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单词 turnery
释义 turnery|ˈtɜːnərɪ|
Also 7 tourn-.
[f. turner1 + -y.]
1. The art of the turner; the fashioning of objects or designs by means of a lathe.
1662J. Bargrave Pope Alex. VII (1867) 126 A very artificial anatomy of a human eye, with all its films or tunicles, by way of turnery in ivory and horn.1783Justamond tr. Raynal's Hist. Indies IV. 449 This wood is very fit for works of turnery.1842Loudon Suburban Hort. 545 The wood [of the pear] is light, smooth, and compact, and much used in turnery.1882Hasluck in Mechanical World 4 Mar. 138/1 Numerous objects of turnery lying on the bench.
2. Collectively: Turner's work; objects fashioned on the lathe; turnery ware. Also with a and pl.
1644Evelyn Diary 22 Oct., In another roome are such rare tourneries in ivory as are not to be described for their curiosity.1761H. Walpole Let. to G. Montagu 20 Aug., [Some old chairs] the backs, arms, and legs loaded with turnery.1881Young Ev. Man his own Mechanic §41 The Birch..is used..for making wheels, casks, tubs, and turnery.
3. A place where turning is done; a turner's workshop.
1863P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 271 Boiler shop, erecting shop, turnery, foundry, forge, &c.1878F. S. Williams Midl. Railw. 649 The light turnery or fitting shop.1888Pall Mall G. 6 June 2/1 In the shell turnery, shrapnel, Palliser, and other projectiles of divers weight and pattern, were shown us.
4. attrib. and Comb., as turnery-room, turnery ware, turnery warehouse, turnery work.
1895Jrnl. R. Instit. Brit. Archit. May 490 The shaft may in itself be elaborately enriched with *turnery forms.
1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) III. 294 In the *turnery⁓room are all kinds of lathes and instruments for turning.
1670Capt. J. Smith Eng. Improv. Reviv'd 195 This Timber is..very good for Hoops and Hoppoles, *Turnery ware and Joyners.1717Petiveriana iii. 218 They make Mortars, Pestles, and other Turnery Ware of it.1788Aikin Eng. Delineated 269 Tunbridge..is famous for its elegant turnery ware.
1815Times in N. & Q. 11th Ser. XI. 325/2 To be seen at Wyatt's toy and *turnery warehouse.
a1734North Lives (1826) II. 336 Ivory wrought most exquisitely;..for *turnery work there is of it so small and crooked as is admirable.1859W. S. Coleman Woodlands (1862) 81 The heart-wood of the Yew is..the finest of all native woods for purposes of cabinet-making and turnery-work.
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