| 单词 | white grease |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite grease a. The melted or rendered fat of animals, esp. when it is in a soft state: often with a qualifying noun, specifying the kind of fat, as bear grease n. at bear n.1 Compounds 2a, goose-grease n., swine grease n. at swine n. Compounds 4a, etc.; †white grease, lard. Hence, by extension, oily or fatty matter in general, esp. such as is used as a lubricant. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [noun] > fattiness > fat or grease greasec1290 lardc1420 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > greasy or fatty material > [noun] > derived from animals smearc725 smolta1000 seamc1200 greasec1290 fat1393 creesha1400 brawn1535 axunge?1541 axungiety1599 axungiousness1599 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 12/375 Þat fuyr was i-maud of col and grece. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8485 Hii..wilde fur wiþ pich & grece wiþ ginnes In caste. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 63 Egges yfryed with grece. a1400 Coer de L. 1552 Talwgh and grese menge alsoo. c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 8 Take oynonys, and schrede hem..an frye in a panne of fayre grece. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 14 Gode brothe with wyte grece, þou noȝt forsake. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxii Let thy terre be medled with oyle, gose grece, or capons grece. 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xxii Annoynt..with..som of the greses spoken of before. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 16 They delight to..make their skin glister with grease and char-cole beat together. 1678 Massacre Irel. 6 One fat man they murthered and made Candles of his grease. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1783 II. 445 Johnson: They..extract a grease from them [sc. bones] for greasing wheels. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 820 (heading) Removing spots of grease from books and prints. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 172 Causing the piston-rod to work through a close collar stuffed with hemp and grease. 1889 Scribner's Mag. Aug. 215/2 The expenditure for lubricating oils, waste, and greases alone amounts to more than $150,000 per annum. < as lemmas |
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