单词 | cloddiness |
释义 | cloddinessn. Cloddy quality or condition. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [noun] > lumpiness lumpishness1574 cloddiness1787 lumpiness1805 clottiness1877 1787 G. Washington Diaries III. 199 The harrow was ordered to precede it..as many times as the ground, from the cloddiness or grassiness of it, should appear to need it. 1805 J. Luccock Nature & Prop. Wool 187 The compactness of the staple, or as manufacturers term it the ‘cloddiness’ of the wool. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1787 |
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