单词 | jeweller |
释义 | jewellerjewelern. 1. A person who works with precious metals, gemstones, etc.; a maker of or dealer in jewels or jewellery; (now chiefly) a person who makes, repairs, or sells jewellery, watches, and other related goods. 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 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > making jewellery or setting with jewels > [noun] > jeweller jewellera1382 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xxiv. 1 Jeconye, the sone of Joachym,..and the smyth, and his iueler [a1425 L.V. goldsmith; L. inclusorem]. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 264 If þou were a gentyl jueler. a1425 N. Homily Legendary (Harl. suppl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 37 (MED) He turned... Þe wandes to gold..And þe grauell to precius stones; He..bad þam vnto goldsmithes go And vnto Jewelers, þat knew To luke if þai war gude & trew. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. iii. 298 The Ieweller that owes the Ring is sent for. View more context for this quotation 1750 Universal Mag. Oct. 150/2 He, not understanding the worth of the stones, sold it [sc. a coronet] to a jeweller in London for two-hundred and fifty pounds; but the jeweller made fifteen-hundred pounds of it. 1845 Milwaukie (Wisconsin Territory) Daily Sentinel 26 May (advt.) Wm. C. Disbrow, jeweler. Watches, Clocks, &c. repaired on short notice... Silver ware of all kinds made to order. 2018 Star of Mysore (India) (Nexis) 6 July Puttamma's sister..examined the jewels..and took them to a jeweller who tested them and told them that all the jewels were fake. 2. Originally and chiefly in the genitive. A shop or workshop where jewellery is made, repaired, or sold; the place of business of a jeweller.The genitive use is elliptical for jeweller's shop. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shops selling other specific goods jeweller's shop1632 ironmongery1648 ironmonger1673 jeweller1675 news shop1688 print shop1689 Indian house1692 coal shed1718 pamphlet shop1721 lormery1725 drugstore1771 hardware store1777 junk store1777 chandler-shop1782 junk shop1790 music store1794 pot shop1794 finding store1822 marine store1837 picture house1838 paint shop1847 news agency1852 chemist1856 Army and Navy1878 cyclery1886 jumble-shop1893 pig shop1896 Manchester department1905 lot1909 craft shop1911 garden centre1912 pet shop1927 sex shop1949 video store1949 quincaillerie1951 home centre1955 Army-Navy1965 cookshop1967 sound shop1972 bucket-shop1973 1675 J. Crowne Countrey Wit iii. 41 Shall he call at the Jewelers as he goes by, for the Locket you had a mind to. 1717 W. Taverner Artful Husband iv. 50 Hark'e, Fellow, call at the Jeweller's to Morrow, and bid him make me a Necklace of twice the value of that your Master bespoke. 1763 St. James's Mag. Dec. 110 To the little jeweller's round by the chapel, to measure your finger, that I may buy you a ring. 1978 Illustr. London News 30 Dec. (advt.) To find a ring like this you might have to look further than the jeweller round the corner. 2016 Ilkley Gaz. (Nexis) 30 Apr. Two suspects wearing balaclavas smashed the window of a jewellers with a lump hammer before making off with a number of rings from the display. CompoundsTypically with the first element in the genitive or genitive plural (jeweller's or jewellers'). C1. As a modifier, designating a tool, device, etc., of the sort used by a jeweller, typically one designed for very fine, close work, as in jeweller's file, jeweller's forceps, jeweller's loupe, etc. ΚΠ 1857 Hereford Times 16 May 5/5 The jeweller's file would have plenty of employment soon after. 1940 M. G. Swenson Compl. Dentures xxxiii. 576 The sprues..are removed by cutting with a carborundum disc or a jeweler's saw. 1970 J. Blish Spock must Die! xiii. 102 He screwed a jeweler's loupe into his left eye. 1994 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 7 July f2 The surgeon..carefully removes any built-up fat deposits with a tiny pair of jeweller's forceps. C2. jeweller's gold n. (also jewellers' gold) any of various alloys of gold, used for making jewellery and ornaments. ΚΠ 1773 Prudential Lovers II. xxiii. 41 After examining the Box, which he called Jewellers Gold, and making several hums and ha's, he said, the utmost he could lend was two guineas. 1844 T. Webster Encycl. Domest. Econ. vi. xvii. 313 With respect to many ornaments made..by jewellers without the proper stamp, and called gold, they contain only a portion of that precious metal, having as much alloy as the jewellers can possibly add without losing the appearance of gold; and jewellers' gold, as this is called, looks very well when new, but frequently soon tarnishes. 2009 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 26 Apr. The scrap gold is sent to a refinery to be melted back into fine gold bars or jewellers' gold to be reincarnated. jeweller's putty n. (also jewellers' putty) an abrasive powder typically composed of tin( iv) oxide, used for polishing metal and other hard substances; cf. jeweller's rouge. ΚΠ 1840 T. Graham Elements Chem.: Pt. 4th v. 604 The ignited and finely levigated oxide forms jeweller's putty, which is used in polishing hard objects. 1983 Daily Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 22 Mar. 9/1 The material to ask for..is tin oxide powder, also known as putty powder or jeweler's putty. jeweller's rouge (also jewellers' rouge) a red powder, bar, or paste of iron( iii) oxide, used for polishing metal, glass, and other hard substances; cf. rouge n.1 5. ΚΠ 1822 Techn. Repository 1 435 This [sc. polishing gold, silver, steel, and brass] is done upon the flat face of a wheel or lap..by applying the jeweller's rouge. 2013 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 15 Sept. (Features section) 13 Minor scratches can even be removed by hand, using traditional jewellers' rouge and a soft cloth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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