单词 | ripple-comb |
释义 | ripple-combn. Now rare. = ripple n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > removing seeds > implement for rippling combc1350 ripple?c1425 ripple-comb1499 ripple-stock?a1500 rippler1724 thrippling-comb1728 flax-ripple1880 1499 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 104 A hekyll,..a ryppyll came,..a payr of wool cames. 1581–2 Inventory in H. Best Rural Econ. in Yorks. (1857) 171 One peare of reple comes. 1615 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (1668) ii. v. 132 You must take ripple combs, and ripple your flax over. 1726 J. Laurence New Syst. Agric. 108 This done, you must take Ripple-Combs, and ripple the flax over. 1898 A. M. Earle Home Life in Colonial Days viii. 168 A coarse wooden or heavy iron wire comb with great teeth, named a ripple-comb, was fastened on a plank. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ripple-combv. rare. transitive. To treat (flax or hemp) with a ripple-comb. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > treat or process flax, hemp, or jute [verb (transitive)] > remove seeds ripple?a1500 ripple-comb1899 deseed1931 1899 Academy 11 Feb. 184/1 Flax was grown, dried, ripple-combed, cleaned. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1499v.1899 |
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