单词 | hot set |
释义 | > as lemmashot set hot set n. (in metalworking) a chisel used for cutting iron or other metal while hot from the forge, often having a long handle perpendicular to the head by which it is held while struck, and typically made of less hard metal than a cold chisel. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > chisel > [noun] > for cutting metal cold chisel1697 set1843 hot chisel1848 sate1883 hot set1888 toe-hardy1909 1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. 183 Hot set, a smith's set,..used for the nicking and cutting of hot metal. 1894 G. Hughes Constr. Mod. Locomotive iii. ii. 155 Upon each side of the vertical an angle of 45° is marked, that is, nicked cold and afterwards heated and removed by a hot set. 1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts 143 A ‘hot-sett’, comparatively slender, for the white-hot bar. 1988 D. Rees GCSE CDT—Design & Realisation xvi. 153 It is called a cold chisel because it cuts metal that is cold, and to distinguish it from a blacksmith's hot set chisel. < as lemmas |
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