单词 | repumicate |
释义 | † repumicatev. Obsolete. transitive. To make smooth by rubbing, spec. with a pumice stone. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > make smooth [verb (transitive)] > by rubbing streak1567 lime1609 repumicate1623 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Repumicate, to plaine a thing. 1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον 11 She that wanteth a sleekestone to repumicate her linnen, will take a pibble. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia (following Cooper) Repumicate, to raze with a Pumice, to make slick or smooth. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Repumicate, to rub with a pumice stone, to smooth. Derivatives repumication n. [after classical Latin repūmicātiōn-, repūmicātiō removal of unevenness by rubbing or scraping (Pliny)] ΚΠ 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. at Smoothnes Repumication. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Repumication,..a slicking, or raizing with a pumice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < |
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