单词 | ironworking |
释义 | ironworkingn.ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > working with iron or smithing > product of iron gear1381 ironwarea1398 ironwork1423 ferramentc1425 black work1537 smith work1583 ironworking1680 ironmongery1711 1680 in P. Thompson Coll. Acct. Boston (1820) App. 13 The smyth for every pound of iron working..shall have, 2d. 2. The action, craft, or industry of working iron. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > working with iron or smithing smithcrafteOE smith's crafta1387 ironwork1423 smithy crafta1522 smithery?1548 ferrary1598 smithy1804 ironmongery1810 blacksmithing1811 ironworking1828 blacksmithery1833 1828 Age 25 May 162/3 Useful lectures and information upon handicraft of every description, such as shoemaking,..iron-working, wire-working, &c. 1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 499 Apparatus for iron-working is not yet represented in the laboratories. 1915 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 229/2 Lines of work requiring long hours of standing and heavy lifting, such as mining, iron-working, and general transportation. 1961 J. Seymour Fat of Land ix. 117 We found ourselves forced to build up, little by little, a complete workshop: carpenter's tools, iron-working tools, spanners, [etc.]. 2002 M. McGrath Silvertown (2003) vi. 56 The industries he knows—ship building, ironworking, ship repair—have been declining all around him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ironworkingadj. That works or manufactures iron. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [adjective] > iron-working ferrific1671 ironworking1773 1773 T. Morell tr. Æschylus Prometheus in Chains iv. 24 in Αισχυλου Προμηθευς Δεσμωτης Where..Now dwell the iron-working [Gk. σιδηροτέκτονες] Chalybes. 1825 R. Chambers Trad. Edinb. I. 122 The West Bow..was even then remarkable for iron-working handicraftsmen. 1895 Daily News 23 Sept. 7/4 Increased strength has been imparted to the iron-working branches by the further advance this week in unmarked iron. 1918 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 18 58 The ancient middens give conclusive evidences that an iron-working people once inhabited these parts. 1996 S. B. Boyd et al. Redeeming Men iv. 116 Recalling his childhood visits with his grandfather, who was an ironworking man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1680adj.1773 |
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