单词 | dogman |
释义 | dogmann. 1. A god or mythical being having the form of a dog, or represented as half man, half dog. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > human hybrid > human and dog houndinga1400 cynocephalusc1400 dogmana1743 cynocephalist1837 a1743 A. M. Ramsay Philos. Princ. Nat. & Revealed Relig. (1749) II. 213 The two Hebrew words Eisch and Caleph, the dog-man, and..Anubis, the faithful barker, or monitor. 1748 T. Blackwell Lett. conc. Mythol. xviii. 346 (note) Some will have Esculapius to mean the Dog-man, a Dog being often among his symbols. 1867 Our Young Folks Mar. 145 The Land of Women, where no male thing can live; and the Land of Dog-men, with the slack of their ears towing astern. 1917 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 37 76 The Digger [sc. a Peruvian people] sacrificed to a dog as ancestor; he was a Dog-man, such as is also found in India. 1992 Beaver Aug.–Sept. 60/3 (advt.) The Dogrib name comes from a tribal legend which says they are descended from a supernatural dog-man. 2. A man in charge of a dog or dogs; a dog leader, breeder, etc.In quot. 1793, apparently = dogwhipper n. ΚΠ 1793 in Shropshire Parish Documents (1903) 216 A Coat and Waistcoat for Dogman. 1801 in Shropshire Parish Documents (1903) 222 Pd The Dogman 0 - 2 - 0. 1839 Hesperian Oct. 405/1 I heard Master Nixon (the dog man's) hound in full cry. 1880 Harper's Mag. June 136/2 The dogman threw his curly head aback when he had listened to his young lord's tale. 1893 H. Dalziel Dis. Dogs (ed. 3) 9 It is an error of modern dog men to wean puppies too soon. 1997 Independent on Sunday 28 Dec. ii. 6/5 The other side of it..is the shooting of dogs that are too old to run with the hounds. ‘My way of thanking them’, said one dogman gruffly, ‘is to put them down quickly’. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in other specific articles ironmonger1164 ointer1263 bowyer1297 jewellera1382 fletcher1457 stapler1532 India merchant1618 tobacconist1657 colourman1663 tobacconer1701 lamp-man1704 drysalter1707 snuffman1723 wet-salter1725 potman1732 material man1778 tobacco-trader1840 dogman1860 stamp-dealer1863 waste-dealer1876 pearler1881 1860 E. B. Browning Napoleon III in Italy xv, in Poems before Congress Filch the dog-man's meat To feed the offspring of God. 4. Australian and New Zealand. A man who gives directional signals to a crane operator on a building site, often riding on the goods lifted by the crane's ‘dog’ (see dog n.1 III.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > others bell-hanger1540 powder monkey1670 articulator1798 universalist1801 sander1854 gummer?1881 shaver1885 wire-cutter1888 knacker1890 radiologist1905 groundhog1926 dogman1948 1948 Act New S. Wales No. 38 Section 17A (6) ‘Dogman’ means a person directly responsible for slinging and controlling the movement of loads by a crane used in building work or excavation work, or other work where the loads are not usually at all times in full view of the crane driver. 1962 R. Clark Dogman & other Poems 2 The dogman dangles from the clouds, Astride a beam of swinging air. 1970 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 10 May 3/2 Most Sydney men will not raise their eyes beyond ladies' leg level except to see one other phenomenon—the daring dogmen on the skyhooks. 1990 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z.) 22 Feb. 10 (heading) Crane ballast fall hurts dogman. 2006 Weekend Austral. (Sydney) 8 Apr. (Mag.) 42/3 Dogmen were the trapeze artists of construction, ‘riding the hook’ across city skylines from the 1950s to '70s. They were the eyes of crane drivers, who couldn't see their load. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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