英语词汇“moff”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

moff

释义

▪ I. moff¹, moph|mɒf|
[See quot. 1885.]
An instrument consisting of a pair of compasses, one leg of which is fashioned like the leg of a pair of callipers.
1885Let. 28 Nov. (MS.), It is a cross, in fact, between compass and calliper; and its character of cross breed got it originally the name of hermaphrodite, which was corrupted into mophrodite, which has been shortened into ‘moff’.1902Marshall Metal Tools 12 A useful form of calipers for marking off..is known by various names, such as ‘odd-leg calipers’, ‘scribing calipers’, ‘hermaphrodite calipers’, ‘mophs’, or ‘jennies’.
▪ II. ‖ moff²|mɒf|
See quot.
1851Official Catal. Gt. Exhib. III. 1373 Caucasian silk stuff (called moff).1858Simmonds Dict. Trade.

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