单词 | cutting-box |
释义 | > as lemmascutting-box cutting-box n. †(a) ? a chaff- or straw-cutter; (b) a receptacle for the diamond dust in diamond-cutting. ΚΠ 1744 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Jan. vii. 69 The Chaff-cutter's Way was, to..put them upon some Cavings of Wheat..that he first placed at the Bottom of the long Cutting-box. 1778 Earl of Pembroke Mil. Equitation 136 Every troop ought to have a cutting-box..and one man constantly employed..in chopping hay, straw, &c. < as lemmas |
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