单词 | rounding brass |
释义 | > as lemmasrounding brass C1. General attributive (in sense 5a), as rounding brass, rounding iron, rounding knife, rounding plane, etc. ΚΠ 1683 J. Reid Scots Gard'ner i. iii. 12 Prepare the rounding string viz. a piece line doubled and tyed near the point of a stick. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 383/1 Rounding Knife, a short broad Blade like a Turkish scimitar, a thick back and short handle. 1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 232 The top and bottom rounding tools..are made of all diameters for plain cylindrical works. 1845 W. Youatt Dog iii. 83 When the time comes, the ears of the dog should be rounded; the size of the ear and of the head guiding the rounding-iron. 1852 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (1854) II. 6/1 When quite dry, the proper width is given to the brim by means of a rounding-brass, or gauge. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 44/1 The backing-machine is worked by the hand, and its action is somewhat similar to that of the rounding-machine. 1901 P. N. Hasluck Wood Turner's Handy Bk. 30 Rounding planes, or rounders, are used to make cylindrical rods. 1988 Woodworker Apr. 336/1 Try out the tool on previously rounded material, using a rounding engine or a hand crank. 2001 C. H. Wendel Encycl. Antique Tools & Machinery 78/2 The turning and rounding hammers shown here were intended for fitting the shoe. < as lemmas |
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