单词 | button tool |
释义 | > as lemmasbutton tool ΚΠ 1754 L. Natter Treat. Anc. Method engraving Precious Stones ii. 5 The Button-Tool, or Bouterolle, is used to make the Point at the Extremity of the Nose. 1835 Sheffield Independent 15 Aug. (advt.) The effects comprise..quantity of Button Tools, Vices, Shears. 1852 Appleton's Dict. Machines I. 167 A button-tool; it is used for boring and cutting out..the little leather disks or buttons, which serve as nuts for the screwed wires in the mechanism connected with the keys of the organ and pianoforte. 1869 Sci. Amer. 1 Jan. 9/2 We show..one [hand tool for shaping metal] not so frequently employed as its merits deserve. It is called the ‘button tool’, from the form of the head or cutting portion. < as lemmas |
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