| 单词 | water cement |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater cement n. Designating a substance which hardens in water and so becomes impervious to it, as water cement, water lime, water mortar. Cf. hydraulic adj. 3. Now rare and chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > cement or mortar > [noun] > hardening under water water cementa1589 water limea1589 water mortara1589 a1589 L. Mascall Bk. Fishing (1590) 49 This kinde of water lime, will holde both in water and frostie wether. 1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation iv. ii. 120/2 Water-Lime..must be very strong. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §198 The hardening of water-mortar. 1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 26/2 We must..distinguish between a good mortar, and a good water mortar, or cement. 1847 A. C. Smeaton Builder's Pocket Man. (new ed.) 34 The Roman is the most valuable of all water-cements. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 377 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The making of hydraulic cements, (water-limes,) mastics, &c. 1911 Cement & Engin. News 23 63/2 The idea they conveyed was that formation of crystals was harmful to the cement as a water-mortar and limited its durability in water. 1961 Jrnl. Soc. Archit. Historians 20 196/2 Joseph Clary also manufactured water lime in the village of Chittenango. 2006 R. Fort et al. Heritage, Weathering & Conservation I. 184/2 (table) Water lime... Water mortar. < as lemmas |
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