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| Aletaster | n. See Aleconner. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Alabaster | n. [ L. alabaster, Gr. 'ala`bastros, said to be derived fr. Alabastron, the name of a town in Egypt, near which it was common: cf. OF. alabastre, F. albâtre. ] 1. (Min.) (a) A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc. (b) A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made. Fosbroke. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | alabaster | (n) หินปูนชนิดหนึ่งที่เป็นยิปซัมลื่นและขาวสะอาด |
| | alabaster | (แอล' ละเบสเทอะ, -บาส' เทอะ) n. หินปูนชนิดหนึ่งที่เป็น gypsum ลื่นและขาวสะอาด. -alabastrine adj. |
| | | alabaster | หินอะลาบาสเตอร์ [ศิลปะ ๑๑ มี.ค. ๒๕๔๕] | | alabaster | อะลาบาสเตอร์ [ธรณีวิทยา๑๔ ม.ค. ๒๕๔๖] |
| | | ไข่ปอก | [khai pøk] (x) EN: alabaster ; milky white |
| | | | | Alabaster | n. [ L. alabaster, Gr. 'ala`bastros, said to be derived fr. Alabastron, the name of a town in Egypt, near which it was common: cf. OF. alabastre, F. albâtre. ] 1. (Min.) (a) A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc. (b) A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made. Fosbroke. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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