单词 | sinkstone |
释义 | sinkstonen. 1. A stone basin or sink, with a pipe attached to allow water out. Also: a hollowed stone with an opening leading to a drain. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > [noun] > for fluid > sink sink1432 sinkstone1432 water sink1798 1432 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 23 (MED) Lego..Willelmo fratri meo unum lavacrum cum le synkestane. 1454 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 195 (MED) Lego Johanni Daunay..j lavacrum pendens cum le synkstone. 1577 in J. M. Bestall & D. V. Fowkes Chesterfield Wills & Inventories 1521-1603 (1977) 147 In the stable..one plowe beame..4 swyne..a syncke stonne..ladders. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Gravel It will be proper to have sink-stones laid by the sides of the walk,..to let off the wet. 1772 W. Chambers Diss. Oriental Gardening (1972) 62 Both in their roads and walks, they are very careful to contrive sink-stones, with proper drains and cess-pools for carrying off the waters, after violent rains. 1838 J. C. Loudon Suburban Gardener 74 There should be no sink stone (a stone pierced with holes to allow the water to run off, but without any cover), as it is by such stones that noisome smells most frequently escape from the drains. 1876 C. Slagg Sanitary Work in Smaller Towns 96 Sometimes the drain is carried through the scullery wall and terminated under the sinkstone. 1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 9 Jan. 103/2 Three empty milk cans were standing in the sinkstone, along with a well-filled chamber-pot and unwashed dinner things. Most incongruous collection! to say nothing of that same sinkstone having to serve as the family washstand and dressing table as well. 1961 M. W. Barley Eng. Farmhouse & Cottage i. ii. 36 Water ran over the hands into a standing bowl of iron, or into a ‘sinkstone’. Sinkstones or sinks are rarely mentioned in inventories after 1500 or so, not because they became more unusual but just the contrary. 2012 E. Elgin I'll bring you Buttercups 41 She glanced around the kitchen, easily the largest room in the house, at the brown sinkstone and shining brass taps. 2. A stone sinker for submerging a fishing line, net, or other object in water. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > weight > [noun] plumbc1450 plummet1577 leada1609 sinker1785 swan-shot1856 sinkstone1857 net sinker1865 net-weight1865 sink1865 bullet1867 block-shot1883 shotting1979 1857 W. R. Wilde Descriptive Catal. Antiq. Mus. Royal Irish Acad. 98 This beautifully shaped article..is extremely ponderous for its size. It is rather heavy for a plummet, and too carefully formed for a net-weight, but would have made a good sink-stone for a deep-sea fishing-line. 1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times iii. 76 Many of them were used as sinkstones for nets. 1946 Pan American Jan. 33/1 They descend naked, by a rope, with a forty pound sinkstone attached to it. To swim would rob them of much needed energy. 2004 Amer. Poetry Rev. 33 40/1 The diver descends naked, until exhausted, drawing up the sink-stone, then the oysters, only to plunge again into the onyx river. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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