单词 | whitesmithery |
释义 | > as lemmasˈwhitesmithery ˈwhitesmithery n. rare = whitesmithing n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > whitesmithing or tinsmithing whitesmithery1812 whitesmithing1823 tinsmithing1897 1812 Weekly Reg. (Baltimore) 25 Jan. 390/2 Emery..is an article of the first consequence in the cotton and woolen manufacturies, and in white smithery. 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. vii. 204 These cheap wares [sc. fire-irons]..are ornamented with swells, raised by swaging with bosses, in the manner described in the article on whitesmithery. 1985 J. E. Tucker Women Nineteenth-Cent. Egypt 160 Boys could be taught a number of crafts, including..whitesmithery, shoemaking, printing, or bookbinding. < as lemmas |
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