单词 | inch-rule |
释义 | > as lemmasinch-rule inch-rule n. a measuring rule or tape divided into inches. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring length > graduated strip of wood, etc. rule1340 ruler1530 measure1555 scale1607 foot-rule1662 two-foot rule1664 joint-rule1680 inch-rule1850 inch-measure1851 stationer's rule1866 contraction-rule1874 measure-strip1887 1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield lx. 595 Neither will you find him measuring all human interests..with his one poor little inch-rule now. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 9 Nov. 3/2 [He] measures the force of the temptation with an inch-rule. < as lemmas |
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