| 单词 | battle-twig |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbattle-twig battle-twig n. [corruption of beetle-wig; compare beetle n.2, earwig n.] dialect an earwig; see also quot. 1942. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > netting > pin or needle netting-needle1632 net-pina1652 netting-pin1808 spool1837 battle-twig1942 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Battle-twig, an earwig. Derb. 1885 Ld. Tennyson Tiresias, etc. 111 'Twur as bad as a battle-twig 'ere i' my oän blue chaumber to me. 1929 D. H. Lawrence Pansies 144 There isn't a damn thing in 'em..they haven't the spunk of a battle-twig. 1942 Archit. Rev. 92 154/2 He has needles of several sizes and of two different types: the small ‘battletwig’ (i.e. earwig) needle for tiny work, the regular netting needle for string and rope nets. < as lemmas |
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