| 单词 | flood-gate iron |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflood-gate iron flood-gate iron n. (see quot. 1833). ΚΠ 1793 J. Boswell Principal Corrections Life Johnson 31/1 [Quoting Johnson, an. 1783] ‘Sir’, (said he,) ‘I am the great Twalmley, who invented the New Floodgate iron.’ 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 253 The second [box-iron] is made hollow, for the reception of a heater; and with reference to the contrivance by which the heater is shut in, has been called the floodgate iron. < as lemmas |
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