单词 | erector |
释义 | erectorn. One who, or that which, erects. 1. a. One who erects or rears a building, statue, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [noun] > setting upright > one who erectora1552 setter-up1563 up-puttera1578 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] bigger1307 biggandc1350 builderc1380 edifiera1464 erectora1552 upbigger1562 structora1634 tectonist1634 architect1665 compiler1713 raiser1949 a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) III. 68 Richard Poure..first Erector of the Cathedrale Chirch of New-Saresbyri. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Peril Idol., in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 239 Therefore woe be to the erecter, setter up, and maintainer of images in churches and temples. 1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia i. (T.) Rehoboam's young counsellors were, in some relation, the Erectors of Jeroboam's calves. 1823 W. Scott Peveril I. i. 4 William Peveril..the erector of that Gothic fortress. 1884 Birmingham Daily Post 24 Jan. 3/5 Good Bridge Erectors and Carpenters. b. spec. An engineer who works at the assembling of engines and other iron and steel structures. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > steel erector steel-erector1624 erector1892 steel fixer1936 1892 Daily Chron. 28 Apr. 9/2 Engineer, Fitter, or Erector. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 18 Dec. 7/1 Charles Grove, a foreman erector of steel work. c. A machine used in erecting iron and steel structures. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > [noun] > other building or constructing equipment centry1398 centrels1415 cintern1442 centre1470 centring1671 cocket centre1827 striking-plate1837 spiling1841 erector1895 drain layer1915 telltale1922 runner1970 1895 Daily News 31 Oct. 6/5 These ‘erectors’ are two hydraulic appliances for lifting up and fixing in position the ponderous segments of the iron ring constituting the exterior of the tunnel. 1909 Daily Chron. 19 May 3/4 The tunnel shield, complete, with hydraulic erector. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [noun] > institution or founding > one who or that which founds or establishes aginnera1300 founder1340 grounder14.. foundatorc1425 stablement1481 stablisher1535 institutera1538 patriarcha1538 institutor1546 erector1548 inventor1548 fundatrix1549 upsetter1581 establishera1600 co-founder1605 co-foundress1631 planter1632 institutive1644 instaurator1660 institutrix1706 institutress1788 godfather1830 founding father1903 founder member1909 1548 in J. Stow Suruay of London (1618) 520 Their [sc. the Hospitals'] chiefe Erector being dead. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 318 And for the holy band..Gorgidas was the first erector of the same. 1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. C3 Idlenesse patrone, Prides founder, Gluttonies erector. 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xxxiv. f. 65v The erectors of Lambert, a counterfet Warwick. 1648 King's Messages for Peace 73 The erectors and propugnators of the Presbyterian Discipline in Scotland. 1755 Philos. Trans. 1754 (Royal Soc.) 48 463 Pherecydes was the original erecter of it. 1803 Bingham in Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. III. 76 They were..simply the result of a fashion, or the taste, or means of the erecter. 1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) I. 153 How I, The erector of the empire in his hand,—Am bent beneath that hand. Categories » 3. Optics. = erecting-glass at erecting n. 2. 4. A term applied to certain muscles, from their office in causing erection in any part of the body. Also attributive, as in erector-muscle. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > types of muscles > [noun] sphincter1578 raiser1588 in-muscle?1609 oblique1612 abducens1615 abductor1615 adductor1615 antagonist1615 bender1615 depressor1615 extender1615 flexor1615 levator1615 quadratus1615 rectus1615 retractor1615 sphincter-muscle1615 accelerator1638 bicepsa1641 elevator1646 adducent1649 lifter1649 rotator1657 flector1666 contractor1682 dilater1683 orbicularis palpebrarum1694 transverse muscle1696 tensor muscle1704 biventer1706 extensor1713 attollent1728 constrictor1741 dilator1741 risibles1785 orbicularis oculi1797 obliquus1799 erector1828 extensor-muscle1830 compressor1836 trans-muscle1836 antagonizer1844 motor1846 evertor1848 inflector1851 protractor1853 prime mover1860 orbicular1872 transversalis1872 invertor1875 skeletal muscle1877 dilatator1878 occlusor muscle1878 sphincter1879 pilomotor1892 agonist1896 1828 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 177 The erector muscles of the spine [Fr. muscles transversaire épineux et long dorsal]. 1857 W. R. Bullock tr. P. Cazeaux Theoret. & Pract. Treat. Midwifery (ed. 2) 42 The clitoris..has..an erector muscle. 1877 L. A. Duhring Pract. Treat. Dis. Skin 29 Erectores pili or erectors of the hair. Draft additions 1993 5. (With capital initial.) A proprietary name for a child's toy consisting of a set of metal pieces, nuts, bolts, etc. designed for making small mechanical models, esp. of vehicles, cranes, or other structures such as bridges. Usually as Erector set. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > construction sets Meccano1907 erector1915 Lego1957 Deely bobber1969 Tinkertoy1972 1915 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 9 Mar. 681/2 (Class 22. Games, toys, and sporting goods.) The Mysto Mfg. Co., New Haven, Conn... Erector. 1921 Trade Marks Jrnl. 19 Jan. 131 Erector. Use claimed from 15th October, 1915... Structural Toys. 1936 Fortune Dec. 42/4 A. C. Gilbert is the manufacturer of Erector Sets, which are so popular with mechanically-minded small boys. 1959 Listener 5 Mar. 411/2 The gun..would be abandoned in the middle of someone's turn for the erector set. 1974 M. Taylor tr. C. Metz Film Lang. iii. 34 Erector set, electric train: both montage toys. 1980 Washington Post 27 June (Weekend Suppl.) 36/2 You can gaze out at what appears to be an erector set in the middle-distance: the Domino Sugar factory. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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