| 单词 | flint-mill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflint-mill flint-mill n. (a) Pottery a mill in which calcined flints are ground to powder for mixing with clay to form slip for porcelain; (b) Mining ‘a mode formerly adopted for lighting mines, in which flints studded on the surface of a wheel were made to strike against a steel and give a quick succession of sparks to light the miner at his work’ (Knight). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering consistency > [noun] > crushing or grinding > other crushing or grinding flint-mill1757 society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > mechanical device fire stickc1300 flint-mill1757 fire piston1846 gas poker1855 gas lighter1856 fire drill1861 fire-churn1863 lighter1875 hand drill1891 fire-plough1893 electric wand1898 wax jack1937 1757 Brindley in Smiles Engineers (1874) I. 146 A new flint mill [in the Potteries]. a1852 T. Moore Sylph's Ball viii. 29 Musical flint~mills—swiftly played By elfin hands—that..Gave out, at once, both light and sound. < as lemmas |
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