| 单词 | touch plate |
| 释义 | > as lemmastouch plate touch plate n. now historical †(a) a metal plate containing the touch-hole of a cannon (obsolete); (b) each of a set of plate bearing the ‘touches’ or official marks of the company of pewterers (see sense 2). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > other specific parts touch plate1508 maniglion1704 gun-lock screw1731 match pipe1740 quoin of mire1797 bricole1809 tumbler-screw1843 training wheel1875 hand1880 side lever1892 gun-lock spring1894 gun control1909 magazine well1948 society > communication > indication > marking > mark of quality > [noun] > on pewter touchmark1792 touch plate1892 1508 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 122 For vernesing of ane lang culveryn and gilting of the end of it and the twich plaith. 1892 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 25 Mar. 875/1 The exhibitions at Haberdashers' and Skinners' Halls..to which the Pewterers' Company lent their ‘touch-plates’. 1902 C. Welch Hist. Pewterers' Co. I. Introd. 1 The..inventories of the Company's goods show that touch-plates existed at an early date. 2003 J. D. Davis Pewter at Colonial Williamsburg 3/2 Qualified pewterers were required to register their touchmarks on touch plates at Pewterers' Hall. < as lemmas |
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