| 单词 | woad house |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswoad house woad house n. now rare a building in which woad is fermented or prepared for use as a dye. ΚΠ 1607 Inventory in J. H. Bettey Wilts. Farming 17th Cent. (2005) p. xxviii An olde woade house and fower woade mylles whereof two are at Martin and two at Blagdon. 1747 S. Trowell & W. Ellis Farmer's Instructor 107 The Charges of the Woad-house, Mill, and other Utensils, Land and Labour..are very great. 1829 H. D. Best Personal & Lit. Mem. 456 We rode over the farm to the woad-houses. 1985 E. Kerridge Textile Manuf. in Early Mod. Eng. xii. 163 It was usual for the clothier to have his own dye-house and not unknown for him to prepare his own woad in his own woad house. < as lemmas |
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