| 单词 | alum works |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalum works alum works n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific things are made > [noun] > others coal pitOE wireworks1598 alum works1617 copperas-worka1661 saltpetre house1683 nailery1802 railworks1863 lockworks1864 sulphur-work1870 tack-mill1884 pitch-boilery1885 rubber plant1886 soot house1957 society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for making other articles > [noun] > equipment for making alum, potash, or pitch alum works1617 potash kettle1787 pitch-boilery1885 1617 F. Bacon & Earl of Suffolk Let. to King 24 Nov. in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 34 The offers made..to your Majestie of his allome workes. 1790 W. Radcliffe Journey Sweden 205 The alum works increase in value every day. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 119 Boiling the scum of the alum works. 1920 C. D. Dominge & W. O. Lincoln Fire Insurance Inspection & Underwriting (ed. 2) 559 Roching casks—Are crystallizing vessels in alum works. 2005 A. McCloy Coastal Walks Brit. 78 The coast path..through a bumpy, untidy area that represents the spoil heaps of the long-vanished alum works. < as lemmas |
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