English-Thai Dictionary
brimstone
N สาร กำมะถัน san-kam-ma-tan
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
BRIMSTONE
n.Sulphur; a hard, brittle, inflammable substance, of a lemon yellow color, which has no smell, unless heated, and which becomes negatively electric by heat and friction. It is found, in great quantities, and sometimes pure, in the neighborhood of volcanoes. It is an ingredient in a variety of minerals and ores. The sulphur of commerce is procured from its natural beds, or artificially extracted from pyrites.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BRIMSTONE
Brim "stone, n. Etym: [OE. brimston, bremston, bernston, brenston; cf. Icel. brennistein. See Burn, v. t., and Stone. ]
Defn: Sulphur; See Sulphur.
BRIMSTONE
BRIMSTONE Brim "stone, a.
Defn: Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches. From his brimstone bed at break of day A-walking the devil has gone. Coleridge.
New American Oxford Dictionary
brimstone
brim stone |ˈbrimˌstōn ˈbrɪmˌstoʊn | ▶noun archaic sulfur. PHRASES fire and brimstone see fire. ORIGIN late Old English brynstān, probably from bryne ‘burning ’ + stān ‘stone. ’
Oxford Dictionary
brimstone
brimstone |ˈbrɪmst (ə )n, -stəʊn | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] archaic sulphur. 2 a bright yellow butterfly or moth: ● (also brimstone butterfly ) a European butterfly of the white family, the male of which is yellow and the female greenish-white (Gonepteryx rhamni, family Pieridae ). ● (also brimstone moth ) a small yellow European moth (Opisthograptis luteolata, family Geometridae ). ORIGIN late Old English brynstān, probably from bryne ‘burning ’ + stān ‘stone ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
brimstone
br í m st ò ne 名詞 1 U ｟古 ｠硫黄 〘sulphurの古称 〙.2 C 〘虫 〙ヤマキチョウ 〘シロチョウ科の大形チョウ 〙.
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