单词 | cool-trough |
释义 | > as lemmascool-trough cool-trough n. (also (Yorkshire) cou-trough, col-trough) now historical a trough of cold water used by a blacksmith to cool hot iron. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > cooling agent or appliance > [noun] > vessel coolera1550 cool-trough1558 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vessels for other specific purposes > [noun] > for cooling coolera1550 cool-trough1558 water cooler1807 1558 in E. Roberts & K. Parker Southampton Probate Inventories, 1447–1575 (1992) I. 112 A cole trowe, ij d. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Ferraria aqua Smithes water in the cole trough [wherin] they quench yron. 1659 C. Hoole tr. J. A. Comenius Orbis Sensualium Pictus lxvii. 141/1 He quencheth Hot-Irons in the Cool-trough. 1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 52 Cou-trough, a trough of cold water into which a blacksmith plunges hot iron. It is sometimes called col-trough. 2002 J. Unwin in M. C. Beaudry Findings (2006) v. 121 Joshua Russell, d. 1698, had a smithy with two hearths and a complement of tools for each—bellows, stock, anvil, cool-trough, hammers and tongs. < as lemmas |
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