单词 | turquin |
释义 | † turquinn. Obsolete. rare. 1. A dark-green pumpkin.After obsolete. French pompon Turquin (Cotgrave). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > fruits as vegetables > [noun] > pumpkins or squashes turquin1600 squanter-squash1634 pumpkin1647 cushaw1698 simlin1775 summer squash1801 zucca1818 summer crookneck1832 pattypan1855 trombone1946 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > pumpkin peponOE pompion1526 pompillion1598 turquin1600 pumpkin1647 calabash1658 potiron1658 winter squash1771 zucca1818 kabocha1884 sugared pumpkin1884 sugar-pumpkin1905 Ceylon pumpkin1913 trombone1946 Queensland blue1956 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xxxix. 250 Some of them are called Turquins, as those which haue a very greene colour and drawing somwhat toward a blacke. 2. A bluish-grey or slate-coloured marble. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [noun] > marble > others Florentine marble1706 Carraraa1728 rosso antico1730 giallo antico1741 campan1794 dolomite1794 ruin marble1798 turquin1811 picrite1814 landscape marble1816 snow1848 Irish green1850 palombino1859 Tennessee marble1875 corallite1883 stalagmite marble1895 Piastraccia1909 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 412 A singular marble is still known to be found at Sitifi, in the north of Africa, being the proper turquin, because, like the turquois, it is supposed to be brought from a country subject to the Turks. It is of a bluish grey, or slate colour, with spots of siderite or horn~blende. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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