单词 | stick-in |
释义 | stick-inadj. Of an object: that is inserted into something. Also: (of an album, scrapbook, etc.) having pages on which items may be attached with adhesive.† stick-in piece n. Woodworking Obsolete a dowel used to secure a butt joint. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > joints > part of stick-in piece1843 1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 221 The butt joint is materially strengthened, when..it is..notched in on three or four sides, and pieces called stick-in pieces, dowels, or charlins..are..laid in the notches. 1915 Amer. Photogr. Dec. 694 ‘Stick-in’ albums..afford entire freedom as to the arrangement of prints in groups. 1989 U.S. Patent 4,812,952 3/1 The present invention..relates to stick-in types of decorations often used in flower arrangement, bouquets and the like. 1993 H. Hollingsworth Places Greater Safety xxvii. 168 Eager eyes were feasting on the brightly coloured pictures in a stick-in scrapbook Joyce had brought. 2002 J. Stanley Compl. Guide Garden Center Managem. xii. 151 The main disadvantage of stick-in labels is that customers can swap them round in the garden center. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1843 |
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