as lemmas |
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