| 单词 |
emplastic |
| 释义 |
† emˈplastic, a. and n. Obs.
[ad. Gr. ἐµπλαστικός, f. ἐµπλάσσειν: see emplaster n.]
A. adj. Fit to be used as a plaster; hence, adhesive, glutinous, viscid. Also [after late Gr. use], that stops up the pores.
1618Latham 2nd Bk. Falconry (1633) 140 It is also of an emplasticke or clammy quality. 1634T. Johnson tr. Parey's Chirurg. vii. xxvii. (1678) 189 Medicins..acrid, oily, and emplastick. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. iv. 133 Wax..through its..emplastick faculty..fastning it self like Glew. 1756C. Lucas Ess. Waters I. 53 Unctuous and emplastic bodies. 1832in Webster; and in mod. Dicts.
B. n. An adhesive or glutinous substance.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 125 An Emplastick should be of a terrene substance. 1721–1800Bailey, Emplasticks, Medicines which constipate and shut up the Pores of the Body, that Sulphureous Vapours cannot pass. 1751Stack in Phil. Trans. XLVII. 269 Burgundy-pitch, or any other powerful emplastic. |
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