gyps
(dʒɪps)
Also 4 ? pl. gipsis, 5 gipse, 8 gypse.
[Anglicized form of gypsum. Cf. F. gypse, G. gips.]
= gypsum.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xv. lvii. (1495) 509 In the grounde abowte Parys is a manere stone that hyght Gipsis. c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. xi. 383 Or gipse, or askes twey cotuls no wronge Thy wynes doth. 1756 P. Browne Jamaica 46 The gypse..is commonly found of some regular form approaching upon the rhomboide. 1774 Projects in Ann. Reg. 108/1 To coalesce and set as readily as our gypses and plasters. 1834 Brit. Husb. I. 439 Gyps is calcareous earth saturated with vitriolic acid. 1862 H. Marryat Year in Sweden II. 144 Coffered ceilings of gyps are triumphs of the plasterer's art. |
| attrib. 1862 H. Marryat Year in Sweden II. 141 The Wrangel Grafchor is a fine specimen of northern gyps-work. |