单词 | fourway |
释义 | > as lemmasfour-way four-way n. (also four-ways) = four-crossway n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > junction of roads, paths, or tracks > [noun] > cross-roads carfax1357 carfour1477 cross1546 cross-way?1556 quatervois?1575 four-way1598 four-crosswaya1645 crossing1695 four-went way(s1777 cross-road1812 cross-street1825 intersectiona1864 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Quadriuio, a fower-way, a way that hath fower turnings, a place where fower waies meete. 1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 72 Peasants flock in from the fields to the four-ways. four-way four-way adj. (in four-way cock or four-way valve) having communication with four pipes. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [adjective] > types of tap four-way1824 washerless1908 1824 ‘R. Stuart’ Descr. Hist. Steam Engine 161 A considerable improvement on the fourway-cock. 1841 S. C. Brees Gloss. Civil Engin. Four-way Cock..a description of valve..for passing the steam to the cylinder; it was invented by Leopold in about the year 1720. < as lemmas |
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