| 单词 | kevel-mell |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskevel-mell A kind of hammer for rough-hewing or breaking stone (see quot. 1793); also kevel-hammer, kevel-mell. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun] > hammer > hammer for use on stone pick1357 kevel-mell1360 stone-hammer1411 knapper1787 walling hammer1841 marteline1875 bush-hammer1885 1360 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 2 Pro factura ix. wegges et novo kevell et j melle ferri. 1367 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 571 Pro..pikkis, hakkis, et kevellis faciend. 1404 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 397 In custodia Sementarii..1 kevyll. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §108 A tool called a Kevel, which is at one end a hammer, and at the other an axe, whose edge is so short or narrow that it approaches towards the shape of a pick. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Kavel-mell, a sledge hammer, a hammer of a large size used for breaking stones. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1008 at Nidged Ashlar It is brought to the square by means of a cavil or hammer with a sharp point. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Kevel, kyevel, a stone-hammer, the common gavel. Kyevel-hammer, a heavy hammer used by stone-breakers to break up the large blocks of road metal. < as lemmas |
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