单词 | hard-burnt |
释义 | hard-burntadj. Made hard by burning or firing; (of clay, earthenware, etc.) that has received sufficient firing to produce vitrification; fired at a high temperature so as to increase hardness. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > [adjective] annealeda1382 burnt1387 bakena1425 baked1545 pot-baked1545 nealed1576 sunburnt1634 hard-burnt?a1656 sunbakedc1660 ?a1656 J. Poole Eng. Parnassus (1657) 47 Brick,..Babylonian, Aegyptian,..hard-burnt. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders sig. d4v The Inhabitants..conceive that leaves of Trees do thatch their Domiciliums with less danger to their naked parts, then if covered with Dutch Pan, or English-hard-burnt Tiles. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 143 I had..two other Earthen Pots, as hard burnt as cou'd be desir'd. 1786 R. Gough Sepulchral Monuments Great Brit. I. p. x This urn was thirteen inches high, diameter eleven inches, of hard burnt earth. 1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 214 Walls of hard-burnt brick. 1898 J. A. L. Waddell De Pontibus xxii. 309 Piers built exclusively of hard-burned clinker brick and mortar of the very best quality of Portland cement. 1921 Museum Jrnl. (Univ. Pennsylvania) Sept. 146 The tangas were..hard burned, highly polished. 1955 J. L. Manson Exper. Building Sci. (ed. 2) xvi. 203 If the heating of the gypsum is carried further..an anhydrous calcium sulphate..is formed... The anhydrous calcium sulphate is known as a ‘hard-burnt plaster’. In this form the plaster is very slow setting but attains greater hardness. 2010 Mercury (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 16 June 3 The hard burnt clay pavers..offer a rich combination of earthy shades, achieved by the intense firing cycles used in the production process. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1656 |
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