| 单词 | house sand |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse sand house sand n. now historical a type of fine white sand used for household purposes, as scouring, blotting ink, etc. ΚΠ 1742 H. Baker Microscope made Easy ii. x. 41 A grain of coarse Sea-Sand..which is equal in Bigness to several Grains of our common Inland House-Sand, or Writing-Sand. 1850 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. III. 1091 Sand Paper is made with the common house sand, and only of one degree of coarseness, but in other respects exactly like glass paper. 1869 Mrs. Putnam's Receipt Bk. (new ed.) 291 For cleaning tin. Take fine house sand and soft soap; a good piece of cotton flannel; [etc.]. 1989 R. Samuel in R. C. Burgess Field Res. (new ed.) v. xix. 216 The copper stick or the dolly mop cease to be inanimate objects if one listens to the men or women who used them,..the stained black knives are cleaned with Bath Brick or house sand. < as lemmas |
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