单词 | tarras |
释义 | tarrasn. ? Obsolete. A kind of rock, allied in composition to pozzolana, consisting largely of comminuted pumice or other volcanic substance; it is found along the Rhine between Cologne and Mainz, and was formerly imported from Holland for making a mortar or hydraulic cement. Hence, the mortar or cement made of this, used for pargeting, lining cisterns, etc.; also applied to other similar cements. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > cement or mortar > [noun] > other kinds of cement or mortar maltha?1440 testacyec1440 putty1472 tarras1612 natural cement1753 Roman cement1768 sand mortar1775 Roman cement1800 Parker's cement1811 mastic cement1815 gauge-stuff1823 Portland cement1824 putty cement1825 rust cement1830 matrix1838 terro-cement1838 rust1839 swish1863 Coaguline1868 albolith1870 dagga1878 mastic1881 tripolith1882 grappier1897 pozzolana cement1905 Ciment Fondu1924 snowcrete1928 soil-cement1936 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > volcanic rocks > other volcanics tarras1612 greystone1781 trass1794 rhyolite1861 nephelinite1863 metavolcanic1942 1612 S. Sturtevant Metallica xiii. 95 Part or appurtenances in buildings,..made either of Bricke, Tile, Lead, Wood, Tarras, or Free-stone. 1662 in Statutes at Large, Ireland (1765) II. 416 Tarras, the barrel 6s. 8d. 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 52 Which I make no doubt are set in Cement or Tarras, that is, the Pulvis Puteolanus. 1735 J. Price Some Considerations Stone-bridge Thames 5 All the Joints set in Tarris. 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 lviii. 244 To make it almost as hard as terras. 1775 Small in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 444 By laying the ground-floor with terrace. 1788 Ann. Reg. 1786 Useful Projects 96/1 Dutch terras is a tufa stone, found on the rocky banks of the Rhine. 1800 Hull Advertiser 5 Apr. 1/3 Mortar..mixed..with a due proportion of Terrace or other Water Cement. 1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. vii. 285 Tarras, which was formerly imported in considerable quantities from Holland, is a mere decomposed basalt. 1822 G. Young Geol. Surv. Yorks. Coast (1828) 139 The manufacture of terras, or Roman cement. 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 412/2 Tarras, or trass, is a bluish black cellular trap or lava, quarried at Andernach on the Rhine into mill-stones. 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 412/2 Of late years, these stones [septaria], burnt and reduced to powder,..have entirely superseded the employment of puzzolana and of Dutch tarras. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1039 Tarras, a strong cement, useful in aquatic works. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as tarras mortar, tarras work; tarras-layer. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > plasterer or rough-caster daubera1382 plasterer1440 pargenar1501 dirt-dauber?1518 pargeter1538 roughcaster1594 spargener1600 seiler1672 smear1725 tarras-layer1819 parge-worker1908 1596 T. Lodge Wits Miserie (Hunterian Club) 33 His nose sticks in the midst like an embosement in Tarrace worke. 1744 T. Sympson in Philos. Trans. 1740–41 (Royal Soc.) 41 856 Strong Cement composed of Lime, Sand, Brick-dust, &c. which the Masons of that Country [i.e. Lincoln] call Terrace-mortar. 1819 W. S. Rose Lett. from N. Italy I. 54 Many Venetian tarrass-layers have set out, upon invitation, to Russia. 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 413/2 Tarras mortar, made of white lime and tarras, requires long and repeated beating to bring it to perfection. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). tarrasv. ? Obsolete. transitive. To cover, coat, or lay with plaster; in later use, with tarras. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > clad or cover [verb (transitive)] > plaster teer1382 pargeta1398 plastera1400 tirea1400 spargetc1440 tarras1485 spargen1512 pargen1536 sparge1560 cast1577 through-cast1611 parge1637 emplaster1649 run1849 slur1885 1485 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Mary at Hill, London in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 94 Paid the Dawber for terysing of floris per day 8d. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Pauimentare, to paue, to terrace. 1705 London Gaz. No. 4163/1 His Royal Highness has ordered the Towers of the old Castle..to be vaulted and terrassed, to prevent the Effect of the Bombs. 1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. i. iii. 89 An upper-story, which is flat on the top and either terraced with hard plaister, or paved with stone. 1789 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 2 235 The plants were..put in a stone cistern, well terassed. Derivatives tarrassed adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > cement or mortar > [adjective] > coated or stopped with cement or mortar mortaredc1384 luted1601 tarrassed1615 cemented1874 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > plaster > [adjective] > covered with plastereda1425 pargeted1538 tarrassed1615 plastery1862 rendered1901 1615 J. Loiseau de Tourval tr. H. de Feynes Exact Surv. E. Indies 7 The houses..are lowe enough, vaulted under, and tarassed on the top. 1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XVI. 4 [The] space under the tarrass'd floor, was filled with earth. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 492 [Great Wall of China] being terrassed and cased with bricks. 1819 W. S. Rose Lett. from N. Italy I. 117 Collecting the rain on tarrassed roofs, as at Malta. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1596v.1485 |
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