| 单词 | small stuff |
| 释义 | > as lemmassmall stuff small stuff n. items or materials that are the least in size, importance, or value of their class; spec.: †(a) small branches, twigs, and foliage (obsolete); (b) (Nautical) yarn and thin rope, esp. as used to bind larger ropes; †(c) (in the catering business) cutlery (obsolete).to sweat the small stuff: see sweat v. Additions. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [noun] > rope or cord > small windling1295 small stuff1867 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > rope collective or as material > specific types of rope ratline1358 marline1417 sinnet1611 caburn1626 knittle1627 housing1642 lashing1669 houseline1712 fox1769 sennit1769 hamber-line1793 seizing1804 grass line1828 stropping1850 lanyard1862 small stuff1867 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxvii. 505 But when the Dreame representeth vs the stone heawen without hand, which stryketh the Images yron feete and breaketh them apeeces: it is as much as if it had told vs, that the Kingdom of the Messias shall seeme to be of small stuffe, without stay and without force of man. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. lxxxiv. 132/1 The small stuffe that serue for no Pearles, they call Alioffar, and are sold by the ounce, and vsed by Potticaries and Phisitions. 1609 in Trans. Inst. Mining Engineers 1900–1 20 551 Oare, Groves, Lead, Brocks, Staggs, Small Stuffe, or any Mineral Causes. 1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) ii. sig. C5v No great and small stuff hudled together in the Foundation. 1750 S. Warner Hammond's Pract. Surveyor (ed. 3) vi. 61 Such an instrument is often wanted to cut away the small stuff in a hedge, in order to open a proper view to the station-staff. 1813 T. Rudge Gen. View Agric. Glouc. 246 In some coppices, the small stuff, called drift-wood, is sold..as high as 5s. the square perch. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 634 Small Stuff, the term for spun-yarn, marline, and the smallest kinds of rope, even for yarns. 1897 Daily News 18 June 5/2 The scarcity of spoons, forks, and knives,..called ‘small stuff’ in the catering business. 1954 J. J. Quill Bradford's Gloss. Sea Terms (new ed.) 146/2 To point a rope is to taper off the strands and cover with an elaborate protection of innumerable half hitches made of small stuff. 2001 Smithsonian May 76/2 The small stuff consisted of everything from potato peelers to Post-its. < as lemmas |
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