英语词汇“burnt alabaster”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

burnt alabaster n. now historical alabaster that has been calcined or treated with fire, typically in order to make plaster; cf. plaster of Paris n.

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1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. x. f. 84^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Within their doores also such as are of abilitie doe oft make their flowers, and parget of fine Alabaster burned, which they cal plaster of Paris.

1623 G. Markham Countrey Contentments, or Eng. Huswife (new ed.) ii. 208 The best Garner then that can be made..is to be made either of broken tile-shread, or broken bricks,..and bound together with Plaster of Parris, or our ordinarie English Plaster, or burnt Alablaster.

1672 T. Sherley Philos. Ess. ii. 19 The powder of Plaster of Paris, or burnt Alabaster, if it be mixed with water, without any sort of salt, will coagulate into an entire stony lump.

1747 R. Campbell London Tradesman xxviii. 139 Plaister of Paris is made of Burnt Alabaster: The Alabaster is first pounded and then burnt; when they are to use it, they mix it with Water to a due consistence, and in less than a quarter of an hour it acquires a Hardness.

1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 47 I took what the bricklayers call fine stuff, or putty; to this I added a small quantity of burnt alabaster, to make it dry.

1888 C. B. Todd Story City of N.Y. xii. 207 His ‘full bottomed’ wig is plentifully powdered with starch finely ground and sifted, to which burnt alabaster or whiting has been added.

1990 K. N. Chaudhuri Asia before Europe vii. 207 Plaster made from burnt alabaster, and mixed with lime and pounded sea-shells.

单词	burnt alabaster
释义	> as lemmas burnt alabaster burnt alabaster n. now historical alabaster that has been calcined or treated with fire, typically in order to make plaster; cf. plaster of Paris n. ΚΠ 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. x. f. 84^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Within their doores also such as are of abilitie doe oft make their flowers, and parget of fine Alabaster burned, which they cal plaster of Paris. 1623 G. Markham Countrey Contentments, or Eng. Huswife (new ed.) ii. 208 The best Garner then that can be made..is to be made either of broken tile-shread, or broken bricks,..and bound together with Plaster of Parris, or our ordinarie English Plaster, or burnt Alablaster. 1672 T. Sherley Philos. Ess. ii. 19 The powder of Plaster of Paris, or burnt Alabaster, if it be mixed with water, without any sort of salt, will coagulate into an entire stony lump. 1747 R. Campbell London Tradesman xxviii. 139 Plaister of Paris is made of Burnt Alabaster: The Alabaster is first pounded and then burnt; when they are to use it, they mix it with Water to a due consistence, and in less than a quarter of an hour it acquires a Hardness. 1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 47 I took what the bricklayers call fine stuff, or putty; to this I added a small quantity of burnt alabaster, to make it dry. 1888 C. B. Todd Story City of N.Y. xii. 207 His ‘full bottomed’ wig is plentifully powdered with starch finely ground and sifted, to which burnt alabaster or whiting has been added. 1990 K. N. Chaudhuri Asia before Europe vii. 207 Plaster made from burnt alabaster, and mixed with lime and pounded sea-shells. extracted from burntburnedadj. < as lemmas
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