亚洲网紅露点

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sparable

/ 藞蝉辫忙谤蓹产蓹濒 /

noun

  1. a small nail with no head, used for fixing the soles and heels of shoes
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sparable1

C17: changed from sparrow-bill, referring to the nail's shape
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Certain slender prismatic crystals, with an acute 8-sided pyramid, are known in Cornwall as 鈥渟parable tin,鈥 in allusion to their resemblance to sparable nails, whilst very slender crystals are termed needle-tin.

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The first board contains a small piece of gold in its rough state, a piece of gold in its manufactured state, a piece of silver in both states, a piece of copper in both states, a piece of brass in both states, a piece of iron in both states, a piece of steel in both states, a piece of tinfoil, a piece of solder, a screw, a clasp nail, a clout nail, a hob nail, a spike nail, a sparable, and a tack.

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Saw also the slippers which the worshippers of Mars put upon their martial feet when they enter into his temple鈥攕lippers without a suspicion of shod, hob nail or sparable, with which the heels of the worshippers of Ceres in this country are armed.

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