单词 | rose engine lathe |
释义 | > as lemmasrose engine lathe A lathe for cutting curved or intricate patterns having a headstock or spindle housing whose motion is controlled by a patterned disc or rosette (rosette n. 4a). Also rose engine lathe. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > lathe > [noun] > specific attachment rose engine1730 rose lathe1842 1730 E. Wright Some Observ. France, Italy, &c. II. 435 Father Giovanni Girolamo paints in Oil, and Water; turns with the Rose-Engine, &c. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1161 Coloured transparent glass is applied as enamel in silver and gold bijouterie, previously bright-cut in the metal with the graver or the rose-engine. 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 549/1 A straight-line chuck is used in a rose-engine when the patterns are to be made to follow a straight instead of a circular direction. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 7 Jan. 5/2 The engine-turner who used the wonderful ‘rose engine’ to engrave the background. 1990 Jrnl. Writing Equipm. Soc. No. 28. 12 A further refinement of the process was the fine engraving by hand and by Bryan Donkin's ‘rose engine’ lathe. 2006 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) (Nexis) 4 May (Suppl.) 8 The pattern is engraved by hand using a traditional rose engine. < as lemmas |
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