单词 | alum farmer |
释义 | > as lemmasalum farmer alum farmer n. now historical a person who works in alum manufacture. ΚΠ 1641 in 4th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1874) 71/1 Account of the sums for which the ‘Allom farmers’ left Morgan engaged. ?1672 J. Collins Let. in James Gregory Tercentenary Memorial Volume (1939) 16 Accounts..of the Allom farmers whose shipping of Allom to many parts beyond seas have furnished me with a correspondency abroad. 2004 N. A. M. Rodger Command of Ocean (2005) viii. 128 Extensive exemptions were issued; to colliers, fishermen, victuallers and transports, alum farmers. < as lemmas |
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