| 单词 | snuffer -box |
| 释义 | > as lemmassnuffer(s)-box attributive and in other combinations (in sense 1), as snuffer(s)-box, snuffer(s)-dish, snuffer(s)-handle, snuffer(s)-pan, snuffer(s)-stand, snuffer(s)-tray; snuffers-maker. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > support or holder for a candle > [noun] > dish for holding candles snuff-dish1560 snuffer(s)-dish1677 snuffer(s)-tray1830 1677 London Gaz. No. 1260/4 Two large silver Candlesticks, and Snuffer Pan. 1686 London Gaz. No. 2203/4 A Silver Snuffer~dish and Snuffers chain'd. 1773 London Chron. 7 Sept. 248/3 The following articles were assayed and marked;..bottle stands, snuffer pans [etc.]. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. ii. i. 90 He took his cigar out of his mouth..trimming it on the edge of the snuffer-tray. 1843 Ainsworth's Mag. 3 180 Spectacle cases and snuffer-stands. 1844 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 7 130 Moulded per gross, like..snuffer-dishes, inkstands, metal buttons, and brads! 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Snuffers'-maker, a manufacturer of metal snuffers. 1898 G. B. Shaw Man of Destiny 203 With a couple of candles alight, and a broad snuffers tray in the other. 1952 B. Hughes & T. Hughes Three Cent. Eng. Domest. Silver v. 82 The upright snuffer stand, with a vertical socket to receive the snuffer box, was a late Charles II innovation. 1952 B. Hughes & T. Hughes Three Cent. Eng. Domest. Silver v. 84 An immense amount of ingenuity now began to be lavished upon the ornamentation of snuffer handles. 1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 260/1 Snuffer-tray, oblong or oval tray with or without small feet and scroll and ring handle at side for holding snuffers. 1971 Country Life 10 June 1434/1 A snuffers tray inscribed four years after it was made ‘In Memory of Mrs. Jane Parsons, Oct. 11th, 1750’. < as lemmas |
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