| 单词 | wortle plate |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswortle plate A type of die used to reduce the thickness of metal wire, piping, etc., typically consisting of a steel plate with graduated holes in it through which metal is drawn. Also more fully wortle plate. Cf. draw plate n. at draw- comb. form 1.Recorded earliest in wortle maker n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > wire-making equipment wortlea1525 swingle1674 reel1825 copper1828 riddle1843 society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > equipment for making tubes, pipes, or rings wortlea1525 triblet1611 tube-machine1891 tube-mill1909 a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1907) I. 142 Joh. Smyth, wirtilmaker. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 56 Your Wire-drawers know, that if they take a short piece of Wire,..and drill it through, that then though they draw it out to the smalness of a hair, yet will it still remain hollow quite through in despite of their Wurdle. 1806 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Feb. 99 The temperature of wire is considerably raised during its passage through the wordle. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. III. 2771/1 Whirtle, a perforated steel plate through which pipe or wire is drawn to reduce its diameter. 1882 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 10 Aug. 5/4 The defendants having negligently drawn and pricked certain wortle plates. 1913 Engineering 18 Apr. 541/3 It is also probable that the earliest wortles were hard stones. 1936 H. Morgenthau & T. J. Doherty Digest of Customs & Related Laws I. 204 Drawplates and wortles..are dutiable neither as steel plates nor as manufactures of steel but..as forgings. 1986 D. H. Sansome in T. Z. Blazynski Design Tools Deformation Processes iii. 78 As the alloying of iron became better understood high carbon and tool steel dies replaced wortle plates. < as lemmas |
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