| 单词 | mustard-bowl |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmustard-bowl mustard-bowl n. now historical a wooden bowl in which mustard seeds are pounded, used proverbially with reference to its use as an instrument for producing stage thunder. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > cup, bowl, or basin > other types of cup, bowl, or basin custard cup1670 mustard-bowl1674 rice bowl1828 tou1899 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > machinery for effects > for thunder mustard-bowl1674 thunder-trunk1767 thunder-drum1807 thundering-machine1826 bronteon1849 crash1891 thunder-sheet1913 thunder run1944 1674 T. Duffett Empress of Morocco Epilogue 30 Thunder and lightning is dicover'd, not behind Painted Tiffany..but openly, by..way of Mustard bowl, and Salt-Peter. 1709 Tatler No. 42. 13 A Mustard-Bowl to make Thunder with. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 206 'Tis yours to shake the soul With Thunder rumbling from the mustard-bowl. 1976–7 18th-cent. Stud. 10 219 Gaudy hangings are waved about and jerked down, mustard-bowl thunder is heard. < as lemmas |
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