| 单词 | inch-line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasinch-line C2. attributive. Containing an inch in any dimension; of the length, thickness, etc. of an inch; as inch-board (board an inch thick), inch-line, etc.; of the focal length of one inch, as inch object-glass. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > board or plank > specific sizes inch-board1646 standard deal1785 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xviii. 383 A candle out of a Musket will pierce through an inch board. View more context for this quotation 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 93 To see through an Inch-board. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy II. viii. 224 He asked Captain Hogg to bring on shore some inch line. 1837 C. R. Goring & A. Pritchard Micrographia 179 Suppose we have an inch triple achromatic object-glass. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Inch-stuff, deal plank sawn to the thickness of an inch. < as lemmas |
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