| 单词 | wool-sorters' disease |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswool-sorters' disease wool-sorter n. a sorter of wool; wool-sorters' disease, anthrax, also known as splenic fever. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing wool > [noun] > one who sorts wool sorter1554 wool-sorter1834 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > anthrax anthrax1789 malignant pustule1850 splenic fever1867 wool-sorters' disease1880 joint-ill1893 1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 411/2 Merchants in Sydney, some of whom employ wool-sorters of their own to assort and repack it for the London market. 1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. iii. 97 If the wool-sorter be out of practice for any considerable time, his fingers lose the delicacy of touch indispensable to his occupation. 1880 Daily Tel. 10 Dec. 3/8 Henry Slater has died here from ‘woolsorter's disease’. < as lemmas |
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