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单词 pot-lid
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pot-lidn.

Brit. /ˈpɒtlɪd/, U.S. /ˈpɑtˌlɪd/
Forms: see pot n.1 and lid n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pot n.1, lid n.
Etymology: < pot n.1 + lid n.
1. The lid of a pot. In later use also spec.: a decorated ceramic lid as a collector's item.In quot. 1607, used for a warming pan.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > closure for a vessel, tube, etc. > lid > types of
pot-lid1404
paten-bred1501
buckler1674
Moor's head1677
screw top1697
sarpush1698
Moor-head1712
saucepan lid1801
screw cap1806
pan lid1841
capsule1858
shutter-front1887
crown cap1898
shutter-lid1901
kettle-lid1903
under-lid1907
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > fragment or part of
shardc1000
potsherda1325
pot-lid1404
potscarc1450
test1545
shred1616
crock1850
pan-sherd1851
tesson1858
pot-shell1865
1404 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 20 j potlede de ligno.
1459 in W. D. Macray Reg. Members Magdalen Coll., Oxf. (1894) I. 4 (MED) Hys armys crest and deuyse yn the pot leede.
a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 728/20 Hoc trajecterium, a potlyd.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 257/1 Potlydde for a potte, covuerlecque.
1607 R. Greene Neuer too Late (new ed.) ii. sig. N4 To bed man, to bed, and we wil haue a warme pot-lid [1590 potled].
1682 Heraclitus Ridens 4 Apr. 1/1 It might be, for ought they knew, a Project for altering the breadth of Pot-lids.
1711 J. Swift Wks. & Lett. (1902) XXII. 156 Now it freezes, like a pot-lid, upon our snow.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. xi. 261 Adams..lay snug under the Pot-Lid . View more context for this quotation
1838 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. May 132 A Don Quixote, with a bean-pole for a lance, and a pot-lid for a shield.
1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. xiv. 107 Mr. Cruncher was out of spirits, and out of temper, and kept an iron pot-lid by him as a projectile for the correction of Mrs. Cruncher.
1924 H. G. Clarke & F. Wrench Colour Pictures on Pot Lids i. 4 The collecting of pot lids and other Staffordshire pottery adorned with these pictures has gone on in a quiet way for some considerable time.
1961 W. J. Gedney tr. P. A. Rajadhon Life & Ritual in Old Siam iii. 152 They put ground assafetida and sweet flag mixed with kaffir lime juice into a potlid and heat this over a fire.
1996 Daily Tel. 30 Sept. 21/6 A frequenter of the auction rooms, he amassed a collection of more than 300 Victorian pot lids.
2.
a. Geology. A flat, roughly circular stone or concretion within a rock. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > concretionary or nodular
cinder1562
yolk1665
sinapite1681
race1728
rance1728
pluma1817
pot-lid1822
Suffolk coprolite1867
kernel1892
1822 W. D. Conybeare & W. Phillips Outl. Geol. Eng. & Wales i. 204 Concretions are frequent..and are called whim-stones or potlids.
1828 Zool. Jrnl. 3 416 Concretions of calcareous grit..that form a part of almost every group... These concretions, from a coarse resemblance, are called ‘Pot-lids’; and the rock which they consist of,..bears the name of ‘Pendle’.
b. Archaeology. A roughly circular flake of flint, typically produced by fracture as the flint cools after heating. Frequently attributive.
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1904 W. E. Roth Domestic Implements, Arts, & Manuf. 17 Let us consider that..a comparatively short, stumpy flake, a ‘pot-lid,’ had been removed.
1935 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 65 165 Roth reports that he saw no ‘pot-lid’ scrapers in the former regions.
1939 Amer. Anthropologist 41 106 It has long been known that changes of temperature may remove from the surfaces of flints circular or elliptical flakes which are known as ‘pot lids’ leaving on the parent block corresponding hollows or pits known as ‘frost pits’.
1964 H. Hodges Artifacts vii. 104 A nodule of flint exposed to the sun all day may become quite warm and if there is a sudden evening fall of temperature roughly circular patches of the surface (pot-lids) may flake away.
1966 Amer. Anthropologist 68 219 A few of the flints at Latamne show pot-lid fracture and occasional reddening suggestive of thermal fracture.
1994 Science 4 Feb. 660/3 Contemporaneity between the hearths and the Mesa points is demonstrated by occasional flakes and projectile point fragments that are associated with charcoal and possess pot-lid fractures.
3. Curling. A stone so played as to come to rest on the tee at the centre of the target area; (now also) the innermost circle of the target area.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] > stone as played
hog1808
forehand stone1825
ringer1825
guard1830
pot-lid1853
rider1891
1853 W. Watson Poems 63 Now, stane after stane in rotation.., Till..ane's turn'd a vera pat-lid.
1884 ‘J. Strathesk’ More Bits from Blinkbonny xiv. 271 His stone landed on the Tee. ‘A pat-lid’, said Douce Davie.
1893–4 Caled. Curl. Cl. Ann. 114 A rare patlid, I fear your play is just owre guid.
1969 R. Welsh Beginner's Guide Curling iv. 33 Pot-lid, (Pat-lid), a stone lying on the tee.
1988 Sc. Curler Jan. 20/4 Robert..guarded his shot with his last stone and offered Nelson the opportunity to draw past the guard to the pot lid.
2001 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 23 Dec. 16 Mike explains the object is to slide or ‘throw’ the stones to a target made up of concentric circles, the ‘house’, aiming to land the stone as close to the centre circle, or ‘pot lid’, as possible.
4. In full pot-lid valve. A valve having the form of a cap fitting over a hole or the end of a pipe, etc. Also: the cover of the air pump of a steam engine. Now rare.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > valve > others
washer1596
turncock1702
air cock1709
Jack-in-the-box1728
runner1754
stop-valve1829
three-way cock1838
ball valve1839
relief valve1846
poppet valve1851
plunger valve1854
pot-lid1856
reflux valve1857
screw-down1864
mica valve1880
tide flap1884
tube-valve1884
swing-tap1892
relay valve1894
Schrader1895
pilot valve1900
mixer valve1904
spool valve1908
spill valve1922
safety valving1930
three-way1939
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > other parts
fire door1765
hand gear1805
throat pipe1824
cataract1832
cut-off1849
coil1852
pot-lid1856
main centre1858
trunk1859
piston sleeve1872
1856 J. Bourne Steam Engine (rev. ed.) viii. 300 In slow moving engines the bucket valve is generally of the spindle or pot-lid kind.
a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1777/1 Pot-lid Valve. 1. A cap-formed valve which shuts down like a cover upon a port or the end of a pipe. 2. The cover of the air-pump of a steam-engine.
1891 R. Routledge Discov. & Inventions 19th Cent. (ed. 8) 8 The slide-valve is not moved, like the old pot-lid valves, against the pressure of the steam.
2003 Re: (permaculture) worm troubles in permaculture at lists.ibiblio.org (Email list) 19 Dec. How about putting a hinged pot-lid on your vent stack?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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