单词 | self-delivery |
释义 | self-deliveryn.ΚΠ 1631 C. Herle Contempl. & Devotions Saviours Death & Passion xi. 266 Thou gavest thy selfe a ransome for our sinnes... How proportionately therefore to expiate that my traiterous selfe-delivery [etc.]. 1670 O. Heywood Sure Mercies of David viii. 110 There are four properties of the souls self-delivery to God. 2. Output of the product of a process in the desired state; spec. (a) the automatic output of swathes or sheaves of a crop by a reaping machine; (b) (in founding) the production of patterns from a mould without the need to remove cores (core n.1 8). Often attributive. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > casting equipment > delivery of a pattern without using cores self-delivery1853 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > types of machine generally > [adjective] > automatic > delivery automatically self-delivering1847 self-delivery1853 the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harvesting equipment > [noun] > reaping tools > reaping-machine > types of jowlc1420 header1852 heading machine1853 self-delivery1853 self-binder1859 self-deliverer1859 reaper-binder1880 string-binder1891 windrower1948 1853 Brit. Farmer's Mag. 24 264/1 The next [reaping machine] tried was Bell's, manufactured by Crosskill. This machine..cuts the crops equally as well as any of the others; and its self-delivery was such as to call forth the praise and admiration of all lookers-on. 1864 Trans. Highl. Soc. Jan. 143 Of the self-delivery reapers, Crosskill's Bell did its work most satisfactorily. 1889 Industries 13 Sept. 252/1 The most essential points to which the pattern maker has to attend are the modes of jointing and withdrawal, the alternative of coring or of self delivery.., and the economy of strickling. 1908 J. G. Horner Encycl. Pract. Engin. Self-Delivery, the delivery of a pattern from the mould without requiring the use of cores. 1981 E. J. T. Collins in G. E. Mingay Victorian Countryside I. xv. 206 In 1870 a two-horse self-delivery reaper cost between £30 and £36. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1631 |
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