单词 | hand mould |
释义 | hand mouldhand moldn. 1. A device for holding the hands in the correct position when playing the piano or similar keyboard instrument. Now historical and rare.Apparently only with reference to that devised by Col. Peter Hawker, patented in 1820, which was strapped to the wrist and attached to the edge of the keyboard by means of a slidable clamp. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte > device for keeping hands in position hand mould1819 chiroplast1842 piano monitor1842 chiro-gymnast1845 wrist-guide1861 1819 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 179 I..presented my pianoforte hand-moulds to Messrs..Pleyel, which they approved and accepted for their manufactory. 1930 Musical Q. 16 320 He was quite a scientific pianist. In fact, he invented a hand-mould. 1980 Galpin Soc. Jrnl. 33 158 (advt.) Interested in acquiring pianists' exercise and practice devices including specimens of the following..Hand Moulds, Hand Support, [etc.]. 2. A small mould used in manufacturing or producing something by hand. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > moulds or shaping equipment mouldc1330 share mould1568 matrice1587 matrix1626 form1655 ice mould1781 intaglio1825 hand mould1829 striker1843 wax-mould1849 Savoy mould1866 snap-flask1875 moulding board1882 pipe diea1884 injection mould1945 shell-mould1950 1829 Daily National Jrnl. (Washington, D.C.) 16 Mar. The mould in which the machine type is cast varies in no important particulars of its construction from the common hand mould. 1870 Rep. Cases arising upon Lett. Patent (ed. 2) I. 477 The pistons..in those [candle-making] machines were so worked as to supply the place of the ‘popping’ operation upon the hand mold. 1886 Eng. Mech. 23 July 469/2 Buy of the typefounders what are known as ‘breaks’, the runners broken off in casting large letters or quads in hand moulds. 1936 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 July 556/4 The durability required of an oriental paper is such as only the carefully felted sheet made on a hand mould can supply. 1972 P. Young G. Washington's Army 17/1 The company armourer or handyman cast the bullets (or balls) in a hand mould. 2010 P. O. West Good & Faithful Servant 133 Mud bricks are made by the thousands in hand molds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1819 |
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