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单词 spitstick
释义

spitstick

noun

spit·​stick
ˈspitˌstik
variants or spitsticker
-kə(r)
1
: a graver that is used especially to outline designs
2
: a small pointed chisel (as for making very small sloping cuts between the stones of a setting)

Word History

Etymology

spitstick alteration (influenced by stick) of spitsticker, from Dutch spitssteker, from spits pointed (from Middle Dutch, from Middle High German spiz, spitze, from Old High German spizzi) + steker graver, one that pricks or thrusts, from Middle Dutch, jouster, from steken to sting, prick, thrust + -er; akin to Old High German stehhan to sting, prick

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