| 释义 |
ˈscale-dish north. dial.
[? f. scale n.1]
1. A shallow dish, esp. used for skimming milk.
1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 18 Then putte it to the ale and make thereof two great possattes in two scale-dishes. 1787J. Clarke Surv. Lakes Introd. 30 Every kind of dish likewise which is thin at the margin is a Scale-dish. 1829Brockett N.C. Gloss. (ed. 2), Scale-dish, a thin dish used in the dairy for skimming milk.
2. (See quot.)
1828[Carr] Craven Gloss., Scale-dish, an implement made of tin with a short wooden handle for filling a scale with flour, &c. |