英语词汇“halfsquare”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

† half-square adj. Obsolete designating timber with a cross-section that is half a square.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > building wood > measure or quantity of

rood1391

sheaf1534

straik1542

fathom1577

standard1811

1855 Manch. Examiner & Times 16 June 8/2 (advt.) Expected to arrive..from Danzig... 26 [Pieces] half-square timber.

1883 J. Fraser Shanty, Forest, & River Life 281 The first business of the drive is to..confine them there by long half-square logs called ‘boom timber’, fastened at the ends by ‘boom chains’.

1911 A. M. Chisholm Boss of Wind River viii. 116 He hewed a straight line by judgment of eye alone, and the result was a stick of square or half-square timber, absolutely straight, and almost as smooth as if planed.

† half-square n. Obs. (see quots.).

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1662 S. Pepys Diary 18 Aug. (1970) III. 169 The whole mystery of off [half]-square, wherein the King is abused in the timber that he buys.

1674 W. Leybourn Compl. Surveyor (ed. 3) 345 Most Artificers when they meet with Squared Timber, whose breadth and depth are unequal..usually add the breadth and depth together, and take the half for a Mean Square, and so proceed..If the difference be great, the Error is very obnoxious either to Buyer or Seller.

单词	halfsquare
释义	> as lemmas half-square † half-square adj. Obsolete designating timber with a cross-section that is half a square. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > building wood > measure or quantity of rood1391 sheaf1534 straik1542 fathom1577 standard1811 1855 Manch. Examiner & Times 16 June 8/2 (advt.) Expected to arrive..from Danzig... 26 [Pieces] half-square timber. 1883 J. Fraser Shanty, Forest, & River Life 281 The first business of the drive is to..confine them there by long half-square logs called ‘boom timber’, fastened at the ends by ‘boom chains’. 1911 A. M. Chisholm Boss of Wind River viii. 116 He hewed a straight line by judgment of eye alone, and the result was a stick of square or half-square timber, absolutely straight, and almost as smooth as if planed. extracted from halfadj. half-square † half-square n. Obs. (see quots.). ΚΠ 1662 S. Pepys Diary 18 Aug. (1970) III. 169 The whole mystery of off [half]-square, wherein the King is abused in the timber that he buys. 1674 W. Leybourn Compl. Surveyor (ed. 3) 345 Most Artificers when they meet with Squared Timber, whose breadth and depth are unequal..usually add the breadth and depth together, and take the half for a Mean Square, and so proceed..If the difference be great, the Error is very obnoxious either to Buyer or Seller. extracted from half-comb. form < as lemmas
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