| 单词 |
jack-weight |
| 释义 |
† ˈjack-weight Obs. [Jack n.1 7.] A weight forming part of the mechanism in an obsolete form of a roasting-jack.
1659Lond. Chanticleers xii. in Hazl. Dodsley XII. 352 A woman's anger should be like jack-weights—quickly up and quickly down. a1784Johnson Acc. Early Life, I remembered a little dark room behind the kitchen, where the jack⁓weight fell through a hole in the floor, into which I once slipped my leg. 1814Last Act i. iii, A short thick squat zort of a mon, fit for the devil's jack-weight. |

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