单词 | screw mill |
释义 | > as lemmasscrew mill screw mill n. (a) a mill worked by the turning of a screw; (b) a building or factory where screws are manufactured, originally one using machinery worked by water power (now historical). ΚΠ 1737 Dublin Soc. Weekly Observ. 21 June (1739) 166 The Screw Mill consists of a wooden Screw and Nut..wrought by three or four Men forcing it round with Levers, in the Nature of a Capstane. 1798 S. Shaw Staffordsh. I. 109/1 The brook..turned a corn mill, which was converted into a screw mill..about 1766. 1810 Balance & State Jrnl. 16 Mar. 3/5 For license to use my patented screw mill for breaking and grinding hard substances, such as plaster,..or Indian corn to be ground with the cob, twenty dollars. 1891 Pract. Engin. 10 June 489/1 The screws manufactured will be exclusively of the kind used by joiners... Besides establishing the Leeds factory, the company proposes to erect a large screw mill in Germany. 1987 E. Jones Hist. GKN v. 136 Nettlefold increased the range of brass and copper screws..following the construction of his new screw mill in 1854. 2015 K. Smith Sago Palm xiii. 243 Mechanization through the use of screw mills and rotary cutters is increasingly common. < as lemmas |
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