dead welldead-welln.

Etymology: dead adj. 15, 22

1. A well dug down into a porous stratum, to carry off surface or refuse water: called also absorbing well, dumb well. Cf. dead-hole n. at dead adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > other types of drainage > specific type

pipe drain1766

air drainage1816

well drain1818

sheep drain1844

pipe drainage1851

dead well1859

mole ditch1860

dumb well1878

1859–60 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) i. 5 In some parts of England absorbing wells are known under the name of dead wells.

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 10 Dead wells, wells which are made to carry off refuse waters.

2. A ‘well’ or excavation into which the weights of a large clock descend.

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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of

nut1428

peise1428

plumbc1450

Jack1498

clockwork1516

larum1542

Jack of the clockhouse1563

watch-wheel1568

work1570

plummeta1578

Jack of the clock1581

snail-cam1591

snail-work1591

pointer1596

quarter jack1604

mainspring1605

winder1606

notch-wheel1611

fusee1622

count-wheel1647

jack-wheel1647

frame1658

arbor1659

balance1660

fuse1674

hour-figure1675

stop1675

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regulator1676

cock1678

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starred wheel1696

swing-wheel1696

warning-wheel1696

watch1696

watch-part1696

hoop-wheel1704

hour-wheel1704

snail1714

step-wheel1714

tide-work1739

train1751

crutch1753

cannon pinion1764

rising board1769

remontoire1774

escapement1779

clock jack1784

locking plate1786

scapement1789

motion work1795

anchor escapement1798

scape1798

star-wheel1798

recoil escapement1800

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cannon1802

hammer-tail1805

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quarter-boy1815

pin tooth1817

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pallet arbor1826

rewinder1826

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snail-wheel1831

quarter bell1832

tow1834

star pulley1836

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clock train1843

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wheelwork1843

gravity escapement1850

jumper1850

vertical escapement1850

time train1853

pin pallet1860

spade1862

dead well1867

stop-work1869

ringer1873

strike-or-silent1875

warning-piece1875

guard-pin1879

pendulum cock1881

warning-lever1881

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fusee-piece1884

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tourbillion1884

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trunk1899

pin lever1908

clock spring1933

1867 G. M. Musgrave Nooks & Corners Old France I. 261 A ‘dead well’ of some twenty feet depth, which used to receive the descending weights of a great clock.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	dead well
释义	dead welldead-welln. Etymology: dead adj. 15, 22 1. A well dug down into a porous stratum, to carry off surface or refuse water: called also absorbing well, dumb well. Cf. dead-hole n. at dead adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > other types of drainage > specific type pipe drain1766 air drainage1816 well drain1818 sheep drain1844 pipe drainage1851 dead well1859 mole ditch1860 dumb well1878 1859–60 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) i. 5 In some parts of England absorbing wells are known under the name of dead wells. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 10 Dead wells, wells which are made to carry off refuse waters. 2. A ‘well’ or excavation into which the weights of a large clock descend. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of nut1428 peise1428 plumbc1450 Jack1498 clockwork1516 larum1542 Jack of the clockhouse1563 watch-wheel1568 work1570 plummeta1578 Jack of the clock1581 snail-cam1591 snail-work1591 pointer1596 quarter jack1604 mainspring1605 winder1606 notch-wheel1611 fusee1622 count-wheel1647 jack-wheel1647 frame1658 arbor1659 balance1660 fuse1674 hour-figure1675 stop1675 pallet1676 regulator1676 cock1678 movement1678 detent1688 savage1690 clock1696 pinwheel1696 starred wheel1696 swing-wheel1696 warning-wheel1696 watch1696 watch-part1696 hoop-wheel1704 hour-wheel1704 snail1714 step-wheel1714 tide-work1739 train1751 crutch1753 cannon pinion1764 rising board1769 remontoire1774 escapement1779 clock jack1784 locking plate1786 scapement1789 motion work1795 anchor escapement1798 scape1798 star-wheel1798 recoil escapement1800 recoiling pallet1801 recoiling scapement1801 cannon1802 hammer-tail1805 recoiling escapement1805 bottle jack1810 renovating spring1812 quarter-boy1815 pin tooth1817 solar wheel1819 impulse-teeth1825 pendulum wheel1825 pallet arbor1826 rewinder1826 rack hook1829 snail-wheel1831 quarter bell1832 tow1834 star pulley1836 watch train1838 clock train1843 raising-piece1843 wheelwork1843 gravity escapement1850 jumper1850 vertical escapement1850 time train1853 pin pallet1860 spade1862 dead well1867 stop-work1869 ringer1873 strike-or-silent1875 warning-piece1875 guard-pin1879 pendulum cock1881 warning-lever1881 beat-pin1883 fusee-piece1884 fusee-snail1884 shutter1884 tourbillion1884 tumbler1884 virgule1884 foliot1899 grasshopper1899 grasshopper escapement1899 trunk1899 pin lever1908 clock spring1933 1867 G. M. Musgrave Nooks & Corners Old France I. 261 A ‘dead well’ of some twenty feet depth, which used to receive the descending weights of a great clock. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1859
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