英和和英

名詞

killow (複数形 killows)

1. An old unit of measure for grain, used in Constantinople.

語源 2

From English dialect kollow (“the smut または grime on the backs of chimneys”).

名詞

killow

1. An earth of a blackish or deep blue colour.
   • 1728, J[ohn] Woodward, “Earths and Earthy Substances”, in A Catalogue of the Additional English Native Fossils, in the Collection of J. Woodward M.D., tome II, London: […] F[rancis] Fayram, […]; J[ohn] Senex, […]; and J. Osborn and T[homas] Longman, […], OCLC 1190985093, page 3:

     A black Earth, made into Form of a Ball, and called Killow.