different between unwrought vs spinel

English

Etymology

From Middle English unwrought, unwroght, unwrou?t, equivalent to un- +? wrought. Doublet of unworked.

Adjective

unwrought (comparative more unwrought, superlative most unwrought)

1. In the native state, before being worked on; especially used of bars of bullion and other metal

Translations

Verb

unwrought

1. simple past tense and past participle of unwork
   • c. 1845-46, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese, If Thou Must Love Me^[1]:

     […] Do not say
     ‘I love her for her smile — her look — her way
     Of speaking gently, — for a trick of thought
     That falls in well with mine, and certes brought
     A sense of pleasant ease on such a day’ —
     For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
     Be changed, or change for thee, — and love so wrought,
     May be unwrought so. […]

English

Alternative forms

• spinelle (dated)

Etymology

French spinelle, perhaps from Latin spina (“a thorn, a prickle”), in allusion to its pointed crystals.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sp??n?l/, /?sp?n?l/
• Rhymes: -?l, -?n?l

Noun

spinel (countable and uncountable, plural spinels)

1. (mineralogy) Any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium and are used as gemstones of various colours.
2. (solid state chemistry) Any crystalline material, not necessarily an oxide, that possesses the same crystal structure as this mineral.
3. Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.

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Derived terms

• selenospinel
• sulfospinel

Translations

See also

• ruby

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Spinel”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “spinel”, in Mindat.org?^[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• Esplin, L-spine, Pilsen, pinsel, spline

Old English

Alternative forms

• spinl, spinil, spindel, spindle

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *spinnilu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spi.nel/

Noun

spinel f

1. spindle

Derived terms

• mulne spinel

Descendants

• Middle English: spyndel, spyndylle, spyndell, spindelle, spyndle, spindil, spyndill, spyndul, spindel, spinle, spindle
  • English: spindle, spinnel
  • Scots: spinnell, spindill

Romanian

Etymology

From French spinelle.

Noun

spinel m (plural spineli)

1. spinel

Declension