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单词 fouldenhead
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fouldenheadn.

Forms: 1700s foudenhed, 1700s–1800s fouldenhead.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English foulden , folden adj., head n.1
Etymology: < foulden, variant of folden adj. + head n.1
Mining. Obsolete.
A small pickaxe consisting of a length of metal folded over at the end.
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1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. I2 Foudenhed, a small Pick, and the least of all the Tools that belong to a Miner..so thin and slender, that it will not abide to have an Eye struck in it..but is made by laping over in form of a Noose, without any Head at all.
1824 J. Mander Derbyshire Miners' Gloss. 53 The last [Pick] is a Foulden Head, t[h]e smallest used by Miners, and is without a head; it is for streight joints, but they must be soft when this pick is used.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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