| 单词 | quarter grain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquarter grain quarter grain n. the grain shown in a piece of quarter-sawn timber where the growth rings appear as parallel lines and the medullary rays are visible on the face. ΚΠ 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 187 The Quarter-grain..is that Grain which is seen to run in straight Lines towards the Pitch. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 612 Clear them [sc. laths] into thicknesses by the quarter grain. 1904 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 17 Sept. 4/5 Of 245 kinds of wood treated upon, 186 photo-micrographs of sections across the grain, flat and face or quarter-grain are submitted. 1997 D. O'Donoghue Hamlyn Bk. Woodworking xii. 198/3 Modern quarter sawing: less labour intensive and wasteful. Most planks have some quarter grain. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。