| 单词 | setting-board |
| 释义 | > as lemmassetting-board setting-board n. (a) a board used by glaziers in lead-work (see quot. 1825); (b) a board of wood or cork, usually grooved, for setting insect specimens. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > glass-making equipment > [noun] > other equipment ladle1483 frache1662 paddle1662 strocals1662 basin1728 setting-board1825 cuvette1832 sabre1832 fly-frame1835 chair1845 snapdragon1869 sand-blast1871 parallelometer1887 chevalet1890 harbour1891 hearth1898 frigger1923 drawbar1926 the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > insects > equipment material spreading board1821 setting-board1825 spreader1910 Polyporus1940 electroantennography1973 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 638 The setting-board is that in which the ridge of the light is marked and divided into squares, struck out with a chalk line, or drawn with a lath, which serves to guide the workmen. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. l. 534 The English plan, except in the case of some large-bodied moths or hawk-moths, requires no groove in the setting-board. 1894 W. Furneaux Butterflies & Moths ix. 122 The most important requirement is the setting boards, of which several are necessary. 1976 V. Nabokov Details of Sunset 158 He would first pin the carefully killed insect in the cork-bottomed groove of the setting board. < as lemmas |
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