| 单词 | quarter-stuff |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquarter-stuff quarter-stuff n. †(a) = quarter timber n. (c) (obsolete); (b) wood cut to a quarter of an inch in thickness (now rare). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > timber in pieces > piece of specific size > collectively quartering1703 quarter-stuff1712 thick-stuff1769 1682 Wks. 5/145, fols 135–37 in Archit. Hist. (1999) 42 214 The frameing of which are to be out of inch and quarter stuff.] 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 71 They make use..of Quarter-Stuff for large Plinths and Facias. 1799 Naval Chron. 2 389 Timber.., blocks, quarterstuff, candles. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1844/1 Quarter-stuff,..plank one quarter inch thick. 1958 Chambers's Techn. Dict. (ed. 3) 693 Quarter stuff (Carp.). A board ¼ in. thick. 1996 W. Bucher Dict. Building Preserv. 365 Quarter stuff, (pre-20c) boards that are .25 inch thick. < as lemmas |
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