the action of the verb (also attributive); in dialectal use concrete in plural, fragments of stone chipped off in scappling.
| 单词 | θ209772 |
| 释义 | society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with stone > [noun] > dressing stone (11) scappling1473 the action of the verb (also attributive); in dialectal use concrete in plural, fragments of stone chipped off in scappling. droving1819 The dressing of stone, esp. in parallel lines, using a drove (drove, n. 5). Also: stonework or a finish produced using this technique. Cf. drove work… plain work1823 Masonry. Simple, smooth, or unadorned stone or stonework; (also) such stonework executed by a mason. broaching1842 The chiselling of stone with a broach. stone-dressing1845 (also attributive) ragging1850 = straggling, n.2 Obsolete. rare. straggling1850 A method of rough-dressing a grindstone (see quots.). drove work1851 The dressing of stone, esp. in parallel lines, using a drove (drove, n. 5); (also) stonework or a finish produced using this technique; = droving, n.3 rocking1856 A way of dressing stone to give the rough appearance of natural rock. Cf. rockwork, n. 3. scutching1861 skifflinga1877 (See quot. 1877.) |
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