| 单词 | bird's eye maple |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbird's eye maple c. Of wood, esp. that of the sugar maple, Acer saccharum: having a decorative pattern of small roundish markings; esp. in bird's eye maple. Also: designating this pattern; made from such wood. Cf. sense B. 5. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > maple > types of peacock's tail1664 sugar maple1731 curled maple1778 bird's eye maple1793 soft maple1806 Queensland maple1915 tiger maple1961 1793 E. P. Simcoe Diary 26 Apr. (1965) 94 Capt. Shaw has given me a tea Chest in bird's eye Maple. 1803 Derby Mercury 3 Nov. (advt.) Black-birch Timber, fit for Cabinet Makers... Bird-eye Maple, ditto. 1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. iii. 37 Her business was duly announced in gold letters..enclosed in a bird's-eye maple frame. 1876 Harper's Weekly 15 Jan. 51/1 The grain of bird's-eye walnut frequently forms curious outlines. 1888 R. B. Hough Amer. Woods I. 50 The ‘Blister’, ‘Bird's-eye’ or ‘Pin’ and ‘Curley’ figures much more frequently occur for some unknown reason in the Maples. 1911 Packages Feb. 76/3 There has been a most gratifying demand for birds-eye veneer. 1937 Amer. Home Nov. 62/2 (caption) Above is the sunroom with it's [sic] birds-eye cypress paneling. 2009 H. Riley in Sins of Father xxvi. 143 Awesome marquetry flooring was crafted in a giant circular Aztec design, in birds-eye-maple, cherry, and rich walnut. < as lemmas |
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