单词 | razing-knife |
释义 | > as lemmasrazing-knife razing-knife n. Nautical, now historical a knife used for marking timber, lead, etc., on board ship. ΚΠ 1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum 123 Rasing, the act of marking by a mould on a piece of timber; or any marks made by a tool called a rasing-knife. 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 246 Rasing, making with a knife the form of a mould on a piece of timber; or making any mark with a rasing knife, which is a particular kind of knife hooked at its point. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 561 The rasing-knife..has a peculiar blade hooked at its point, as well as a centre-pin to describe circles. 2001 T. J. Kent Ft. Pontchartrain at Detroit II. 847 It is highly likely that some fur trade outfitters employed a raising knife to mark outgoing wooden crates, boxes, and kegs. < as lemmas |
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