单词 | over-size |
释义 | over-sizev.1 rare. transitive. To coat the surface of (paper, cloth, etc.) with size, or with too much size (size n.2 2).In quot. 1604 figurative: to cover over with coagulated blood. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with coating or covering materials > work with coating or covering materials [verb (transitive)] > size over-size1604 size1633 society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with coating or covering materials > work with coating or covering materials [verb (transitive)] > size > excessively over-size1878 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 465 And thus ore-cised [1623 o're-sized] with coagulate gore. View more context for this quotation 1878 W. de W. Abney Treat. Photogr. (1881) 167 A great point is the selection of the paper. It will be found advantageous to use rather a porous kind, not over-sized. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.11604 |
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