单词 | to felt together |
释义 | > as lemmasto felt together a. transitive. To make into felt; to bring into a consistence like that of felt; to mat or press together. Also, to felt together. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > close texture > [verb (transitive)] > mat felt1513 mat1577 felter1615 tat1829 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [verb (transitive)] > manufacture felt felt1513 1513 [see felted adj. at Derivatives]. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 491/1 He remayned so long manicled that his hear was felted together. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xxiii They fal to beat, to felt, and thicken it close with their feet. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xvii. vii. 89 The sides thereof, hard baked or felted together. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. iv. 157 One Man [printed Men] felts it into a Hat. 1805 J. Luccock Nature & Prop. Wool 164 So little is known of the proceedings of nature in the operation of felting. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 153 Too great a velocity in these parts would be apt to knot and felt the wool. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. 68 The hairs become felted together in balls. 1862 C. A. Johns Brit. Birds (1874) 73 A compact nest of moss, felted so as to be impervious to water. 1874 M. C. Cooke Fungi 75 The fertile threads are either free or only slightly felted. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 342/1 The cloth is felted, that is, the fibres of the wool..interlock or hook into each other. < as lemmas |
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