单词 | secret ink |
释义 | > as lemmassecret ink k. Of a door, chamber drawer, passage, or mechanical contrivance: Designed to escape observation or detection. secret ink: ‘invisible’ or ‘sympathetic’ ink.Hence secret springer, one who makes secret springs. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adjective] > hidden > designed to escape detection secreta1616 society > communication > writing > writing materials > ink > [noun] > invisible ink invisible ink1684 sympathetic ink1721 secret ink1852 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. v. 10 The English..Went through a secret Grate of Iron Barres, In yonder Tower, to ouer-peere the Citie. View more context for this quotation 1737 E. Hoppus Salmon's Country Builder's Estimator (ed. 2) 110 Secret Pad-Locks. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. xvi. 355 Pointing out to her a secret drawer. 1807 G. Crabbe Birth Flattery in Poems 193 But by a secret Spring, the Wall would move. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxvii. 613 Put away in what they call the secret drawers of the desk. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 667 Secret passages were made from dwelling to dwelling. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. xii. 286 As characters written with a secret ink come out with the application of fire. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Secret-springer, one who puts in watch-springs. 1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere III. vii. xlvi. 309 A young ‘secret springer’, to use the mysterious terms of the trade [sc. watch-making]. < as lemmas |
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