| 单词 | cross-carve |
| 释义 | > as lemmascross-carve (i) across, or cross-wise, or in a direction or way traversing another, as cross-bond, cross-carve, cross-fetter, cross-pile, cross-swim, cross-tie; cross-cut n., cross-plough v., etc. Π 1613 T. Milles tr. P. Mexia et al. Treasurie Auncient & Moderne Times 75/1 Although the Seas were very..tempestuous, yet he would Crosse-swim them, without any feare. a1618 J. Sylvester tr. Battail of Yvry in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 1098 And fiery-fierce, and stout, A hundred waies cross-carves the Field about. 1645 J. Bond Occasus Occidentalis 35 Hee doth fetter, and..crosse-fetter him. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. viii. 25 He tied and cross-tied them all fast together. 1862 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. 429 These [stones] were to be carefully set by hand, with the broadest ends downwards, all crossbonded or jointed. 1878 Lumberman's Gaz. 25 Dec. 446 The amount of lumber now cross-piled on the several mill docks. < as lemmas |
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