单词 | spinning-mistress |
释义 | > as lemmasspinning-mistress a. Miscellaneous, as spinning-mistress, spinning -process, spinning-time, spinning-work. ΚΠ 1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum Ded. 2 The women..vse euery yeere to shew publikely their spinning work. 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 159 Send for a Spinning Mistriss out of Germany, to..govern the little Maids, and instruct them in the Art of Spinning. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 37 The top Leaves..being most proper to feed the Worms towards their Spinning time. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 14 The carding, drawing, roving, and spinning processes of a cotton-mill. 1899 Daily News 16 Jan. 9/4 The spinning end of the trade has been characterised by a fair amount of briskness. < as lemmas |
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