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machiner|məˈʃiːnə(r)|
[f. machine n. + -er1.]
1. One who works a machine
a. for transplanting trees;
b. for sewing; a sewing-machine.
1827H. Steuart Planter's G. (1828) 246 Whom [sc. the planter] I have ventured to denominate the Machiner... The Machiner..at once ascertains the side, upon which the Tree can be best laid along the pole. 1888Times 20 Sept. 7/4 Mr. M. never knew a good machiner who would work for less than six shillings a day.
2. A horse employed to draw a ‘machine’ or vehicle; a post-, stage-, coach-, or van-horse.
1835Sir G. Stephen Adv. Search Horse xv. (1841) 210 Machiners, as they are called, that is, post-horses, or stage-horses. 1854Knight Once upon a Time I. 156 Hence stage-coach horses were called ‘Machiners’. 1857Musgrave Pilgr. into Dauphiné I. xiii. 293 The Poncheron horse..is..the favourite ‘machiner’ in this part of the country. 1875‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Sports ii. iii. i. §2. 518 The ordinary hunter..comprehends every variety between the one described above and the heavy machiner. |