| 单词 | wick-trimmer |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswick-trimmer attributive and in other combinations, as wick-holder, wick-screw, wick-spout, wick-trimmer, wick-yarn. ΚΠ 1498 in G. W. Kitchin Compotus Rolls St. Swithun's, Winchester (1892) 388 In xij lb. Wekeyorne,..iij s. 1756 W. Owen's Bk. Fairs (1788) 54 Bridgenorth..horned cattle, horses, sheep, hops, cheese, wick-yarn. 1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 175/2 A sudden blaze as if the wick-screw had been raised a turn. c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 304/1 A cap..fits over the wick-holder. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wick-trimmer, a shears for trimming wicks. 1911 J. Ward Rom. Era Brit. xii. 210 The typical Roman lamp..has..a covered wick-spout or nozzle (nasus, rostrum). < as lemmas |
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