单词 | grey paper |
释义 | > as lemmasgrey paper grey paper n. strong unbleached paper of a greyish or brownish colour, used chiefly for wrapping; (also) greyish or grey-tinted paper used as an artist's material; cf. brown paper n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [noun] > shade or strength of papers grey paper1538 brown paper1542 blue paper1594 rope brown1891 Kraft1907 Manila1926 rope wrapping1937 1538–9 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 147 xvjd. for di' reme of whight paper. iiijd. for di' a bundell of grey paper. 1549 J. Bale in J. Leland Laboryouse Journey Pref. sig. B iv Thys stuffe [sc. the contentes of two noble lybraryes] hath he occupyed in the stede of graye paper. 1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will sig. B4 An other that ranne in det..aboue foureteene thousand pound in lute strings and gray paper. 1684 tr. S. Du Clos Observ. Mineral Waters France 37 Salt or Lead dissolv'd in Common Water, and filtrated thro Grey Paper. a1691 W. Faithorne Art Graveing (1702) 71 Monsieur Perrier,..one of the best Painters of the Times, shew'd publickly on gray Paper. 1744 Trans. Inverness Sci. Soc. 1 234 4 sheets gray paper , 2 spots pins. 1773 Oxf. Mag. Apr. 143/1 The mineral acids, at first, coagulate the bile, but afterwards render it sufficiently fluid to pass through grey paper. 1828 S. Palmer Let. Sept. in G. Grigson S. Palmer v. 71 I fancy myself working intensely hard for a week on grey paper; the quickest way of copying statues. 1866 R. Redgrave & S. Redgrave Cent. Painters Eng. School I. viii. 227 The groups were..spiritedly drawn from Nature,..in black and white chalk on grey paper. 1900 H. G. Wells Love & Mr. Lewisham xxii. 189 There were parcels and cones in blue and parcels in rough grey paper. 2003 V. C. Foley I think I hear Sleigh Bells xiii. 197 A small box, beautifully wrapped in gray paper with a navy blue bow. < as lemmas |
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