单词 | splint-like |
释义 | > as lemmassplint-like C1. attributive and in other combinations, chiefly in sense 2, as splint-cutter, splint-cutting, splint-machine, splint-plane; splint-like adj. See also splint-bone n. ΚΠ 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Splint-cutter, a shaper and maker of splints. 1862 T. H. Huxley On Knowl. Causes Phenomena Org. Nature 141 The splint~like bones in the leg of the horse. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2281/1 Splint-machine, a machine for riving or planing small slats or splints for use in making woven-slat blinds, baskets [etc.]. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2281/1 Splint-plane, one for riving splints from a block or board. 1889 A. R. Wallace Darwinism 385 We find in the places of the second and fourth digits only two slender splintlike bones. < as lemmas |
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