| 单词 | air twist |
| 释义 | > as lemmasair twist air twist n. a spiral used for decorative effect in the stem of a drinking glass. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > glass > stem > flange or rib on air twist1897 merese1923 1897 A. Hartshorne Old Eng. Glasses 58 The beaded stems, out of which the air twists were derived, continued to be made in Holland. 1903 Burlington Mag. Sept.–Oct. 63/1 The secret of the construction of two of the classes—namely, the brilliant, and the combined opaque and air twist—seems to have been lost. 1916 J. S. Lewis Old Glass 62 The air-twist probably began with a ‘tear’. 1990 Antique Collector May 145 (caption) An ale glass, the bowl finely engraved with hops and barley on a double-knopped air-twist stem. Circa 1750. < as lemmas |
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