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单词 waler
释义 waler1|ˈweɪlə(r)|
[f. wale v.1 + -er1.]
1. Coal-mining. (See quots.)
1825E. Mackenzie View Northumbld. (ed. 2) I. 91 Wailers are boys employed to pick out slate, pyrites, and other foul admixtures from the coal.1860Eng. & For. Mining Gloss. (ed. 2) [Newcastle Terms], Waler, boys who pick the refuse from the good coals.
2. ‘A handloom silk-weaving term: a man employed to determine the number of ‘picks’ in a piece and to see that uniformity is maintained’ (Eng. Dial. Dict.). Obs.
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