| 释义 |
▪ I. bott|bɒt|
[cf. bat n.2]
1. The name given by lace-makers to the cushion on which lace is woven.
1849in Craig.
2. ‘In founding, a clay plug used to close a hole against molten iron’ (Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1909). Also attrib. So ˈbotting vbl. n. (see quot. a 1877).
a1877Knight Dict. Mech., Botting, restopping the tapping-hole of a furnace after a part of its charge has been allowed to flow therefrom. 1888Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin., Bott Stick. 1900J. Sharp Mod. Foundry Pract. 144 A round ball of this [loam] is placed on a disc of iron at the end of an iron rod, and is forced into the tap⁓hole..when it is wished to stop a tapping out with the bott or bod stick.
▪ II. bott(e
obs. form of boat n., boot.
▪ III. bott
see bot. |