单词 | pewtery |
释义 | † pewteryn. Obsolete. A room in which pewter articles are kept, or a factory in which pewter articles are made. Also: pewter articles collectively, pewterware. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > other tableware or items for table pewter1426 warnera1552 nef1567 pewtery1645 hollow-ware1682 equipage1683 flatware1686 napkin ring1686 pewterware1738 egg cup1773 dish-rim1774 butter cooler1784 dish-cross1785 argyll1789 toast-rack1801 centrepiece1836 table centrepiece1850 silverware1862 doily1864 table centre1865 potato ring1888 egg-cosy1894 sandwich flag1907 cheese board1916 Lazy Susan1917 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > metal vessel > pewter vessels collectively pewter1426 pewtery1645 sadware1683 pewterware1738 the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > place for keeping tableware sculleryc1440 eweryc1460 silver scullery1686 butler's pantry1721 pewtery1864 plate room1931 1645 Inventory of Kimbolton in D. Montagu Court & Society Elizabeth to Anne (1864) I. xxii. 374 Pewtery. 1785 in S. W. Bruchey Robert Oliver (1956) 39 Cutlery; Ironmongery; Braziery; Pewtery; Japan'd and Leather Ware. 1788 Eng. Described 223 The brazery, pewtery, brass-foundry, iron-foundry and iron-forgery businesses [of Wigan], find employment for a great number of hands. 1864 W. D. Montagu Court & Society Elizabeth to Anne I. 373 Seven dozen of trenchers in the pantry, and the pewter chargers and dishes in the Pewtery. 1864 W. D. Montagu Court & Society Elizabeth to Anne I. 368 There is an array of pewtery which suggests an idea of a spectacle next in brilliancy to a silversmith's. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018). pewteryadj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of pewter; resembling pewter, esp. in colour; dull grey. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > other greys pewtery1776 elephant1875 desert-grey1901 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [adjective] > pewter pewter1383 pewtery1776 Tudric1902 1776 A. Sparrman tr. N. R. von Rosenstein Dis. Children & Remedies 123 (note) The wounds were alike in all, the crusts on them acquiring a dark pewtery colour on the seventh day. 1854 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Pewtery, belonging to pewter; as, a pewtery taste. 1896 J. W. Riley Child-world 17 The clang of kettle..and everything That jingles in a busy kitchen..drifts In sweetest tinny, coppery, pewtery tone. 1955 O. Manning Doves of Venus i. vi. 62 In the open there was still a bleak, pewtery daylight. 1997 New Yorker 17 Feb. 79/2 The afternoon light up here by the farmhouse is pewtery and cold. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1645adj.1776 |
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