单词 | well-burnt |
释义 | well-burntadj. Thoroughly or properly burnt. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [adjective] > subjected to heat or fire decoctc1420 concoct1534 well-burnt1548 burnt1661 heat-treated1946 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. sig. C.viiiv His cote was of ye coulor of a wel burnt brik. 1613 G. Markham Eng. Husbandman: 1st Pt. ii. xvii. 125 For your White you shall make it of the coursest chalke beaten to dust, or of well burnt plaister. 1651 J. French tr. J. R. Glauber Of Tincture of Gold in tr. J. R. Glauber Descr. New Philos. Furnaces 395 Put copper, or some sulphureous metall with 16 or 18 parts of lead in a well burnt cupel. 1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. iii. 41 The brickmaker's men..turn'd their hands from the grey hard well-burnt bricks to the soft sammell half-burnt bricks. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xiii. 283 A piece of well burned charcoal. 1890 J. Watson Confess. Poacher (1893) 115 On a well-burnt moor the best poaching method is by using a silk net. 1911 H. S. Watson Sewerage Syst. xvi. 200 Well-burnt bricks will give out a ringing sound when struck one against the other. 1998 Jrnl. Wildlife Managem. 62 515/2 The diversity of ant species was greater in the well-burned areas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1548 |
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