| 释义 |
oil-mill
A machine in which seeds, fruits, etc. are crushed or pressed to extract oil; a factory where oil is expressed by such machines.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 495 Oilmilles, whelis, wrongis,..y nil not speke of now. 1525Test. Ebor. (Surtees) V. 212 Also my oile mylne. 1747Franklin Let. Wks. 1887 II. 75 We have many oil-mills in this province, it being a great country for flax. 1860Geo. Eliot Mill on Fl. ii. vii, Because their fathers were professional men, or had large oil-mills. |