单词 | fouldenhead |
释义 | † fouldenheadn. Mining. Obsolete. A small pickaxe consisting of a length of metal folded over at the end. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > miner's pick pulypyk1360 twibillc1440 mandrel1516 hack?a1558 two-billc1619 tubber1671 fouldenhead1747 poll-pick1747 tubbal1847 moil1871 dresser1881 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). < n.1747 |
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