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单词 double-ender
释义

double-endern.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: double adj.1, end n., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < double adj.1 + end n. + -er suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: double-ˈender.
1. Anything having two ends alike; spec. a kind of gunboat rounded fore and aft. U.S.
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1865 Star 3 Feb. The double-ender Sassacus..caught one of the shells..which carried away the skylight of the cabin.
1871 R. A. Proctor Light Sci. 219 The United States double-ender ‘Wateree’.
18.. Amer. Antiquarian IX. 370 It may be styled a double-ender spear, for each extremity of it is pointed in an identical manner.
2. A cross-cut sawing-machine, with two adjustable circular saws, for sawing both ends of timber.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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