单词 | plate silver |
释义 | > as lemmasplate silver plate silver n. now rare silver plate. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [noun] > coating with silver > silver leaf or plate silver-foil1439 silver plate1526 leaf silvera1577 plate silver1648 silver-leaf1728 1648 King Charles I Five Severall Papers 2 Coach-man, with new suites laid with broad plate silver lace, two in a Seame. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters ii. 20 [It] sticks to the surface of plate silver and tarnishes it. 1862 Sci. Amer. 19 July 41/3 A silver scabbard is made by hammering rolled plate silver upon an iron mandrel of the proper form, and thus the plain sheath is produced. 1938 R. T. Ely Ground under our Feet i. 17 Since our means were limited my mother bought some plate silver. Father was greatly troubled because he felt that plate silver was ostentatious. < as lemmas |
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