† chrysocoll Obs.
(ˈkrɪsəʊkɒl)
Forms: 6 chrisecoll, chrisocoll, 7 chrysocoll, -cole, -cholle, -cal.
[a. F. chrysocolle ‘gold-solder, borax, green earthe’, ad. L. chrȳsocolla, a. Gr. χρῡσόκολλα gold-solder, f. χρῡσό-ς gold + κόλλα glue.]
= chrysocolla 1.
| 1590 Lodge Euphues Gold. Leg., Womens eyes are made of chrisecoll, that is ever unperfect unless tempred with gold. 1590 Greene Never too late (1600) 89 Gold is the Chrisocoll of loue. 1606 Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. Magnificence 601 (D.) Now as with Gold grows in the self-same Mine Much Chrysocholle, and also Silver fine. 1657 Phys. Dict., Chrysocal, a kind of mineral found like sand in the veins of some metals. |