| 单词 | dip yard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdip yard a. A preparation into which something is dipped, as bronzing-dip, sheep-dip, etc. (cf. dip v. 3). Also, a vat or tank in which sheep-dip is used. So dip yard. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep washing or dipping > sheep-wash or -dip sheep-watera1722 fag water1848 sheep-wash1858 sheep-dip1865 dip1871 wash1933 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep washing or dipping > place wash-dyke1765 wash-pool1827 sheep-dip1865 dip1871 soak-hole1881 dipper1891 1871 Trans. Highl. & Agric. Soc. Scot. 4th Ser. III. 269 Any other dips I have seen. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Dip, a poisonous liquid in which sheep are dipped to kill fags. 1878 E. S. Elwell Boy Colonists 103 A large dip was built there. 1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 244 The bronzing dip may be prepared by dissolving in 1 gal. hot water ½ lb. each perchloride of iron and perchloride of copper. 1885 Daily News 15 Feb. 5/6 Before the arrival of the last convoy there the carbolic acid was exhausted. Sheep dip had to be substituted. 1900 S. E. Blacke Flights from Land of Bellbird i. 16 Then there were visits to the ‘dip’ beyond, where the sheep were washed. 1922 W. Perry et al. Sheep Farming in N.Z. iii. 20 It is wise to build a dip. 1933 L. G. D. Acland in Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 2 Dec. 15/7 Yards for dipping [sheep]..are generally called dip yards. < as lemmas |
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