| 单词 | spit-jack |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspit-jack spit-jack n. a spit with a turning mechanism (see quot. 1967). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > roasting-jack wheeler dog1379 Jack1391 spit-turner?a1500 turnspit1606 hanging jack1660 turnspit-jack1674 smoke-jack1676 roasting-jack1698 water-jack1807 bottle jack1810 spit-jack1967 1967 Antique Finder Aug. 11/3 Spit jacks... These mechanisms were fitted on the wall at the side of the fireplace in order to rotate the carcass in front of the fire. A heavy weight was suspended from a cord and wound over the cylinder. The power was conveyed by a series of cogged wheels to another cylinder connected by a cord with a grooved disc on the end of the spit itself, which it slowly turned. 1971 R. Howe Mrs Groundes-Peace's Old Cookery Notebk. 65 There was the ‘spit-jack’, a weight-driven spit, considered in the sixteenth century as a labour-saving device. < as lemmas |
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