| 单词 | snail-creeping |
| 释义 | > as lemmassnail-creeping snail-creeping n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > cutting tongues or grooves snail-creeping1792 ploughing1793 tonguing1862 1792 Ann. Agric. 18 41 The ends of the beams [of the Royal William]..had been gouged in a manner then [in 1719] practised, which was called snail-creeping. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 635 Snail-Creeping, gouging out the surfaces of timbers in crooked channels, to promote a circulation of air. < as lemmas |
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