单词 | prise house |
释义 | > as lemmasprise house prise house n. U.S. (now historical) a building housing equipment for pressing and packing tobacco leaves (in quot. 1732 as part of a place name). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place where tobacco is stored or processed > [noun] tobacco house1611 prise house1732 stemmery1859 seasoning room1890 1718 Richmond County (Va.) Misc. Court Rec. Bk. in C. R. Lounsbury Illustr. Gloss. Early Southern Archit. & Landscape (1994) 292 A good large Tobacco house called ye press house.] 1732 Laws of Maryland 5 A Point of Land, known by the Name of Hawkins's Prize House Point. 1744 Joseph Ball Letterbk. in C. R. Lounsbury Illustr. Gloss. Early Southern Archit. & Landscape (1994) 292 The roof of the Prise house, and the shades must be pulled off. 1891 Washington Post 4 Aug. 6/2 Seven large two and three story prize houses have been built and lively times are expected in the tobacco trade here this fall. 2001 R. Kammerer Greenville v. 88 (caption) This old ‘Tobacco Town’ photograph..shows O.L. Joyner's four-story prize house on the left and the Eastern and Greenville Tobacco Warehouses on the right. < as lemmas |
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