| 单词 | plaster mill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplaster mill plaster mill n. a mill for grinding gypsum or lime to powder to make plaster; a mortar-mill. ΚΠ 1791 R. E. Raspe tr. I. Born Amalgamation Gold & Silver Ores 69 The ores, when pulverized in mills like our plaister mills,..are spread upon bullocks hides. 1846 E. Emmons Agric. N.Y. I. 280 The material will be as useful, applied to land, as the plaster itself; besides, it is not necessary that it should be transported to a plaster mill, as it..becomes in a few years sufficiently fine for use. 1956 W. R. Bird Off-trail in Nova Scotia x. 302 We..were told that the plaster mill had been quite an institution in its day. 2003 News Herald (Port Clinton, Ohio) (Nexis) 6 Nov. 1 a U.S. Gypsum also operates a paper mill, plaster mill, joint tape plant and a joint treatment department at its 681-acre Lake Street property. < as lemmas |
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