| 单词 | riddle sieve |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriddle sieve C1. General attributive, as riddle-frame, riddle-maker, riddle sieve, etc. ΚΠ 1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow i. 60 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 284 A..riddill revar. 1679 in G. F. Dow Probate Rec. Essex County, Mass. (1920) III. 304 Riddle sive, 1s. 1747 Gentleman's Mag. July 311/2 The greatest part of the corn, which falls thro' this riddle sive, is at once clear from chaff and huzzes. 1818 J. Palmer Jrnl. Trav. U.S. 48 One wire weaving and riddle manufactory. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 332 That part of the sides that form[s] the riddle-frame lies horizontally. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Riddle-maker, a manufacturer of large coarse wire sieves. 1998 J. E. Davis Frontier Illinois ix. 181 Tradesmen were in demand—especially tinners, wire-workers, brickmakers.., riddle makers, millwrights, and stone masons. < as lemmas |
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