| 单词 |
terrestrity |
| 释义 |
† teˈrrestrity, terreˈstreity Obs.
[ad. med.L. terrestritās (a 1330 in Du Cange), f. terrestri-s earthly: see -ty, -ity. Hence F. terrestrité, -eté, Eng. terrestrity. In 16th c. the L. form was altered to terrestreitās (1533 in Du Cange), app. after words properly in -eitās, from adjs. in -eus, as terreitās, paneitās, vineitās, etc., and this was imitated by It. terrestreità (Florio), F. terrestréité (Roquefort), Eng. terrestreity. Terrestriety is an individual error.]
The quality or condition of being earthy, or of containing earthy matter; usually concr. earthy matter; applied esp. to gross or residual substances.
α1568Turner Of Wines B viij, Rhennish wyne..hath fewer dregges and lesse terrestritie [mispr. in Arb. Garner II. 114 terresity] or grosse earthlynesse than the Clared wine hath. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 658 Referring all to the terrestrity of the sea: for that in sea water there is mingled much earthlie substance. 1605Timme Quersit. ii. ii. 107 Salt peeter pure and seperated from all terrestritie and heterogeneal..substance.
β1605Timme Quersit. iii. 153 The spirit of vitriol, seperated from all terrestreitie. 1662Merrett tr. Neri's Art of Glass iii. 12 The salt yields no more terrestriety, or dregs. 1681Phil. Collect. XII. 105 That all the terrestreity thereof comes to be separated. 1683Salmon Doron Med. ii. 392 Freed from all its terrestreity [mispr. -terity]. 1750tr. Leonardus' Mirr. Stones 42 From their own terrest[r]eity [orig. (1533) suæ terrestreitatis] they will sink in water. |
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