| 单词 | presscake |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspresscake presscake n. †(a) a compacted cake of material formed during the manufacture of gunpowder; = mill-cake n. (a) at mill n.1 Compounds 2; (obsolete); (b) a compacted cake made from seed or beans during the process of extracting oil from them; material in this form. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > explosive for use with firearms > in specific form or state corn-powder1562 train1587 meal-powder1782 green charge1825 gunpowder cake1839 mill-cake1839 presscake1839 pellet powder1868 prismatic powder1869 pebble powder1870 pebble1872 prismatic1894 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 629 The..mill-cake powder is laid on the bed or follower of the press,..so that when the operation is over, it comes out in large thin solid cakes, or strata, distinguished by the term press-cake. 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 43 Two pieces of lignum vitæ..are placed on the broken press-cakes in each sieve. 1934 C. C. Steele Introd. Plant Biochem. ii. v. 39 If the ground seeds are pressed at ordinary temperatures, cold-drawn oil..is obtained; the press-cake is then heated at steam-heat and passed into the presses again, giving hot-drawn oil. 1994 Independent on Sunday 27 Mar. (Review Suppl.) 55/2 Tempeh is a fermented presscake usually made from soya beans. < as lemmas |
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