| 单词 | frowy-stuff |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrowy-stuff 2. Of wood: Spongy, soft-textured, brittle. frowy-stuff (see quot. 1858). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [adjective] > brittle brash1566 spalt1567 froughya1642 short-grained1694 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > wood of inferior quality chipwood1838 matchwood1838 frowy-stuff1858 a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 34 The best stricles are those that are made of froughy, unseasoned oake. 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iv. 63 If your wood be soft and your Stuff free and frowy, that is, evenly temper'd all the way. 1742 W. Ellis Timber-tree Improved (ed. 3) II. ii. 43 Such an Ash..grows frowy, short, and spungy. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Frowy-stuff, a builder's name for short, or brittle and soft, timber. 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms Froughy, spongy, brittle, or, in fact, applied to anything that is of inferior quality. < as lemmas |
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