单词 | to etch out |
释义 | > as lemmasto etch out 3. To corrode. to etch out: to eat out (by an acid, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > corrode or erode forfret?c1225 fret?c1225 gnaw1530 to eat awaya1538 eat1555 arrode1575 corrode1594 out-eatc1595 eat1609 erode1612 to eat out1616 bite1623 etch1664 exede1669 cancer1824 to eat in- 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 90 The cylinder of Quicksilver will seem cragged and itch'd [in Errata etch'd], and never purely smooth and polished. 1875 J. W. Dawson Life's Dawn on Earth 101 By acting on the surface with a dilute acid we etch out the calcareous part. < as lemmas |
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