单词 | calp |
释义 | calpn. Mineralogy. Local name of a species of dark-grey limestone occurring in Central Ireland. ΚΠ 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 233 Calp, or black quarry stone of Dublin. Colour, bluish black, or dark greyish blue, variously intersected with veins of white calcareous spar, and often invested with the same. 1803 Ann. Rev. 1 872/2 The calp quarries are situated in the neighbourhood of Lucan. 1862 J. B. Jukes Student's Man. Geol. 512 This..has been called Calp from a local term signifying black shale. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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