| 单词 | green-horn spoon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreen-horn spoon 4. Originally Scottish. Horn which has been made translucent by a process of heating and impregnation with oils or fats, used as a material for manufacture. Frequently attributive, esp. in green-horn spoon. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > bone or horn > [noun] > horn > types of unicorna1533 devil's horn1583 ram's horn1611 greenhorn1725 buffalo-horn1783 stag-horn1815 buck-horn1820 deer-horn1843 devil horn1854 antler1872 rhino horn1889 1625 Brechin Test. IV. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue f. 198 Ane dusson grein hornit sponis.] 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iii. ii. 36 The Green-Horn Spoons, Beech-Luggies mingle On Skelfs foregainst the Door. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess iii. 112 Green horn cutties rattling in her lap. 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 518/1 A large spoon of green horn. 1906 A. McCormick Tinkler-gypsies Galloway (1907) 165 He presented the medical student..with a divider and a dozen green horn spoons. 2003 S. Rivers & N. Umney Conservation of Furnit. 202 This further processing yielded a translucent material (green horn) that could be readily split into thin sheets. < as lemmas |
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