单词 | coal work |
释义 | coal workn. 1. A place or establishment where coal is mined or processed; a colliery. Usually in plural (often with singular agreement). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > coal-mine pit1447 coal mine1475 coal work?1610 coalery1644 colliery1648 coalface1771 coal-working1774 ?1610 in F. W. Dendy Extracts Rec. Company of Hostmen Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1901) 58 The Coleworks which..formerly were wrought, and were sufficient for the furnishinge of the kingdome with that comoditie, is not nowe able to supplie that want by a verye great proportion. 1697 E. Lhuyd Let. 15 June in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1712) 27 467 Their Coal-works were not Pits sunk like Draw-wells; but great Inroads made into the side of the Hill. 1778 D. Loch Tour Trading Towns Scotl. 18 Lord Cochran has laid out a large sum in erecting a coal-work, and making an harbour. 1824 G. Stephenson Let. 16 Nov. (1973) i. 82 I am desired to examine Lord Crew's Coalworks in the neighbourhood of Newcastle under line. 1870 A. Creigh Hist. Washington County v. 118 Whitetown coal works is on the railroad. 1930 Times 21 Nov. 20/4 The picture..of strikes at the coal works, of attempts to establish a national school, and to improve sanitary conditions, is at once moving and pathetic. 2009 J. Tabak Coal & Oil i. 7 Pipelines were run from the coal works to street lamps. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > a drawing > in specific medium coal work1651 crayon1662 pastel1791 pencilling1803 pen sketch1847 pen-picture1853 sanguine1854 pen and ink1860 black lead study1862 sepia1863 stylograph1866 charcoal1884 fusain1884 line drawing1891 celluloid1920 1651 G. Daniel Eclog. Let. You may iudge Draughts sometimes in Cole-Works, to hit the Naturalitie of Lines Studied by finer Pencills. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1610 |
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