单词 | grounder |
释义 | groundern. 1. One who, or that which, founds, establishes, causes, etc. 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 14.. Ave Reg. Celorum in Tundale's Vis. (1843) 146 Heyle, gudly grownder of all grace! c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 79 Holi Scripture may not be ther of the reuler bi cause he is not therof the grounder. c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 326 Ȝe worthy word, ȝe be gronddar of gladnesse. ?c1535 L. Cox Arte Rhethorycke (new ed.) sig. Bv Fayned fables of poetes, and fleyng tales of lyght fokes, whiche ar for the more parte the grounders of fame and rumours. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 41 Grounder of euill, and na vertew hir neir. 2. One who does the grounding in the manufacture of wall-paper, or in other arts of design. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of paper > [noun] > maker of specific type of paper > involved in specific process for wallpaper paper-stainer1758 grounder1877 1877 D. Macleod Castle & Town Dumbarton 131 The merchants..had the ordinary trade of the town supplemented..by the Leven printers and grounders. 3. colloquial. a. A catching the ground (in angling). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > angling > type of casting whipping1653 grounder1847 switching1867 flogging1886 roll cast1897 1847 Albert Smith in Illustr. News 12 July 374 The fish that I have caught I will not name Nor yet confess my bites have all been grounders. b. A knock-down blow. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > a severe blow > a knock-down blow recumbentibusc1425 knocker1674 knock-down1809 sockdolager1830 purler1850 grounder1889 1889 W. Westgarth Austral. Progress 171 Lifting him up, and giving him a heavy grounder on his back. c. In cricket and other games: a ball sent along the ground (Barrère & Leland). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > motion of ball > types of ball by motion grounder1849 daisy-cutter1889 rainbow1891 poached egg1893 screamer1896 scorcher1900 swerver1902 slam1931 thunderbolt1959 1849 Boy's Own Bk. (new ed.) 69 [Cricket] Grounders and home tosses. 1862 J. Pycroft Cricket Tutor 8 The old bat used to be heavy at the point—very requisite for picking up a Grounder. 1927 Daily Express 27 May 13/7 Brown opened the scoring, receiving a fine pass from Dean and sending in a beautiful grounder from eighteen yards. 1935 J. T. Farrell Studs Lonigan (1936) viii. 617 Studs watched the infield practice, the grounders slapped hard, cutting over the dirt, the ball snapped around from player to player. 1970 Washington Post 30 Sept. D1/7 A fielder's-choice grounder by Dave Nelson knocked in Mike Epstein. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.14.. |
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