kiern.

Brit.

/kɪə/, U.S.

/kɪ(ə)r/

Forms: 1500s keare, keyre, 1600s keere, 1800s keir, kier.

Etymology: Known only from second half of 16th cent.: compare Old Norse ker vessel, tub (Norwegian kjer, Swedish, Danish kar) = Old High German char, Gothic kas.

†a. A brewing-vat (also boiling-kier, brewing-kier, gyle-kier, gyling-kier). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > vat or vessel for brewing or fermenting

ale fateOE

sesterc1000

bruthen-leadc1275

kimnel1335

tine1337

gyle-fat1341

yeast-fat1367

brew-lead1369

coomb?a1400

gyle-tunc1425

brewing-lead1444

brewing vessel1462

work lead1471

lead1504

brewing copper1551

gyle-tub1568

kier1573

batch1697

ale vat1701

working tun1703

tun1713

brewing tub1766

flat1791

round1806

beck1828

gyle1836

tun-tub1842

stone-square1882

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > open vessels for liquids > [noun] > vat

keevec1000

vata1225

drenche-kivea1300

fatc1450

kier1573

back1682

1573 in Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (Chetham, 1884) 64 One brewinge keare, and a troghe for y^e same ijs. A yailinge keare xijd.

1579 in Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (Chetham, 1861) 101 Six great vessels of tymber called keares w^th other ffurnyture for the brewehouse and backehouse.

1582 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1857) I. 132 Dyverse stone trowes keyres and arkes.

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 104 I took notice of that common brew-house..and observed there..boiling keeres.

?1748 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. (ed. 2) 17 [He] wawtit him o'er into Gal-keer.

1775 J. Watson Hist. Halifax 538 Gailker, a Vessel to work new drink in; or the drink itself.]

b. A large vat in which cloth is boiled for bleaching or other purposes ( bleaching-kier).

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 138 The wooden kieve, or kier, containing the cloth.

1879 Spons' Encycl. Industr. Arts I. 515 For yarn and thread, it is very usual to have the false bottom of the bleaching kier, or pot, movable.

1883 Manch. Examiner 30 Oct. 7/2 This kier..was used for boiling..cotton flock and other substances used in paper-making.

Derivatives

ˈkierful n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > barrel

barrelful1386

tunful1562

pipeful1605

kierful1879

1879 Spons' Encycl. Industr. Arts I. 515 A whole kierful of yarn or thread is chemicked at once.

1884 Times 15 Apr. 8 A large kierful of cloth of about 30 cwt.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kier
释义	kiern. Brit. /kɪə/, U.S. /kɪ(ə)r/ Forms: 1500s keare, keyre, 1600s keere, 1800s keir, kier. Etymology: Known only from second half of 16th cent.: compare Old Norse ker vessel, tub (Norwegian kjer, Swedish, Danish kar) = Old High German char, Gothic kas. †a. A brewing-vat (also boiling-kier, brewing-kier, gyle-kier, gyling-kier). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > vat or vessel for brewing or fermenting ale fateOE sesterc1000 bruthen-leadc1275 kimnel1335 tine1337 gyle-fat1341 yeast-fat1367 brew-lead1369 coomb?a1400 gyle-tunc1425 brewing-lead1444 brewing vessel1462 work lead1471 lead1504 brewing copper1551 gyle-tub1568 kier1573 batch1697 ale vat1701 working tun1703 tun1713 brewing tub1766 flat1791 round1806 beck1828 gyle1836 tun-tub1842 stone-square1882 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > open vessels for liquids > [noun] > vat keevec1000 vata1225 drenche-kivea1300 fatc1450 kier1573 back1682 1573 in Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (Chetham, 1884) 64 One brewinge keare, and a troghe for y^e same ijs. A yailinge keare xijd. 1579 in Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (Chetham, 1861) 101 Six great vessels of tymber called keares w^th other ffurnyture for the brewehouse and backehouse. 1582 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1857) I. 132 Dyverse stone trowes keyres and arkes. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 104 I took notice of that common brew-house..and observed there..boiling keeres. ?1748 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. (ed. 2) 17 [He] wawtit him o'er into Gal-keer. 1775 J. Watson Hist. Halifax 538 Gailker, a Vessel to work new drink in; or the drink itself.] b. A large vat in which cloth is boiled for bleaching or other purposes ( bleaching-kier). Π 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 138 The wooden kieve, or kier, containing the cloth. 1879 Spons' Encycl. Industr. Arts I. 515 For yarn and thread, it is very usual to have the false bottom of the bleaching kier, or pot, movable. 1883 Manch. Examiner 30 Oct. 7/2 This kier..was used for boiling..cotton flock and other substances used in paper-making. Derivatives ˈkierful n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > barrel barrelful1386 tunful1562 pipeful1605 kierful1879 1879 Spons' Encycl. Industr. Arts I. 515 A whole kierful of yarn or thread is chemicked at once. 1884 Times 15 Apr. 8 A large kierful of cloth of about 30 cwt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1573
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