| 单词 | a shoemaker's end |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa shoemaker's end c. a shoemaker's end: a length of thread armed or pointed with a bristle; = wax-end n. at wax n.1 Compounds 2. to pack up one's ends and awls (Scottish): i.e. all one's effects. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > materials > thread lingelc1440 a shoemaker's end1598 taching end1611 rosin-enda1826 wax-end1825 waxed-end1914 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes at Lesina A shooe-makers ende or awle. 1656 H. More Antidote Atheism (1712) ii. xi. 74 Two strings like two shoe-makers ends come from the hinder parts of the male. 1708 J. Swift Elegy on Mr Patrige (single sheet) Ariadne kindly Lends Her Braided Hair to make thee Ends. 1737 W. Meston Old Mother Grim's Tales v. 23 Laden with Tackel of his Stall, Last, Ends and Hammer, Strap and Awl. 1798 J. Wolcot Tales of Hoy in Wks. (1812) IV. 389 Crispin too forgets his End and Awl. 1823 J. Galt Ringan Gilhaize I. xxv. 271 They arrived at Edinburgh, and constrained the Queen Regent..to pack up her ends and awls. < as lemmas |
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