单词 | gauger |
释义 | gaugern. 1. One who gauges, in senses of the verb; esp. in sense 3, an exciseman. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > fixing amount of tax > one who assesses taxer1377 taxator1424 gauger1483 sessor1496 cessor1565 modifier1570 stentor1574 layer1602 mise-layer1604 assessor1611 stentmaster1624 list-maker1666 lay-layer1669 lister1682 1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 13 All the Vessels of Wine..shall..be well and truly gauged by the King's Gauger. 1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII c. 7 Euery gaugeour within this realme shall truely and effectually..gauge all the said..barrels. 1543 R. Record Ground of Artes i. sig. N.iiii How they do dyffer dayely from theyr iust measure: the gagers [1582 Gagiers] can tell you better then I. 1608 R. Norton tr. S. Stevin Disme: Art of Tenths sig. Biijv To Land-Meaters, Gaudgers, Stereo~meters in generall. 1668 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1888) VI. Gajor to His Majesty for the duty of Excise. 1702 London Gaz. No. 3790/5 Every Bushel of Malt, so conveyed from the Sight and View of the Gaugers. 1789 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 490 But what d'ye think, my trusty Fier, I'm turn'd a Gauger. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. iv. 73 It's e'en because your English gaugers and supervisors..have ta'en up the trade of thievery over the heads of the native professors. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Underwoods i. ii The gauger walked with willing foot And aye the gauger played the flute. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of liquor wine-tavernerc950 vinter1297 wine-drawer1415 vintnerc1430 vintenerc1450 ale-taker1454 merchant vintner1532 winer1532 ale-man1600 gaugerc1610 brandy-man1723 purl-man1797 haberdasher1821 gin-shopper1831 liquor-seller1855 diddle-cove1858 curate1882 off-licensee1892 c1610 in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) II. 14 That no Tipler or Gauger sell by other measure than by gallon, pottel [etc.]. 3. A gauging instrument, a measure. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] metc1175 instrumentc1392 gauger1588 jadge1617 mensurator1645 dimensurator1675 measurer1690 1588 G. Babington Profitable Expos. Lords Prayer vi. 412 As with a gager he gageth them by those blessings. 1639 J. Woodall Viaticum (new ed.) in Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 314 This Instrument, the Trafine..needeth no rule or gager. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Gauger..an instrument used by leather cutters. Derivatives ˈgaugership n. the office of a gauger. ΚΠ 1881 Nation (N.Y.) 33 1 Because he does not satisfy them with collectorships, gaugerships, and consulates. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1483 |
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