单词 | burring |
释义 | burringn. The removing of burs and other foreign bodies from wool or cotton in the process of manufacture. Hence burring-machine, burring-saw, burring-wheel. burring rollers n. plural an apparatus for removing the burrs from wool in preparing it for carding. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing wool > [noun] > equipment for removing imperfections burling-iron1648 burring-machine1879 burring rollers1879 1879 in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 340/1 To clean the wool of these troublesome seeds, the burring machine was brought into requisition. 1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted v. 83 The burrs..lie along the fibres of wool... To clear them off, burring rollers are fixed on the top of two of the lickers-in. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 658 The swift as it travels round is met by a series of three burring rollers rotating in an opposite direction. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2019). burringadj. a. That burrs in speech. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > inarticulate indistinct rough-spoken1633 thick-speaking1861 burring1883 mushmouthed1909 1883 Mag. of Art Sept. 470/2 What a funny burring patois. b. Whirring. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > vibratory sound > [adjective] > whirr whirring?a1500 skirring1573 hurring1582 birring1787 burring1886 whirry1936 1886 E. Hodder Life Earl Shaftesbury I. iii. 139 Amidst the burring din of machinery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2018). > as lemmasˈburring ˈburring n. (attributive) as burring-engine a dentist's machine for driving a burr-drill, etc.; burring tool (see burr n.4 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > [noun] > dentists' drills > part of burring1875 handpiece1889 1875 Dental Cosmos 17 510 With the burring-engine I ground off enough of the cusp. < n.1879adj.1883 as lemmas |
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