单词 | in the white |
释义 | > as lemmasin the white P7. in the white: denoting cloth in an undyed state; hence of other manufactured articles in an unfinished state. Cf. quot. 1846 at sense A. 2a. ΚΠ 1808 J. Rogerson Diary 16 Nov. in W. B. Crump Leeds Woollen Industry 1780–1820 (1931) 89 A great call for Cloth of a very thin nature called pellin Cloth they are made in the White. 1811 J. Taylor Remarks Present State Devon in T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (new ed.) p. xxv The articles..are merely manufactured here, and sent in the white to London, where they are dyed. 1876 F. S. Williams Midland Railway 636 Furniture, made in London, but unfinished,—‘in the white’ it is called. 1965 Wireless World July 9 (advt.) This range includes..ready-assembled cabinets in the white for finish to own requirements. 1971 Country Life 10 June 1416/2 James Giles..bought consignments of Worcester porcelain in the white for decorating to commission. 2005 Econ. Hist. Rev. 58 706 The edict was followed by a second measure of 19 January 1770, extending the import ban to cloth in the white. < as lemmas |
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