单词 | water drum |
释义 | > as lemmaswater drum water drum n. Brit. /ˈwɔːtə drʌm/ , U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌdrəm/ , /ˈwɑdər ˌdrəm/ , West African English /ˈwɔta ˌdrɔm/ any of various kinds of drum in which water is used in the production of sound; esp. (a) an American Indian drum partly filled with water to adjust the pitch and timbre; (b) a West African instrument played by striking a bowl or gourd floating upside down in a container of water.ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > other drums taborinc1500 swash1533 war-drum1593 wolf-drum1605 saddle drum1617 tombak1662 tom-tom1693 goombay1790 rommelpot1790 rommelpot?1798 water drum1824 pahu1829 tabl1831 tambourin1832 dholuck1837 nagara1839 tree-drum1850 ngoma1860 talking drum1897 pot drum1907 friction drum1909 trap-drum1924 ghoema1934 tamboo1942 tassa1948 steel drum1952 conga drum1955 roto-tom1968 conga1969 Isukuti1972 steel pan1973 syndrum1979 1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. ii. 67 The mellow sound of the water-drum. 1909 F. G. Speck Ethnol. Yuchi Indians 120 During this time at intervals a few taps were given on the water-drum. 1923 C. M. Barbeau Indian Days 120 A deep sound from the seer's lodge startled the people, a sound like that of a large water drum. 1970 P. Oliver Savannah Syncopators 106 Outstanding xylophone orchestras, kora, water-drum, harp and harp-lute. 2003 Whispering Wind May 16 In this tradition a special water drum was constructed and the drum head..painted with four special symbols. water drum i. Designating a machine worked or powered by water, a part of a machine in which water is heated, or a structure or device for drawing or circulating water, as water bellows, water blast, water box, water chamber, water corn mill, water drum, water feed, †water shovel, water trap. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > other types of mill water corn mill1327 watermill1371 quern mill1590 water grist mill1636 tide-mill1640 parish mill1676 whin-mill1793 roller mill1828 saddle quern1867 walk-around1869 kibbler1882 1327 Ministers' Accts. (P.R.O.: 1247/12) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Water-shovele In ijc Schotbord pro waterscheffles aquatici molendini. 1384 Foreign Accts. (P.R.O.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Water Reddit compotum de..j Mukehoke, j sherhoke, j cacabo..j Waterwyndas. 1580 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 32 All my interest in the water corne mylne and farmehold in Kirklawe. 1725 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1857) I. 178 A wattercorn Milln called Accorinton Milln. 1763 in S. Smiles Engineers (1861) I. 359 (note) At the mouth of the cavern is erected a water-bellows. 1821 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 2 183 Placing the water-boxes upon the roller-beam. 1824 ‘R. Stuart’ Descr. Hist. Steam Engine 47 The pipe, 1, connects the air-chamber, a, with the inner water-chamber, a. 1833 T. Sopwith Mining Distr. Alston Moor 131 The water blast..consists of a wooden pipe placed in a shaft, and down which a stream of water is kept running, while a quantity of fresh air is carried with it. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 468/1 It is from the drying up of the fluid in water-traps that uninhabited houses are so frequently offensive. 1884 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 3rd Ser. 388/1 The draught is sometimes kept up by..a water-drum, an apparatus which sucks in air by means of the friction of a jet of water. 1914 Chambers's Jrnl. May 334/2 The..lamp..works automatically, the water-feed to the carbide being drop by drop. 1951 D. Mathew Age Charles I xii. 196 Yeomen are found operating grist-mills, water corn-mills and fulling mills. 1993 Cottage Life Mar. 39/3 The piston pump is simple to prime... You put water in the head (also known as the water box) and it should pick up its prime. 2003 N. Brownlee Everything you didn't need to know about UK 122 The ‘airstream’ blowpipe..uses a water trap to prevent water displacement. < as lemmas |
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