| 单词 | rotstone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrotstone rotstone n. chiefly Scottish (now historical) = rottenstone n.In quot. 1890 figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] > polish > types of pumice1422 emery1481 foam of copperas1538 pumex1589 emery-stone1610 smiris1610 putty1663 rottenstone1677 tutty1731 French rouge?1745 rotstone1767 plate powder1786 emery-powder18.. rouge1808 waxing1825 black lead1830 tin-putty1839 red stuff1844 stove-polish1858 crocusa1861 crocus-powder1873 furniture cream1873 grit-emery1884 silver polish1895 Ronuk1896 Brasso1905 floor polish1907 lavender cream1926 lavender polish1961 lavender wax1970 1767 H. Robertson Young Ladies School of Arts (ed. 2) i. 12 A shell which hath a smooth surface, and a natural dull polish, need only be rubb'd with the hand, or with a piece of shammoy leather with some tripoli or rot-stone. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose vi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 262 The soldier, who was..burnishing his corslet with rot-stone and shamois-leather. 1890 J. H. Stirling Philos. & Theol. xii. 239 To show..on what mere rot-stone a literary taste might be founded. 2006 U. A. Robertson in S. Storrier Sc. Life & Soc. xvii. 317 The windows were washed and dried, or merely dusted, then polished with whiting or rotstone which was also used on mirrors. < as lemmas |
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