单词 | burgaudine |
释义 | burgaudinen. Mother-of-pearl made from the burgau shell. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > pearl > [noun] > mother-of-pearl mother pearlc1500 mother-of-pearl1547 nacre1689 burgaudine1753 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Burgau in natural history, the name of a large species of sea snail, of the lunar or round-mouthed kind; it is very beautifully lined with a coat, of the nature of the mother of pearl, and the artificers take this out, to use under the name of mother of pearl, though some call it after the name of the shell they take it from, burgaudine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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