单词 | pot lead |
释义 | pot leadn. 1. Probably: lead used for the manufacture of pots or other objects. Cf. pot metal n. 1a. rare. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1584 |
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