单词 | rosety end |
释义 | > as lemmasrosety end rosety end n. the rosined end of a shoemaker's thread; the thread itself; cf. roset end n. at roset n.1 Compounds and rosin-end n. at rosin n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1833 Perthshire Advertiser 12 Sept. A strong ‘rozetie end’ was twisted round the devoted tooth, and then tied firmly to the patient's foot. 1895 ‘G. Setoun’ Sunshine & Haar 299 It's no a thread, it's a rosety end. 1948 J. G. Johnston Come fish with Me 58 The correct way to wax silk is that used through the ages by the cobblers when waxing their ‘rossity ends’. 1963 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) 5 Mar. As a loon he was a regular scrounger of ‘rossity en's’ from the village ‘souter’. < as lemmas |
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