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单词 second cut
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second cut
second cut adj. (a) (see quot. 1846); (b) Australian and New Zealand, (the mark of) a blow made to remove badly-cut fleece; a piece of short or inferior wool produced by this.
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second cut1846
blow1878
long blow1904
1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 820 Double cut files..are thus respectively named by the Lancashire..makers:—1. Rough. 2. Middle-cut. 3. Bastard. 4. Second-cut. 5. Smooth. 6. Superfine.
1882 A. S. Armstrong & G. O. Campbell Austral. Sheep Husbandry xiv. 168 In shearing the first side of the sheep, each blow should be continued round until the back-bone is passed; this avoids the second cut caused by the blow up the back which should not be allowed, as the ‘cutting through’ which results considerably depreciates the value of the wool.
1897 D. McK. Wright Station Ballads & Other Verses 34 Mighty lot of wool you've lost! Second cuts? Well, that ain't my fault, you've his wrinkled hide to thank.
1900 A. Hawkesworth Austral. Sheep & Wool 180 A fleece is said to be fribby when a great number of second cuts or fribs fall out when it is shaken or in the process of rolling.
1929 H. B. Smith Sheep & Wool Industry Austral. & N.Z. (ed. 3) 209 Fribby, short locky pieces of wool such as second cuts and small black yolky locks from crutch and under fore-legs of sheep.
1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Oct. 311 An efficient shearer will not make many ‘second cuts’, but the presence of them among the fleeces in a bale will antagonize the wool buyer.
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