Meanings of egyptian papyrus in English

The Mexicans employed for writing a paper which somewhat resembled the Egyptian papyrus.

No objects could be much more unlike than a Babylonian tablet, an Egyptian papyrus roll, and a Mexican book.

Ancient Egyptian papyrus dating back to 1500BC describes the use of mud, excrement, frogs boiled in oil and fermented goat dung.

"Never mind the Egyptian papyrus," said Featherstone, in feverish curiosity.

He himself felt strangely ill at ease as he looked at White Henshaw with his skin yellow as Egyptian papyrus from a tomb.

"It looks like Egyptian papyrus," said the doctor.

The ancient process was very elaborate and this manuscript is written on leaves which resembled in a marvellous manner those of the Egyptian papyrus books.

The word volume indeed occurs in Psalms xxxix., and these volumina or volumes must have been either rolls of leaves, or bark, or Egyptian papyrus.

"But if you found a Yiddish newspaper or an Egyptian papyrus under his pillow I should not be surprised."