| 单词 | block maker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblock maker C3. With verbal nouns and agent nouns, forming compounds in which block expresses the object of the underlying verb, as in block maker, block making, etc.See also block-cutter n., block-river n., blocklayer n., block laying n. Π 1613 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1875) 10 222 The compt of the haill furnishing to the bark deburset in Orknay... Item to Wa Guid, blok makir, for thrie dussoun of grit and small blokis. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §122 (note) An ingenious blockmaker at Plymouth. 1883 Stonemason Jan. It is then trimmed (or scalped) into shape by men called ‘block-choppers’, who adroitly wield heavy axes. 1979 Nature 20 Dec. 765/1 It requires the endless attention to detail of typesetters, printers and blockmakers. 2001 Agenda No. 48 49/2 One group..have been able to change..to the much more profitable activity of block-making and running a block-yard. < as lemmas |
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