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单词 pot lead
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pot leadn.

Brit. /ˈpɒt lɛd/, U.S. /ˈpɑt ˌlɛd/
Forms: see pot n.1 and lead n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pot n.1, lead n.1
Etymology: < pot n.1 + lead n.1 In sense 2 probably after Dutch potlood; compare German Pottloth (1821 or earlier; < Dutch), French potelot potelot n.
1. Probably: lead used for the manufacture of pots or other objects. Cf. pot metal n. 1a. rare.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > lead > types of
pot lead1584
plumbagine1656
slag lead1668
work lead1800
Clichy1840
1584 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) III. 369/2 To transport leid vre and sell it for pott leid.
1995 Daily Herald (Chicago) 2 Aug. iii. 3/5 We think it [sc. a figurine] is pot lead coated in bronze.
2. Graphite, esp. as used for coating the hulls of racing yachts to reduce friction with the water. Cf. black lead n. Now rare.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > native elements and alloys > [noun] > native carbon
black lead?a1560
wad1614
killow1666
wad-lead1780
plumbago1784
graphite1796
plumbagine1800
kish1812
lead1816
pot lead1876
cliftonite1887
shungite1892
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > [noun] > graphite
black lead?a1560
wad1614
killow1666
wad-lead1780
plumbago1784
graphite1796
plumbagine1800
lead1816
pot lead1876
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships > cleaning and recoating bottom > covering bottom with tar > material
ploc1769
pot lead1876
1876 [implied in: A. C. Cowperthwaite Insanity in its Medico-legal Relations 292 The usual time required for each inunction is about twenty minutes, the skin looking on its completion as though it had been pot-leaded. (at pot-lead v.)].
1886 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 29 June Commodore Canfield has decided to let the Priscilla enter the race without an extra coat of pot lead.
1894 Outing 24 194/1 Using very fine sandpaper and pot lead till my boat's bottom was beautifully burnished.
1910 Lincoln (Nebraska) Evening News 22 Aug. b7/2 Beyond some potlead on the face and hands it means only bailing the boat out and the crews are sailing again within half an hour.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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