| 单词 | baken clay |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbaken clay 2. Of bricks, tiles, etc.: dried and hardened by exposure to heat, esp. in a kiln; fired. In later use chiefly in baken clay. Now rare.See also well-baken adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > [adjective] annealeda1382 burnt1387 bakena1425 baked1545 pot-baked1545 nealed1576 sunburnt1634 hard-burnt?a1656 sunbakedc1660 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. xvi. 7 The wallis of bakun [E.V. a1382 Douce 369(1) anelid] tijl stoon. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 709 Wallis..of harde tilis wel I-bake. 1544 T. Phaer Regim. Lyfe (1560) I iij b Baken or dryed as clay is in the fourneis. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 36 Ane of the tabilis vas of baikyn stane, and the tothir..of onbaykyn stane. 1793 Bee 13 Mar. 65 To pound that baken clay till it shall be reduced to a fine powder. 1863 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 3 Oct. 5/1 The urn..was a perfectly plain one of baken clay. 1930 Evening Sentinel (Staffs.) 19 May 12/3 Vessels built of baken clay, In a far-forgotten day, When the Incas ruled the land. < as lemmas |
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