单词 | shell-blow |
释义 | > as lemmasshell-blow shell-blow n. a call blown on a horn made of a large species of shell (e.g. a conch-shell). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > [noun] > signal on conch-shell shell-blow1828 shell-blowing1869 1828 Marly: Planter's Life in Jamaica 50 This mode of working continued till shell-blow at half past one by the sun-dial. 1861 G. Blyth Reminisc. Miss. Life ii. 54 At noon or, as it was called, the shellblow time. < as lemmas |
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