单词 | snipe-bill |
释义 | snipe-billn. 1. A kind of narrow moulding-plane with a sharp arris, for forming or cutting quirks. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > plane > [noun] > moulding-plane moulding plane1649 ogee1678 snipe-bill1678 router1833 snipe1873 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iv. 70 Plains in use among Joyners, called Molding-plains; as, the Round,..the Snipes-Bill. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Plane Moulding-Planes,..as the Round Plane, the Hollow, the OG, the Snipe's Bill, &c. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1033 Snipe's Bill Plane, one with a sharp arris for getting out the quirks of mouldings. 1873 Iron 1 Feb. 78/2 Planes... Snipe bills, per pair, 5/. 2. Conchology. The snipe-shell or snipe's head. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Muricidae > specific species of Murex snipe-bill1713 snipe's-head1842 thorny woodcock1842 Venus comb1842 sea-purple1855 snipe-shell1889 1713 J. Petiver Aquatilium Animalium Amboinæ iv Haustellum,..Snipes-bill. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > ship's pumps > devices for working ship's pumps pump-brake1590 brake1626 snipe-bill1750 vangee1846 1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor 154 Snipe Bills are a Sort of Hooks used for fastening the Axle-trees of the Chain Pumps to the Bitts. 4. U.S. (See quots. Also written snibel.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > parts of > connection of body and axle snipe-bill1860 1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. Snipe-bill, the bolt which connects the body of a cart with the axle. (Local, U.S.) 1902 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. Snipe-bill, a hinge beneath the body of a dumping cart, consisting of two interlinked eyebolts. 5. attributive. Resembling the bill of the snipe. ΚΠ 1795 ‘P. Pindar’ Pindariana 177 Her nose of snipe-bill race, Which took a deal of snuff. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1678 |
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