单词 | after-blow |
释义 | after-blown.1 Now rare. A subsequent or retaliatory blow. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > returning a blow > return blow or stroke countertailc1430 counterbuff?1578 countercuff1589 revie1589 counterstroke1596 after-blow1607 counterblow1655 return1702 return stroke1838 1607 E. Grimeston tr. Gen. Inuentorie Hist. France ii. 240 A blowe able to amaze the Dukes of Guienne and Brittaine at the first hearing, to see themselues thus abandoned of their chiefe support. But he repayres it with an after blow. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 218 The foe's so numerous, that we Cannot so often vincere As they perire, and yet enough Be left to strike an after-blow. 1708 Brit. Apollo 18–20 Feb. They [sc. the poor] feel the work that Busy Chance can do, And therefore dread no sudden After-Blow. 1784 J. Hartley Hist. Westm. Election 256 Whatever after-blow they mean to strike, they are determined, in the mean time, to dispute the victory by numbers. 1867 Punch 2 Feb. 44/2 Nor slower with the barbèd point To deal the after-blow. 1899 H. S. Bowden Relig. of Shakespeare v. 232 He begs that his dismissal..may be at once..and not come as an after-blow to destroy his only hope. 1910 ‘Q’ Lady Good-for-nothing iii. v. 323 If the precisians of Port Nassau had made religion her tragedy, this man had come in, by an after-blow, to turn it into a blasphemous farce. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). after-blown.2 Metallurgy. Esp. in the basic Bessemer process: continuation of the blow (blow n.2 4) for a short time after decarburization is complete, in order to dephosphorize the steel. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > conversion of metals > of iron into steel > processes involved in overblow1705 recarburization1868 recarburizing1872 after-blow1879 overblowing1879 blow1881 fluid compression1884 pigging back1900 nodulizing1905 nodulization1915 1879 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 23 Aug. 128/1 The duration of the after-blow will generally be from one fourth..to one sixth..the length of the ordinary blow. 1957 Making, Shaping & Treating Steel (U.S. Steel Corp.) (ed. 7) xiv. 282/1 For a 40-ton converter, the total duration of blow is 15 to 16 minutes, followed by an after-blow of 3 to 5 minutes. 2001 C. Bodsworth et al. Brit. Iron & Steel i. 63 An after-blow of about 3 minutes was found to result in almost complete removal the phosphorus from the metal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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