单词 | head-maker |
释义 | > as lemmashead-maker head-maker n. a person who makes heads (in various senses). ΚΠ 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 20 I woulde wyshe that the head makers of Englande shoulde make their sheafe arrowe heades more harder poynted. 1634 G. Markham Art of Archerie xi. 110 The head-makers..Inuented new files and other instruments wherewith they brought heads for pricking to such perfection. 1826 Monthly Mag. Aug. 151 Bowman..is another head-maker, of great industry and much cleverness—but ignorant of drawing. 2000 Roanoke (Va.) Times (Nexis) 23 Mar. (Extra section) 1 It took Cassidy six months of experimenting..to make solid heads. Later on, Tremblay told her that his head-makers are trained in the art for exactly six months. < as lemmas |
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