单词 | clamper |
释义 | clampern.1 Obsolete exc. Scottish. A botched-up argument or charge. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > clumsy or unskilful putting together > instance or result of cloutery1581 clampera1664 tinker1857 cobble1859 kludge1962 a1664 J. Spottiswood Mem. (1811) 61 (Jam.) His adversaryes were restless, and so found out a newe clamper. 1667 Bp. J. Taylor 2nd Pt. Dissuasive from Popery i. i. 19 What have the Churches done since? To what necessary truths are they, after all their clampers, advanc'd. a1693 M. Bruce Good News in Evil Times (1707) 31 They bring to Christ's Grave..a number of old Clampers, pat and clouted Arguments. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Clamper, a patched up handle for crimination. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2019). clampern.2 That which or one who clamps. 1. a. dialect. A clamp; plural clams, pincers, etc. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Clamper, a piece, properly of some metallic substance, with which a vessel is mended; also, that which is thus patched up. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Clampers, a sort of pincers used for castrating bulls and other quadrupeds. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Clampers, claws, pincers. b. transferred. Clutches; = clamp n.1 2b. ΚΠ 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 31 If I had my clampers on him he should feel the weight o' my neaf. 2. A piece of iron with prongs or points, fitted on the sole of the boot, to dig into the ice and prevent slipping; called also an ‘ice-creeper’. (In Scottish dialect clampet is used.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > protective studs or plates > spikes or prongs to prevent slipping ice spur?a1549 frosts1718 calk1805 spur1820 spike1832 sprig1835 mud-shoe1846 clamper1856 shoe-nail1860 ice calk1863 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xx. 258 Clampers, to steady them and their sledges on the irregular ice-surfaces. 1874 in E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 3. A person who clamps, one who adjusts the clamps in machinery. ΚΠ 1881 Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 43 Clamper. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) § 384 Clamper. Phrases in clamper: see quot. 1883. ΚΠ 1883 Standard 23 Oct. 3/5 The land was ‘in clamper’, the Irish term for litigation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). clampern.3 dialect. He who or that which treads clumsily. ΚΠ 1876 Whitby Gloss. Clampers, wooden shoes or clogs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018). clamperv.1 Now chiefly Scottish. 1. transitive. To put together hastily or clumsily; to botch, tinker, or patch up. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > be unskilled in [verb (transitive)] > put together clumsily or unskilfully cloutc1380 patcha1529 clamper1545 botch1561 clumper1586 cobble1589 to stitch up1590 budge1732 fake1879 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 37 Rifraffe, pelfery, trumpery, baggage & beggerie ware clamparde vp of one that would seme to be fitter for a shop in dede than to write any boke. 1583 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (ed. 4) II. 1401/1 This..apish Masse became so clamperd and patched together with so many dyuers and sondry additions. 1822 W. Scott Let. 10 Feb. (1934) VII. 63 If I can clamper up the story into a sort of single scene. 1862 R. Paul Let. 12 May in B. Bell Mem. R. Paul (1872) xvii. 239 Dr. Candlish..has been in London..trying..to clamper up the Lord Advocate's Education Bill. ΚΠ a1664 J. Spottiswood Mem. (1811) 71 (Jam.) He preuayled nothing by clamperinge with the bishopp of Clogher. Derivatives ˈclampering n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > clumsy or unskilful putting together clamperinga1586 tinkering1591 cobblinga1764 kludgemanship1962 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) v. sig. Pp2 The people alreadie tyred with their owne diuisions (of which his clampring had bene a principall nurse). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). clamperv.2 dialect. intransitive. To tread heavily and clumsily. ΚΠ 1808 in J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 26 Every foot that clampers down the street Is for the..father's step mistook. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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