| 单词 | hopper-boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmashopper-boy hopper-boy n. ‘a name given in mills to a rake which moves in a circle, drawing the meal over an opening through which it falls’ (Craig 1847). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > other parts of mills stooling1558 mill-eye1611 mill-hoop1611 rack-staff1611 breasting1767 hopper-boy1787 paddle1795 cockhead1805 silk1879 looder1881 tollera1884 1787 in Ann. Rep. U.S. Commissioner Patents 1849: Arts & Manuf. (1850) (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. No. 20, Pt. 1) 574 The other [device], denominated an hopper-boy, so constituted as to spread the meal over the floor of a mill to cool. 1813 Niles' Reg. 5 Add. A. 6/2 Our Hopper-boy was an upright shaft revolving round with an arm. < as lemmas |
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