单词 | writing slate |
释义 | > as lemmaswriting slate C4. As a modifier, designating materials used or made to be written on, as writing cloth, writing material, writing slate. Cf. sense 14.See also writing book n., writing pad n. 2, writing paper n., writing tablet n. Π 1477 Inventory in J. P. Earwaker Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1884) 3 Half a Reem..wrytyng paper price, xxd. 1800 M. Koops Hist. Acc. Inv. Paper 33 These writing-materials were not in general use. 1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 63 2 [Reams] Writing Royal. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 540 Dowse's patent tracing and writing cloth. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2477/2 Table, a tablet..[or] writing-surface. 1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. v. 36 To get out his writing materials, and to scribble. < as lemmas |
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