| 单词 | saw-log |
| 释义 | > as lemmassaw-log saw-log n. (see quot. 1971). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > undressed trunk or log stockc1000 log1398 round log1768 saw-log1799 1799 D. W. Smyth Short Topogr. Descr. Upper Canada 32 The saw logs are conveyed to this mill in a very remarkable manner. 1831 T. Buttrick Trav. 57 There were also many rafts of boards and shingles timber and saw logs. 1842 C. M. Kirkland Forest Life II. xxxix. 137 We had made perhaps half the distance, when we met a prodigious ‘saw-log’—that is, the huge trunk of a tree, drawn by oxen, on its way to the mill. 1866 Rep. Indian Affairs 83 Hauling saw-logs to the saw-mill. 1885 Rep. Indian Affairs 199 Other Indians had cut and hauled a large number of saw-logs. 1908 S. E. White Riverman iv. 40 A good riverman understands the correlation of forces represented by saw logs and water-pressure. 1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 1 July 6/6 The timber returns for the month of May..show that the total scale of sawlogs for the Province amounted to 94,771,871 ft. [etc.]. 1971 Timber Trades Jrnl. 14 Aug. 38/1 It is estimated that quantities from British forests should increase significantly in the next decade and with the improving quality of sawlogs home producers can look forward to obtaining an increasing share of consumption of sawnwood. < as lemmas |
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