单词 | reeling stick |
释义 | > as lemmasreeling stick reeling stick n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > winding > on reel > instrument for reelOE reeler1598 reeling stick1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A reeler or reeling sticke. 1856 S. J. Moore Zion's Service of Song iv. 179 The most popular orator of our day declares that the secret of his ability to speak..at such great length, without being fatigued to any great extent, is, that ‘he stands a straight as a reeling-stick’. 1952 P. Wheeler tr. Sacred Script. of Japanese 140 In his dwelling by night he dreamed a dream in which there appeared a lady holding the cords of a weaving machine and a reeling stick. < as lemmas |
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