单词 | porcupine tooth |
释义 | > as lemmasporcupine tooth porcupine tooth n. now rare each of a number of small spikes mounted on a roller, as in machines for carding wool (cf. porcupine roller n.); usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing wool > [noun] > combing > comb > parts of leaf1688 stock1835 porcupine tooth1845 1845 S. C. Lister Specif. Patent 11,004 2 Card, or what are known in the trade as ‘porcupine teeth’ are caused to operate upon wool to comb the same. 1853 A. Ure Dict. Arts (ed. 4) II. 985 A is the main or sheeting drum or cylinder, which is studded with rows of comb or ‘porcupine’ teeth. 1913 2nd Rep. Factory Investigating Comm. (N.Y. State.) I. 184 Index finger..was caught in the porcupine roller. Flesh on finger torn away by porcupine teeth. < as lemmas |
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