单词 | leaning-stock |
释义 | > as lemmasleaning-stock leaning-stock n. (a) a support (literal and figurative); (b) in an organ, the ledge on which a pipe rests. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on leaning-place1530 leaning-stock1530 leaning?1533 lean-over1936 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 238/2 Leanyng stoke, apuial. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie lvi. 335 They will be a sure and steadie leaning stocke to rest vppon. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 8 To worship Rimmon himself, and be his Masters leaning stock in that worship. 1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 56 Sometimes this ledge, or leaning-stock of the pipe, has a semi-circular cut, into which the pipe leans back. < as lemmas |
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