单词 | disgross |
释义 | † disgrossv. Obsolete. a. transitive. To make finer or less gross; spec. applied to the initial reduction in thickness of metal bars that are to be made into wire. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > processes in wire-making disgross1611 wire-draw1657 patent1922 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Disgrossamento, a refining, a disgrossing. 1636 Patent Roll, 12 Charles I 7 May (P.R.O.: C 66/2738) m. 1 Fyninge, refyninge, disgrossinge..of all gould and silver. 1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 85 If bullion be wrought into plate and utensils, or disgrost into wire or lace. 1687 M. Taubman London's Triumph 6 In another apartment is..Disgrossing, Flatting and Drawing of Gold..Wyre. 1823 W. Hone Anc. Myst. Described 250. b. figurative (unless misread for disqwss, discuss v.). ΚΠ 1546 in State Papers Henry VIII (1852) XI. 330 The matters..beyng not before disgrossed and brought to a conclusion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < v.1546 |
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