单词 | tincal |
释义 | tincaltincarn. Crude borax, found in lake-deposits in the Tibetan territories of western China, Iran, and other Asian countries. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > borates > [noun] > sodium borate boraxc1386 chrysocoll1590 chrysocolla1600 altincar1632 green earth1634 tincal1635 tincalconite1892 kernite1927 the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > salts > [noun] > salts named by atomic number > borates boraxc1386 tincal1635 borate1816 perborate1833 α. β. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Tinkar, a Chymical word for Borax.1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Tincar (Arabic), a sort of Nitre, or Salt-peter..dug out of the Earth.1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. i. 38 6° Borax. 1. Tinkal, or Tincar.1635 in E. B. Sainsbury Cal. Court Minutes E. India Co. (1907) 99 Tyncall [to Mr. Allen]. 1679 Philos. Trans. 1677 (Royal Soc.) 12 1050 If any Dross or filth be in the Melting-Pot, they throw in some Tincal, which gathers the dross together. 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. I. 44 Borax... Its species are a bluish kind called Tinkal, and the proper borax, which is a purified Tinkal and appears white. 1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 363 The borax is dug in large masses from the edges and shallows of the lake... In this state it is named tincal, and is brought home packed in chests, in masses of adhering crystals, of a gray yellowish, or greenish white colour. 1844 G. Fownes Man. Elem. Chem. 241 Borax..is imported in a crude state from the East Indies under the name of tincal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1635 |
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