单词 | pumice-stone |
释义 | pumice-stonev. transitive. = pumice v. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (transitive)] > filing, polishing, or smoothing tool planea1398 pumicea1425 roll?1523 plain1535 pounce1580 file1616 smooth-file1683 plane1726 sandpaper1846 pumice-stone1851 paper1875 lap1881 sand1928 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > polish [verb (transitive)] > with specific preparation pumicea1425 blacklead1829 heel-ball1832 beeswax1836 pumice-stone1851 ronuka1913 Simonize1917 emery- 1851 Orders & Regulations Royal Engineers (rev. ed.) xix. 88 Putting up Lining Paper,..pumice-stoning,..and sizing. 1887 Athenæum 24 Dec. 867/1 The parchment..of a still more ancient MS. pumice-stoned to an even surface. 1911 C. E. Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe viii. 225 The whole was trimmed with a beading of yellow pine, and rubbed, and pumice-stoned, and oiled. 1965 Times 15 Feb. 13/5 If women treated their feet the way they treat their hands—trimmed their toenails and pumice-stoned their heels—stockings would last much longer. 2003 Independent (Nexis) 13 Apr. 17 At times it is a good life, with..every hour in my Book a blank page, vellum pumice-stoned to chalky lustres which my inks suffuse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1851 |
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