“presle”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

presle

释义

† presle, n. Obs. rare.
Also 8 erron. prescle.
[a. obs. F. presle ‘small Horse-taile, Tadpipes, naked Shaue-grasse’ (Cotgr.), erron. f. prêle, la prêle being a corruption of l'asprele (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.) = It. asperella, dim. f. L. asper rough.]
The rough horsetail, shavegrass, or Dutch rushes, Equiestum hyemale. Hence † presle v., trans. to polish with this plant.
1661Needham in Birch Hist. Roy. Soc. (1756) I. 51 Rub it smooth with dried presle, i.e. the herb horse-tail.1703T. S. Art's Improv. 27 Cleanse it well with Prescle,..wash over the Wood, and hold it to the Fire until it has done smoaking; when dry, Prescle it again.Ibid. 45 Having..Polish'd it [your Work] with Prescle.

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