| 单词 | wiresmith |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswiresmith wiresmith n. now historical a person who makes metal into wire, esp. by hammering; cf. wire-drawer n. 1. ΚΠ 1438 in B. Thuresson Middle Eng. Occup. Terms (1950) 227 (MED) Joh. Buller, wiresmyth. 1797 W. Johnston tr. J. Beckmann Hist. Inventions & Discov. II. 232 As long as the work was performed by the hammer, the artists at Nuremburg were called wire-smiths; but after the invention of the drawing-iron they were called wire-drawers. 1854 Friends' Rev. 26 Aug. 795/1 The French and English wire-smiths became also in due time wire-drawers. 2000 J. R. Farr Artisans in Europe, 1300–1914 ii. 52 The fourteenth century saw the appearance of, among others, wiresmiths, bottle-makers, brass smiths, and dicemakers. < as lemmas |
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