| 单词 | welsh lump |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWelsh lump Welsh lump n. †(a) a large brick capable of withstanding intense heat, used esp. to line furnaces and fireplaces; a large firebrick (obsolete); (b) a heavy weight fastened to a child's neck as a punishment for speaking Welsh (now historical and rare); cf. Welsh Not n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [noun] > types of white brick1468 red brick1587 clinker1659 clinkerc1660 stock-brick1683 Windsor brick1702 grey stock1726 stockc1738 red stock1748 firebrick1749 Welsh lump1798 malm1811 cutting-brick1815 pecking1819 blue brick1823 malm brick1824 Windsor1841 cutter1842 grizzle1843 shuff1843 picking1850 Woolpit brick1887 Hollander1897 Staffordshire1898 Stafford brick1908 misfire1923 klompie1926 1798 Oracle & Public Advertiser 4 Aug. The stock in trade; comprising..Welsh Lumps, Dutch Clinkers, Chimney Pots, [etc.]. 1800 R. Warner Second Walk through Wales (ed. 2) 262 If,..in the colloquial intercourse of the scholars, one of them be detected in speaking a Welsh word, he is immediately degraded with the Welsh lump, a large piece of lead fastened to a string, and suspended round the neck of the offender. 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §599 The most convenient fire bricks are what are called Welsh or Stourbridge lumps. 1881 Archæol. Cambrensis 4th Ser. 12 321 The mode of punishment adopted to enforce the prohibition was remarkable. It was called the ‘Welsh Lump’, or the ‘Welsh Stick’. 2003 P. N. Williams Presenting Wales from A to Y 275 Welsh Not, sometimes called the Welsh Knot or Welsh Lump, a heavy board placed around the neck of any pupil caught speaking Welsh in his school during the latter part of the 19th and the early part of the 20th Century in an effort to wipe out the language. < as lemmas |
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