单词 | engine-turned |
释义 | > as lemmasengine-turned engine-turned adj. (of a metal item) decorated using engine turning.In quot. 1858 figurative. ΚΠ 1765 J. Wedgwood Let. 6 July in Sel. Lett. (1965) 35 I intend sending two setts of Vases, Creamcolour, engine-turned. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table i. 23 Your self-made man..deserves more credit..than the..engine-turned article. 1927 Times 19 Dec. 9/6 Engine-turned cigarette cases in gold are in basket and barley patterns in useful sizes and shapes. 2007 Stamp & Coin Mart Jan. 38/2 These motifs are set against an engine-turned background resembling the texture of banknotes. < as lemmas |
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