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单词 byon
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byonn.

/bjəʊn/
Etymology: < Burmese brun refuse, as of grain, peas, etc., the matrix earth of rubies and the rejected stones; apparently related to prun, phrun to be worn out or exhausted.
The ruby-bearing clay of the ruby mines district of Upper Burma (Myanmar); also attributive.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > clay > [noun] > other clays
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1892 E. W. Streeter Precious Stones (ed. 5) 153 A brown or yellowish clay, known locally as Byon, seems to be the typical Ruby-bearing earth.
1895 Standard 24 July The valley byon beds of Mogok, Tagoungnandine, and Loodah.
1922 Chambers's Jrnl. July 447/1 Coolies will still..be required to take the ‘byon’ to the sluice.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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