单词 | forwarder |
释义 | forwardern. 1. One who or that which forwards. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [noun] > one who or that which furtherer1390 fartherer1494 forwarder1549 furtherancer1599 entertainer1602 proficient1607 cockerer1674 advancer1833 1549 J. Olde in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Ephes. Prol. sig. .iiii A fyne forewarder of the ghospels lybertie. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Poulseavant,..an overseer, and forwarder of a worke that requires hast. 1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley v. i Nor am I..seconder, perswader, forwarder, Principall, or maintainer of this late theft. 1689 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) xli. 308 Fresh Water being a great forwarder of Fishes feeding. 1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Wks. (1808) VIII. 274 Contempt of the suppliant is not the best forwarder of a suit. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes ii. 81 Mecca..had at one time a population of 100,000; buyers, forwarders of those Eastern and Western products. 2. Bookbinding. (See quot. 1890.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bookbinder > [noun] > worker performing specific process clasp-man1619 clasp-maker1664 gatherer1683 stitcher1805 book-edge gilder1823 tooler1834 marbler1835 book marbler1843 paper marbler1863 forwarder1870 cropper?1881 flush-binder?1881 inlayer1881 boarder1882 filleter1884 clasper1885 placer1902 1870 Echo 20 Dec. The men..are divided into two classes, forwarders and finishers. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 424 The ends of the cords are then drawn by the ‘forwarder’ through holes pierced in the boards. 1890 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Art of Bookbinding (ed. 2) 18 Forwarder, the workman who takes the books after they are sewn, and advances them to the covering department. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018). forwarderadj.adv. Further forward. Often in jocular colloquial use in the (originally dialect or vulgar) form forra(r)der /ˈfɒrədə(r)/, in the phrase (to get) no or any forra(r)der. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > [adverb] > further forward forwarder1796 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [adverb] > to or at a more advanced stage farthermorec1380 farther gone1709 forwarder1796 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [adjective] > advanced towards completion > more forwarder1796 1796 F. Burney Camilla V. x. vii. 398 She ventured to bend forwarder, to take a view of the side wings. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. xiii. 223 Kitty is forwarder than either of us. View more context for this quotation 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. xviii. 347 Without his being much the forwarder . View more context for this quotation 1862 H. Spencer First Princ. i. ii. §11. 33 And so on in an infinite series, leaving us at last no forwarder than at first. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms II. vii. 143 Every week..we found ourselves a lot forrader. 1898 Daily Tel. 15 Dec. (Ware) Whether the Liberal Forwards will get any ‘forrader’ over the light claret [etc.]. 1918 W. Owen Let. 6 Mar. (1967) 537 Am no forrader with my Chest of Drawers. The man won't sell as it is, & says he has no time yet to work on it. 1966 Times 10 Oct. 1/2 The case of Gerald Brooke, the British lecturer sentenced in Russia, was discussed but, in the words of a British source, ‘We got no forrarder.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1549adj.adv.1796 |
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