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Definition of Ethiops
1. n. A black substance; -- formerly applied to various preparations of a black or very dark color.
Definition of Ethiops
1. Noun. (plural of Ethiop) ¹
2. Noun. (alternative form of aethiops) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ethiops
1. an old name for various dingy chemicals [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Ethiops
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ethiops
Literary usage of Ethiops
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Heroes: Or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children by Charles Kingsley, John Tetlow (1888)
"ethiops. So Perseus flitted onward to the northeast over many a league of sea,
till he came to the rolling sand-hills, and the dreary Libyan shore. ..."
2. A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the by Praphulla Candra Rāy (1903)
"... WHICH SULPHIDE OF COPPER AND /ethiops MINERAL FIGURE Sulphur, copper and the
pyrites are . to be pounded together with mercury and subjected to roasting ..."
3. The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements (1803)
"By M. CAVEZZALI, Apothecary-General to the Civil Hospital of Lodi. From the
ANNALES DE CHIMIE. JL HE oxyd of iron or martial ethiops used in medicine is ..."
4. Chemistry Applied to Arts and Manufactures by Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal (1807)
"... change its co» Jour to black, by the simple shaking of the metal in a vessel
open to the atmospheric air, and it is then called ethiops per se ; but the ..."
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