| 单词 | jews' houses |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJews' houses Jews' houses n. English regional (Cornwall) (now historical and rare) (a name for) the remains of ancient tin-smelting furnaces in Cornwall; cf. Jews' tin n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > furnaces for melting or refining metals > for roasting or calcining ores > for tin ore Jews' houses1814 burning-house1849 1814 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 26 Feb. Jew's houses, which bear indubitable marks of their once being appropriated to the purpose of smelting Tin. 1905 Trans. Soc. Engineers 1904 191 It was supposed that, when the Phœnicians came to Cornwall for tin, the Jews had the conduct of all the negotiations... From time to time remains of furnaces called ‘Jew's houses’ have been discovered. 2004 Times 10 Apr. (Weekend Review section) 6/4 For centuries the smelting houses of the tinners were known as ‘Jew's houses’. < as lemmas |
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