| 单词 | smith's dust |
| 释义 | > as lemmassmith's dust smith's dust n. (also smiths' dust) now historical and rare iron particles, flakes, etc., produced as waste from the working of iron by smiths. ΚΠ 1568–9 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 283 Sande and smythes dust, 2d. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 33 Smiths-Dust is either the Scales beaten off at the Anvil, or Iron Filings. 2000 D. Hopkins Art of Dyer, 1500–1700 36 From these three quotations, (the first two from the early 16th Century, the third from the late 17th Century), we see contradictory attitudes to Smiths' Dust or perhaps an advance in understanding. < as lemmas |
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