单词 | lagger |
释义 | laggern.1 1. One who lags or hangs back; a lingerer, loiterer. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > [noun] > lagging or falling behind > one who lagger1523 laggard1808 the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] > tardiness or sluggishness > person sloweOE tarrier1382 sluggard1398 slugc1425 lagger1523 slugger1539 snaila1593 loiterer1684 laggard1808 slowpoke1847 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xvii. 18 Theyr hole host..are all a horsebacke..without it be the traundals and laggers of the oost, who folow after a foote. 1683 J. Dryden & N. Lee Duke of Guise iv. 44 The Guard is mine, to..lash the Laggers from the sight of day. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 286 The mob..lash the laggers along with great indignation. 1844 A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold I. iv. 235 Himself always keeping with the laggers, that none might strain their strength by trying to be in front with him. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour x. li. 291 The laggers were stealing quietly up the lanes and by-roads. 1878 F. A. Kemble Rec. Girlhood II. iv. 131 The laggers who would fain have fallen a few paces out of the sound of the dreary parrotry of her inventory. 2. slang. A sailor. [? A distinct word: compare lage n.] ΚΠ 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 185 Lagger, a sailor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). laggern.2 Cant. A convict undergoing or having undergone penal servitude. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] prisona1225 prisonerc1384 enpresonéc1425 bird1580 warder1584 canary bird1593 penitentiala1633 convict1786 chum1819 lag1819 lagger1819 new chum1819 nut-brown1835 collegian1837 canary1840 Sydney duck1873 forty1879 zebra1882 con1893 yardbird1956 zek1968 1819 Sporting Mag. 3 230/2 The laggers had an interest as to the result. 1880 S. B. Lakeman What I saw in Kaffir-land 19 Many of them were what they termed at the Cape, laggers..men who, having got away from Norfolk Island, or other penfolds for black sheep, lag behind, under the guardianship of Dutch laws. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). laggern.3 One who installs and maintains insulation for pipes, boilers, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > lagging for walls, pipes, etc. > one who lagger1915 1915 Census Eng. & Wales, 1911 X. 85 in Parl. Papers 1914–16 (Cd. 7660) LXXXI. 1 Boiler maker... Lagger. 1924 Census 1921: Classif. Occupations Index 140/1 Lagger (boiler). 1971 Brit. Med. Bull. 27 73/2 A marked excess of deaths from lung cancer in laggers..were discovered from a study of union records and a follow-up of union members. 1980 Times 27 May 2/1 On one side is the GMWU, who represent 27 laggers, or thermal insulation engineers, with 33 ancillary workers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † laggerv. Obsolete. intransitive. To lag, linger, loiter. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > move or go slowly [verb (intransitive)] creepc1175 lugc1400 to hold (also keep) foot withc1438 crawlc1460 lounge?a1513 slug1565 drawl1566 draggle1577 fodge1581 snail1582 laggerc1620 slagger1622 snail1628 flod1674 delay1690 to drag one’s slow length along1711 soss1711 loiter1728 trail1744 sidle1781 soodle1821 linger1826 ooze1847 slope1851 laggard1864 dawdle1872 tiddle1882 oozle1958 pootle1973 c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) Ded. 2 Heere my harte laggared on the hope of your Majestie's judgement. 1622 R. Preston Godly Mans Inquisit. ii. 49 They shall neuer come to the Lord, that lagger by the way. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.11523n.21819n.31915v.c1620 |
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