| 单词 | quarter cut |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquarter cut quarter cut adj. and n. (a) (of wood) cut into quarters along its length; = quarter-sawn adj.; (b) wood cut in this way. ΚΠ 1883 Marion (Ohio) Daily Star 26 Sept. When ‘quarter cut’ scarcely any wood exceeds it [sc. gum] in beauty. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 30 Mar. 3/1 The skin of..all kinds of racing eights, is known as ‘quarter cut’. 1906 Manitoba Morning Free Press 9 Mar. 10/4 (advt.) Twelve only Rockers, in selected golden quarter-cut oak. 1979 C. Ford Making Mus. Instruments i. 23 On a quarter-cut plank of sycamore the grain is always closest and the figure most pronounced near the outside of the tree. 1993 G. McCulloch Ingenious Shop Aids & Jigs 197/2 Rift, more commonly known as quarter-cut, is produced from a log that has been cut in quarters lengthwise. < as lemmas |
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