| 释义 |
dighter Obs. exc. dial.|ˈdaɪtə(r)|
[OE. dihtere, f. dihtan to dictate, etc.: see dight. Corresp. to MHG. tihtære, tihter, writer, poet, Ger. dichter poet.]
One who dights, in various senses of the verb: a. A composer, author, director, ruler, preparer; a winnower. b. A winnowing machine.
a1000St. Guthlac Prol. (Goodw. 4) Ic write swa me ða dihteras sædon ðe his lif..cuðon. c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 140/21 Commentator, expositor, dihtere. 1340Ayenb. 100 Efterward zeþþe þet he ys uader, he is diȝtere and gouernour and porueyour to his mayné. c1537Thersytes in Hazl. Dodsley I. 422 David Doughty, dighter of dates. 1598Florio, Prestatore, a prouider, a dighter, a vsurer. c1611Chapman Iliad v. 499 The chaff..Which all the diters' feet, legs, arms, their heads and shoulders whites. 1805A. Scott Poems, Dighting of Barley 69 (Jam.) The floating atoms did appear, To dab the dighters over. 1892Northumbld. Gloss., Dighter, a winnower of corn. Also a winnowing machine. |