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Meaning of skrivsand | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitioner

pounce (a type of fine powder sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface)

common-gender, historical

Ekvivalenter

English Pounce

Exempel

“God Romm på Bouteiller och et partie Kjersbaͤr, ſamt flere 100:de Tunnor fin Skrifſand, aͤr til ſalu i Kryddboden wid Regeringsgatan och hoͤrnet af Kaͤllaren Stockholms Slott.”

Good rum in bottles and a batch of cherries, along with several hundred barrels of fine pounce, are for sale at the spice shop on Government Street at the corner of the Cellar of Stockholm Castle.

“Det var en tämligen stor sal, som uppfyllde hela bottenvåningen; den var målad i äppelgrönt och förrådde en flamländsk renlighet med sina renspolade och med skrivsand beströdda golvhällar.”

The room was of considerable size, occupying the entire ground floor. It was painted in apple green and revealed a Flemish cleanliness with its thoroughly scrubbed flagstone floors, which were sprinkled with pounce.

CEFR-nivå

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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