单词 | lue |
释义 | luelewv. Tin mining and Silver mining. transitive. To sift with a sieve. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > sifting > sift [verb (transitive)] > remove by sifting sift1428 out-tryc1550 lue1674 sieve1860 1674 J. Ray Smelting Silver in Coll. Eng. Words [Cardiganshire] 116 That which is thus Buddled they lue with a thick hair sieve close wrought in a tub of water. 1674 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words [Cornwall] 122 The fine [tin] is lewed in a fine sierce. 1804 M. Edgeworth Lame Jervas viii, in Pop. Tales I. 48 I had new models made of the sieves for lueing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1674 |
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