单词 | dammer |
释义 | dammern. One who constructs dams. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > earth-movers, etc. > [noun] > one who digs other structures hill-digger1521 sinker1584 pondcaster1602 navigator1775 dammer1816 navvy1829 muck-shifter1856 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. viii. 216 Auld George Glen, the dammer and sinker. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2018). † dammerv. Obsolete. rare. To make dim or dark. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > make dark or gloomy [verb (transitive)] > make dark, dim, or obscure duskc1374 to-darkena1382 murkc1425 obscure?a1475 obfusk1490 dusken1550 dusky1567 overdark1568 obtenebrate1578 beveil1582 obfuscate1588 offusque1599 shade1599 slubber1605 dammer1610 offuscate1611 obtenebrize1654 obflisticate1832 subdue1856 darkle1893 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. (1637) 649 So greate a mercate towne and faire withall that..it dammereth and dimmeth the light in some sort of Radnor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1816v.1610 |
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