| 单词 | wax-end |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswax-end wax-end n. thread coated with cobblers' wax, used by shoemakers. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > materials > thread lingelc1440 a shoemaker's end1598 taching end1611 rosin-enda1826 wax-end1825 waxed-end1914 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Wax-end, the waxed thread used by cordwainers. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. vii. 106 ‘I will not, sir,’ replied the beadle, adjusting the wax-end which was twisted round the bottom of his cane for purposes of parochial flagellation. 1888 G. M. Fenn Dick o' the Fens 68 I could mend all this in less than an hour with some wax-ends and a brad-awl. < as lemmas |
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