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单词 shruff
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shruffn.1

/ʃrʌf/
Etymology: Parallel to scruff n.1
Obsolete exc. dialect.
Refuse, esp. for burning; light refuse wood, cinders, etc. used for fuel.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > [noun] > specific miscellaneous types
house-warminga1300
shruff1399
lintc1480
stope1552
tar-barrel1580
fossil fuel1759
solid fuel1891
suddite1911
synfuel1976
1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles ii. 154 Thus baterid þis bred on busshes aboute, And gaderid gomes on grene þer as þe walkyd, Þat all þe schroff and schroup sondrid ffrom oþer.
1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 15v Store of shruffe dust, and small Coale.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 151 The shruff, moss and hair that the nest was thwackt together of.
a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Shruff, light rubbish wood, a perquisite to hedgers. Norf. and Suff.
1893 F. B. Zincke Wherstead: Some Materials Hist. (ed. 2) 100Shruff’ for the dry wood in the hedges.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

shruffn.2

Forms: Also 1500s shroffe, 1600s shroof.
Etymology: ? < German schroff fragment of mineral (Jacobsson in Grimm).
? Obsolete.
Old brass (or copper). Also attributive in shruff brass, shruff metal.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > brass > types of
maslinOE
latten1340
messing1371
orichalcc1429
shruff1541
black latten1545
mellay1545
medley brass1600
medley1601
shaven latten1660
latten-brass1677
brass-latten1678
similor1778
pig brass1841
Muntz metal1842
button brass1849
oreide1857
voltaic brass1860
semilor1866
naval brass1881
1541–2 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 7 §1 It was enacted, that noe person .. shoulde .. carrye .. any Brasse Copper .. Gunemettall ne Shroffe Metal into anye parte..beyonde the Sea.
1635 Rates Merchandizes sig. E7 Shruffe or old brasse.
1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 736 Brass Shruff serves instead of so much Copper.
1700 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 22 475 Brass-Shruff..is a collection of pieces of old Brass, which is usually procured in small parcels.
172. in Beawes Lex. Mercat. (1752) 678 Battery and Brass Shruff.
1787 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 7 Apr. 3/3 The following sorts of Copper, viz. Tile, Shruff, Shot,..[etc.].
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 709 8 oz. of shruff brass.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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