transitive. To reduce the faces of (a block of stone; †in 15th cent. also of timber) to a plane surface without working them smooth.
| 单词 | θ209788 |
| 释义 | society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with stone > build or construct with stone [verb (transitive)] > dress stone (11) scapple1443 transitive. To reduce the faces of (a block of stone; †in 15th cent. also of timber) to a plane surface without working them smooth. dress1501 transitive. To treat or prepare in a way proper to the natural character or properties of a thing; to subject to a preparatory process such as… broach1544 technical. To pick, indent, or furrow the surface of stone with a narrow-pointed stone-chisel called a broach, or puncheon. (The kind of work… scabble1620 transitive. To rough-dress (stone). scalp1725 = scapple, v. bed1793 Masonry. To dress the face or ‘bed’ of a stone (cf. bed, n. 12b). rough-dress1807 transitive. To remove rough projections from (stone). Cf. scabble, v. 1. hammer-dress1837 transitive to dress (stone) by strokes of a hammer. scapple-dress1840 (transitive) in the same sense. scutch1848 transitive. In various dialect uses (originally Scottish: now also U.S.): to smooth or trim the surface of (a stone, hedge, log, etc.) with a… Subcategories:— again (1) |
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