| 单词 | skimming-iron |
| 释义 | > as lemmasskimming-iron C1. attributive, as skimming-gate, skimming-iron, skimming-ladle, etc. ΚΠ 1639 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. ix. 8 One Skiminge spoone with holes in it. 1801 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 375 They use a kind of skimming plough..having a flat share, somewhat like a mason's trowel, with two long wings projecting backwards. 1813 H. Ellis Brand's Observ. Pop. Antiq. (rev. ed.) II. 111 Mr. Douce derives it from the Skimming-Ladle. 1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 14/2 When the curd is properly formed, it is cut horizontally in thin slices by the same skimming~ladle. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 578 A scum on the surface, which is removed with skimming irons. 1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 344 The pot is now lifted out..and carried to the skimming-place. 1884 W. H. Greenwood Steel & Iron 201 The recess..for the skimming of the metal is known as the skimming gate. < as lemmas |
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