| 单词 | writing dust |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswriting dust writing dust n. rare (historical in later use) sand, pounce (pounce n.3 1) or another powdery substance used to dry wet ink after writing; cf. writing sand n.Apparently an isolated use in quot. 1646, on which later historical references depend. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > other writing equipment > [noun] > materials for blotting blotting-paper1519 pin-dust1561 blotter1591 blotting-book1598 writing dust1646 writing sand1656 sucking-papera1665 pounce1704 sand1753 blotting-pad1857 blotting1872 roller1875 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 69 The shining or glassie powder brought from the Indies, and usually implyed [i.e. employed] in writing dust . View more context for this quotation 1962 Bulletin (L.A. Museum of Art) 15 13 For want of it [sc. blotting paper], you sprinkled fine blotting-sand or ‘writing dust’ over the wet ink on your paper. < as lemmas |
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