dew-beatern.

Etymology: < dew n. + beater n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdew-beater.

1. One who beats or shakes off the dew in front of others in the same path; an early pioneer.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun] > frontiersman or pioneer

dew-beatera1670

frontier1677

frontierman1782

pathfinder1840

frontager1893

old residenter1898

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 57 The dew-beaters have trod the way for those that come after them.

1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words Deaw-bitter, a dew-beater, one who has large feet, or who turns his toes out so that he brushes the dew off the grass in walking.

2. plural. The feet. slang.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun]

footOE

heelOE

toec1290

pettitoes1590

goers1612

hoofa1616

fetlock1645

stamper1652

fetterlock1674

pedestal1695

trotter1755

footsie1762

dew-beaters1811

pedal1838

mud-hook1850

tootsy1854

tootsicum1860

gun-boat1870

mundowie1880

plate of meat1887

trilby1895

dog1913

puppies1922

1811 Lexicon Balatronicum

1823 W. Scott Peveril IV. i. 12 First, hold out your dew-beaters till I take off the darbies.

3. (See quot.)

ΚΠ

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Dew-beaters, coarse and thick shoes which resist the dew.

1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	dew-beater
释义	dew-beatern. Etymology: < dew n. + beater n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdew-beater. 1. One who beats or shakes off the dew in front of others in the same path; an early pioneer. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun] > frontiersman or pioneer dew-beatera1670 frontier1677 frontierman1782 pathfinder1840 frontager1893 old residenter1898 a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 57 The dew-beaters have trod the way for those that come after them. 1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words Deaw-bitter, a dew-beater, one who has large feet, or who turns his toes out so that he brushes the dew off the grass in walking. 2. plural. The feet. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun] footOE heelOE toec1290 pettitoes1590 goers1612 hoofa1616 fetlock1645 stamper1652 fetterlock1674 pedestal1695 trotter1755 footsie1762 dew-beaters1811 pedal1838 mud-hook1850 tootsy1854 tootsicum1860 gun-boat1870 mundowie1880 plate of meat1887 trilby1895 dog1913 puppies1922 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum 1823 W. Scott Peveril IV. i. 12 First, hold out your dew-beaters till I take off the darbies. 3. (See quot.) ΚΠ a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Dew-beaters, coarse and thick shoes which resist the dew. 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.a1670
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