| 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). <  | 
	
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