| 单词 | potter's lathe |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspotter's lathe c. A machine for ‘throwing’ and turning potteryware, the article being placed upon a revolving horizontal disc. (More explicitly potter's lathe.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > pottery manufacturing equipment > [noun] > potter's lathe potter's lathe1728 throwing wheel1746 throwing engine1747 lathe1773 jigger1825 jolley?1881 kick-wheel1893 1773 Encycl. Brit. III. 506/2 The wheel and lathe are the chief..instruments in pottery; the first for large works, and the last for small... The potter's lathe is also a kind of wheel, but more simple and slight than the former. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1012 In large potteries, the whole of the lathes, both for throwing and turning, are put in motion by a steam engine. potter's lathe potter's lathe n. a device or machine for throwing and turning pottery, consisting of a frame and a revolving horizontal disc on which the clay is placed; cf. potter's wheel n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > pottery manufacturing equipment > [noun] > potter's lathe potter's lathe1728 throwing wheel1746 throwing engine1747 lathe1773 jigger1825 jolley?1881 kick-wheel1893 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Pottery The Potter's Lathe, is also a kind of Wheel, but simpler and slighter. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1012 The English potter's lathe, for blocking out round ware. 1876 J. D. Dana Man. Mineral. (new ed.) 373 The dough, as it is called, is now ready for the potter's lathe, (or other means, by which it is mouldede into the various forms of china ware). 2003 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 9 Dec. 7 Each piece is turned on a potter's lathe to perfect its shape. < as lemmas |
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