| 单词 | steady pin |
| 释义 | > as lemmassteady pin steady pin n. a pin or each of several pins used to secure the relative positions of two adjoining surfaces or to prevent them from sliding upon each other. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > pin or peg preenOE prickOE kevel1251 pina1275 prag1354 key1434 peg1440 tholec1440 thole-pinc1440 lock1514 cotterel1570 pivot1730 pinning1742 steady pin1791 gib1795 needle1811 lockdown1832 cotter1842 peglet1890 pushpin1903 1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §229 The Lewis Holes, each being filled with an extuberance of mortar, which, when hard, would in effect become a steady pin. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 513 The piece..is screwed to the side of the plate..and made firm by small pins..; these pins are called steady-pins. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Steady-pin i. (Founding.) One of the pins—generally three or four, in one flask—which, by fitting into holes in the lugs of another, enable the two parts to be restored to their original position after the pattern is drawn. 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 247 Steady Pin, a pin used to secure the relative positions of two pieces of metal. < as lemmas |
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