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. 15^v 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) 100 ‘Shruff’ 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).

单词	shruff
释义	shruffn.¹ /ʃrʌf/ Etymology: Parallel to scruff n.¹ Obsolete exc. dialect. Refuse, esp. for burning; light refuse wood, cinders, etc. used for fuel. ΘΚΠ 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. 15^v 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) 100 ‘Shruff’ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.¹1399n.²1541
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