单词 | yellow amber |
释义 | > as lemmasyellow amber yellow amber n. (also †amber yellow) now chiefly historical the fossil resin amber (amber n.2 1a), originally as distinct from substances such as ambergris, spermaceti, and jet, which were respectively known as amber (see amber n.2 8), white amber, and black amber; (occasionally also) a pure yellow form of the fossil resin amber. ΚΠ c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 2682 (MED) But liche a fool he hym silf doth quite, Þat awmber ȝelwe cheseþ for þe white. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Ambre called lambre or yelow Ambre. 1653 T. Nicols Arcula Gemmea 169 The white Amber is astringent and temperately hot, the yellow Amber hotter. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs II. iv. 384 The hard Bitumens that we sell, are the Yellow Amber..; The Liquid are Naphtha of Italy, and the Petroleum. 1871 A. Hope & A. Harvey Turkish Harems & Circassian Homes vi. 105 Yellow amber should be of the palest primrose hue, but there is another shade that is now much prized, namely, the black amber. 1913 Town Planning Rev. 4 197 Large loads of wood came from Norway; copper, saltpetre, and yellow amber from the North. 1995 Grand Street No. 53. 204 Originally it was noted that yellow amber, if rubbed, attracted light, dry substances. < as lemmas |
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