单词 | winze |
释义 | winzen.1 Mining. A shaft or an inclined passage sunk from one level to another, but not rising to the surface. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > passage > other passages by-lane1697 winze1759 spout1820 spout hole1861 downhole1880 1759 W. Borlase in Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 503 The stage-boards of the little winds or shafts 20 fathoms deep were perceived to move. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 164 The under-ground Shaft or Winds, is worked by hand, with a windlass only. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 244/2 The common windlass..is much used..in sinking winzes. 1871 Daily News 22 Sept. The footway winze leading from the 70 to the 80 has been completed. 1889 C. G. W. Lock Pract. Gold-mining 283 A winze or an incline, the winze being preferable, is made through the bed-rock to the gravel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). winzen.2 Scottish. An imprecation, a curse. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [noun] cursea1050 malisonc1300 woea1425 evil thee1509 thunderbolt1559 vae1559 thunder-crack1577 ban1590 wish1597 anathema1603 imprecation1603 execration1605 thunder-clap1610 deprecationa1661 effulminationa1670 Maranatha1769 winze1786 cuss1829 sailor's blessing1876 blessing1878 sailor's farewell1937 the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > curse > [noun] > as everyday imprecation oatha1225 malisonc1300 reproach1485 thunderbolt1559 revilement1577 thunder-crack1577 revile1579 ban1590 wish1597 thunder-clap1610 expletive1647 rapper1675 cuss1771 winze1786 Goddammit1800 goddam1828 dirty word1842 blank1854 emphatic1868 swear1871 sailor's blessing1876 blessing1878 goldarn1879 swear-word1883 rounder1885 curse-word1897 dang1906 sailor's farewell1937 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 161 He..loot a winze, an' drew a stroke. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 186 Wi' bitter winze and ban. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). winzen.3 Cornwall. = winch n.1 Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > winch or capstan windas1293 wind1399 windlassc1400 fern1546 stow?1549 capstock1551 winch1577 draw-beam1585 wind-beam1585 winder1585 capstring1609 crab1627 guindall1628 gin1632 Jack1686 screw engine1688 twirl1688 moulineta1706 jack roll1708 wind-lifta1734 whim1738 stowce1747 whim-engine1759 macaroni gin1789 whimsy1789 winze1839 jack roller1843 wink1847 winding engine1858 fusee-windlass1874 come-along1891 1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall xv. 529 The miners were..taken up in a stirrup by two men, who wound the rope, probably over a winze. 1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 36 Upon this platform was fixed a winz for four men. 1874 J. H. Collins Princ. Metal Mining (1875) xiii. 74 The small kibbles used with the tackle are called ‘winze-kibbles’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.11759n.21786n.31839 |
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