单词 | linen manufacture |
释义 | > as lemmaslinen manufacture c. A particular branch or form of productive industry. Often with prefixed noun, as linen manufacture, woollen manufacture, worsted manufacture. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > [noun] industry?1566 manufacture1638 manufact1647 manufactory1832 1638 in J. C. Tingey Rec. City of Norwich (1910) II. 263 The stuffes made or mixed by them with wooll being a great manufacture of this kingdom. 1643 Ordinance Lords & Commons in H. Parker Of Free Trade (1648) The better maintenance of the Trade of Clothing, and the Woollen Manufacture of the Kingdom. 1670 Sir S. Crowe in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 15 If that manifacture [of hangings] had beene under my charge. 1683 J. Poyntz (title) The Present Prospect of the famous and fertile Island of Tobago. With a Description of the Situation, Growth, Fertility and Manufacture of the said Island. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. iv. viii. 276 By means of trade and manufactures, a greater quantity of subsistence can be annually imported. View more context for this quotation 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 490 The late [Portuguese] minister of state,..found it impracticable to raise a glass manufacture into consequence. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 33 The capitalist has merely to state..the nature of his manufacture,..when he will be furnished with..estimates. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 555/2 The connection between employers and employed, buyers and sellers, in the woollen and worsted manufactures. 1882 L. P. Brockett Our Country's Wealth & Influence 162/1 Mr Slater, the father of American cotton manufactures. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 17 July 6/3 The neighbourhood..from being the cradle of the Portland Cement industry, has now become the chief seat of the manufacture. 1922 J. J. Sudborough Bernthsen's Text-bk. Org. Chem. (new ed.) i. 42 Cymogene is compressed and liquefied, and can be used for ice manufacture. 1987 Holiday Which? Sept. 177/2 You can follow the process of woollen manufacture from beginning to end. < as lemmas |
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