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单词 glass-cloth
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glass-clothn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈglass-cloth.
1. A linen cloth used for drying glass-ware; also as a background for embroidery (see quot. 1882).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > linen > types of > for specific purpose
lockramc1300
housewife cloth1560
housewife's cloth1567
beaupers1592
household linen1642
French canvas1662
harrateen1711
glass-cloth1851
tableclothing1859
Java canvas1867
Italian1897
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 512 Plain and checked glass-cloths.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 223/1 Glass Cloths..have been..much adopted for the purpose of embroidery, as well as for aprons and chair covers.
1891 Times 5 Oct. 4/3 Narrow width towellings, glass cloths, and the like.
2. A woven fabric made of fine-spun glass thread. (Only as two words.)
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from glass thread > [noun]
glass-cloth1875
1875 in E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 223/1 Glass cloth..manufactories for the production of ecclesiastical decorative fabrics composed of glass fibre are in operation in Austria, France, and Italy.
3. Cloth covered with powdered glass, used like sand-paper for smoothing or polishing.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > [noun] > smoothing > glasspaper, sandpaper, or cloth
shaving-cloth1427
shaving-linen1512
scouring papera1756
emery-paper1772
glass-paper1815
sandpaper1825
glass-cloth1873
sander1895
1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 407/1 Polishing Bullocks' Horns. Well scrape with glass or steel scraper, afterwards with finest glass-cloth.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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