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▪ I. scrutineer, n.|skruːtɪˈnɪə(r)|
Forms: α. 6 scrutener, 7–8 scrutiner; β. 7– scrutineer.
[f. scrutin-y + -er2, -eer1.]
1. One whose duty it is to scrutinize or examine; esp. one who acts as an examiner of votes at an election, etc. Also, spec. in Motor Racing and Motor-Boat Racing, an official who inspects a car or boat in order to ensure that it complies with the regulations.
1557Order of Hospitalls B vij b, That there be..elected..ij Scruteners to gather in the Legacies. 1617Collins Def. Bp. Ely i. iv. 182 Else what neede the Canon either the Fathers consent, or the scrutiner to begin with placet vobis? 1682Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 229 The scrutineers of the poll relating to the lord mayor have mett severall times. 1773Gentl. Mag. XLIII. 102 The balloting began at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and ended at Six, when the scrutineers reported to the Directors. 1811Shelley St. Irvyne iii. Pr. Wks. (1888) I. 152 He gazed on the mysterious scrutineer who stood before him. 1894Proc. Incorp. Assoc. Munic. Engin. XX. 3 The Scrutineers report the result of the voting as follows. 1932S. C. H. Davis Motor Racing xxii. 270 Caracciola's Mercédès was rejected by the scrutineers. 1963Times 4 June 14/7 The scrutineers' protest was upheld and both cars ruled ineligible. 1968Guardian 19 Mar. 9/3 In the windy entrance lobby..there is a photograph of Mr Novotny... There is also a lady of the militia... Once past these two scrutineers you cross a yard.., and enter the works proper. 1972[see next]. 1976Church Times 16 July 6/5 A passport to immortality consisting of ‘Cranford’, ‘Cousin Phillis’ and ‘Wives and Daughters’ is convincing enough in all conscience for the most demanding of literary scrutineers.
2. (With capital initial.) A contributor to Scrutiny, a literary journal edited by F. R. Leavis (see Leavisian n. and a.), and others, between 1932 and 1953; a follower of Leavis. rare.
1958J. Raymond in Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Aug. p. xxxii/1 The difficulty of writing on a general theme like this is to decide at the beginning just what we are attempting to discuss... The Situation (desperate of course) of the Contemporary Writer? The Collapse of the Essay?.. Scrutineers All—and After? 1978J. Marcus in Ibid. 12 May 528/5 The Scrutineers have taught generations of British students that Virginia Woolf was a snob.
▪ II. scrutineer, v.|skruːtɪˈnɪə(r)|
[f. prec.]
trans. In Motor Racing and Motor-Boat Racing: to inspect (a car or boat) in order to ensure that it complies with the regulations. Hence scrutiˈneering vbl. n.
1930E. Waugh Vile Bodies x. 175 Changed the whole engine over after they'd been scrutineered. Anyone else would have been disqualified. 1932S. C. H. Davis Motor Racing xxii. 270 That..served to emphasize..the weakness of scrutineering on the day before the race. 1971Sunday Express (Johannesburg) 28 Mar. 7/1 The scrutineering area for checking whether cars comply with regulations. 1971E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 13 Apr. 1/3 The margin on the road was four points, but the gap was narrowed when the two Datsuns went to scrutineering. 1972C. Mudie Motor Boats & Boating 150 Other boats will begin to arrive with tall tales of fantastic practice performances and all will build up to scrutineering the day before the race. Each boat has to present itself to a team of scrutineers who will check the hull and machinery. Ibid., (caption) The scrutineering team check each boat before an important race. |