| 单词 | poking-stick |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoking-stick poking-stick n. now historical a rod for stiffening the pleats of a ruff (originally made of wood or bone, later of steel so as to be applied hot). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > pressing or ironing > ironing or pressing implements pressing iron1343 cold press1552 setting-stick?1578 putter1583 putting stick1583 poking-stick1592 pooter1596 poting stick1600 poker1604 goose1606 poking-iron?1606 iron1613 smoothing-iron1627 steel1638 box iron1640 smoothing-boxa1684 press iron1695 ironing board1721 sad iron1759 ironing blanket1774 ironing table1778 flat-iron1810 sleeve-board1826 ironer1833 Italian iron1833 press-board1849 ironing machine1851 goffering-iron1861 skirt-board1861 goffer1865 trouser press1880 ironing board cover1886 trouser presser1888 electric iron1890 press cloth1918 press-pad1924 tie press1926 steam-iron1951 pressing board1969 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. D4 Wise was that sin-washing Poet that made the Ballet of Blue starch and poaking stickes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 227 Pins, and poaking-stickes of steele. View more context for this quotation 1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry IV. xlvii. 65/2 The ruff was adjusted or trimmed by what they called a poking-stick, made of iron, which was gently heated. 1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace xxiii. 287 When the use of starch and poking-sticks had rendered the arrangement of a ruff easy, the size began rapidly to increase. 1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 154 Poking sticks were the forerunners of goffering irons, stacks and machines, and were as essential tools for ruffles as was the starch itself. < as lemmas |
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