| 单词 | engine-size |
| 释义 | > as lemmasengine-size engine-size v. Papermaking transitive (usually in passive) to treat (paper) with size by adding it to the pulp during manufacture (rather than by coating finished sheets). ΚΠ 1809 J. Dickinson Specif. Patent in Repertory of Arts 14 84 The paper should be ‘engine sized’ with alum only, in the proportion of about ten pounds to one hundred and twelve pounds of stuff. 1952 Times 6 Feb. 5/7 A good quality paper which has only been ‘engine sized’. 1993 G. L. Robertson Food Packaging vi. 161 Glazed imitation parchment..is made from strong sulfite pulp, which is heavily engine-sized and glazed. < as lemmas |
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