单词 | dressing machine |
释义 | > as lemmasdressing machine dressing machine n. now rare and historical (a) a machine used for removing unwanted material from something in preparation for further refinement or processing; (b) Printing a machine used for trimming the edges of type (cf. dress v. 15d). ΚΠ 1795 Hull Advertiser 5 Sept. Thrashing and Dressing Machines. 1869 F. A. P. Barnard Machinery & Processes Industr. Arts in Rep. U.S. Commissioners Paris Univ. Exposition 1867 III. xiv. 440 The dressing-machine passes each single row of types between a pair of knife-blades, set exactly parallel to each other. 1934 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 82 501 This work is done on a dressing machine through which the type is pushed from one side to the other. 2008 C. Montrie Making Living i. 22 Workers running the warping and dressing machines above turned roving into warp yarn too. < as lemmas |
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