Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

a bone-boiling works

Portuguese translation:

trabalho de fervura de ossos

Added to glossary by Suely Massarenti
May 23, 2019 15:13
4 yrs ago
English term

a bone-boiling works

Homework / test English to Portuguese Art/Literary Anthropology Urbanization
The barren swampy tract, home for squatters and a bone-boiling works that made glue, was reported as a 'pestilental spot
where miasmic odors taint very breath of air'.

( This passage talks about the site where Central Park is lying today.)

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trabalho de fervura de ossos

https://www.oed.com/oed2/00024891

bone-boiler, a workman who performs the operation of boiling or steaming bones used in the manufacture of glue


https://casadorestaurador.com.br/loja/produto/KR63000/cola-d...
COLA DE OSSO 150G

Referindo-se à cola forte, identifica-se uma suspensão com alto índice de colágeno que é produzido pelo fervor de ossos, daí o nome de "cola de osso". É empregada em veladuras para tração e em madeira.


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Note added at 1 día 22 horas (2019-05-25 13:38:38 GMT) Post-grading
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Muito obrigada, Suely!
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agree Margarida Ataide
3 days 3 hrs
Muito obrigada, Margarida!
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English term (edited): bone-boiling works

oficina de fervura de ossos


works = oficina, fábrica (dente outras possibilidades):
https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/ingles-portugues/work
Peer comment(s):

agree airmailrpl : instalação de fervura de ossos
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Obrigado, Robert!
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