单词 | wash-mill |
释义 | wash-milln.ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > mill-race mill-troughOE outshot1362 mill-lead1434 mill fleam1475 mill-race1478 waylead1547 mill-leat1609 waterlead1641 mill-run1652 water lane1718 wash-milla1722 overshot1760 head race1780 mill-course1804 lade1808 wheel-race1825 mill lade1827 dam- a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 317 Being..to wash our sheep on the morrow, I asked my shepherd, what time in the morning he would drive them to the wash-mills. 2. Brickmaking, etc. A machine for washing clay or materials for cement. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > brick-making equipment > [noun] > for washing clay wash-mill1856 1856 Builder 16 Aug. 443/3 The principal machines which have been worked for this purpose [sc. brickmaking] are three—1st. The pug-mill. 2nd. The wash-mill. 3rd. The rolling-mill. 1879 Spons' Dict. Engin. Suppl. I. 332 These [sc. limestone and clay] are mixed in what are known as wash mills. 3. Leather Manufacturing. A machine for washing skins after unhairing by the application of lime. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with skins or leather > [noun] > for washing hides pin mill1837 paddle-tumbler1883 paddle wheel1883 wash-mill1897 paddle-vat1902 1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) 377 From the unhairing room the skins pass to the ‘wash-mill’, where they receive a thorough washing, removing all adhering lime. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1722 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。