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单词 tuck-point
释义 ˈtuck-point, v.
[f. tuck n.1 + point v.1]
To point or fill up the joints of (brickwork) with coloured mortar, grooved with a narrow groove, which is filled with fine white lime putty, allowed to project slightly. Hence tuck-pointer, -pointing.
1881Tuck pointing [see pointing vbl. n.1 5].1893Law Times XCV. 5/2 Any kind of brickwork, tuckpointing, or plastering that may have been contracted for..under the original contract.1901Daily Chron. 2 Sept. 9/6 Bricklayer and tuck pointer, good, wants Work.1902J. Hebb in N. & Q. 9th Ser. X. 193/1 The brickwork..has been coloured and tuck-pointed.
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