单词 | lime-wood |
释义 | > as lemmaslime-wood lime-wood n. ΚΠ 1731 Lunenburg (Mass.) Proprietors' Rec. (1897) 209 It begins at a red oak and runs east..to a Limewood. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Miller's Daughter xxii, in Poems (new ed.) 45 When in the breezy limewood-shade, I found the blue forget-me-not. 1885 F. Miller Wood-carving iv. 27 Lime-wood was almost exclusively used by Gibbons in his drops and festoons of fruit. 1932 O. Evan-Thomas Domestic Utensils of Wood 118 Chrism spoon, limewood, entirely carved with sacred objects. 1965 J. Aronson Encycl. Furnit. (1966) 285/1 Limewood, light-colored, close-grained wood that cuts as well across as with the grain, rendering it excellent for carving. < as lemmas |
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