[med. or mod.L., = ‘Lemnian earth,’ f. Lemnos, an island in the Ægean sea. So F. terre de Lemnos (Littré), It. terra lenia (Florio), G. lemnische erde.] = TERRA SIGILLATA; known also as Lemnian earth.
1613. Harcourt, Voy. Guiana, in Harl. Misc. (Malh.), III. 192. The earth yieldeth bole-armoniack and terra-lemnia.
1632. [see TERRA SIGILLATA 1].
1797. Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3), IX. 784/2. Lemnian Earth, Terra Lemnia, a medicinal, astringent sort of earth, or a fatty consistence and reddish colour.
