| 单词 | starch yard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstarch yard starch yard n. now historical a yard where grain is made into starch. ΚΠ 1701 Flying Post 5 Apr. There's a new Starch-Yard erected in Tuttle-Fields, Westminster,..where those that have occasion may be furnish'd with Starch at reasonable Rates. 1794 W. James & J. Malcolm Gen. View Agric. Surrey 34 There are..great numbers [of hogs] fed in the starch yards. 1868 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 23 Oct. Many samples offering in our market are..worthless for flour, and only fit for the starch-yard. 1905 Eng. Mechanic 9 June 407/2 I..had the free run of chemical works and starch yards. 1952 Econ. Hist. Rev. 5 254 The starch yards..were under the disadvantage of having to use a proportion of beans and pease [for fodder] in addition to their offals. < as lemmas |
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