单词 | locksmith |
释义 | locksmithn. A person who makes, repairs, or fits locks.Attested earliest as a surname. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of locks locksmithc1200 lockyer1221 lockmaker1613 c1200 in C. Innes Liber S. Marie de Calchou (1846) I. 11 Terras quas Robert lokessmyth..& Adam Sumerswain..tenuerunt. 1226 in J. T. Gilbert Hist. & Munic. Documents Ireland (1870) 87 Ricardus le lokismith de Tickehille. 1287–8 in W. Hudson Leet Jurisdict. Norwich (1892) 18 (MED) Johannes Knicht, loksmicht. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 311 Loksmythe, serefaber. a1475 in Anglia (1911) 34 251 Keyes made of Iuery Whiche a lokesmyth..ffiled with a file smothe and craftly. 1501 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 112 The lok smyth of Edinburgh. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie cxxxvii. 845 The Farrour or locksmith hath an anuel. 1627 S. S. in J. Smith Sea Gram. sig. A5v He's neither Lock-Smith, Gold-Smith, nor Black-Smith. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4347/4 Thomas Temple the Younger, late of North-Walsham.., Lock Smith. 1716 Boston News-let. 18 June 2/2 Arrived from Ireland..Naylors, Lock Smiths, Currier, [etc.]. 1851 J. C. North Jrnl. 1 Oct. in M. O'Brien Evening when Alone (1993) III. i. 181 The lock of my trunk had been injured, & I had to send for a locksmith to open it. 1897 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) 5 Mar. 5/4 If you want to get into a man's office, go get a locksmith and break in. 1913 Numismatist Mar. 148 A well-known firm of locksmiths in New York. 1994 Which? July 19/3 A locksmith should be able to fit lock barrels for all your windows that use the same key. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 5 Nov. d6/4 In New York City apartments, a vertical deadbolt is the most common, said..the Manhattan locksmith. Derivatives ˈlocksmithery n. the work or trade of a locksmith; = locksmithing n. ΚΠ 1798 T. Connelly & T. Higgins New Dict. Spanish & Eng. Lang. I. (front matter) Cerraj. Cerrajería. Lock-smithery. a1845 S. Smith Elem. Sketches Moral Philos. (1850) 261 Some mysteries of locksmithery. 2009 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 12 Oct. (City section) 3 Services for the home such as plumbing and locksmithery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1200 |
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