单词 | melter |
释义 | meltern. 1. a. A person whose employment involves melting metals or other substances, esp. in a factory, mint, etc. Formerly also: †the title of an officer of the Exchequer (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > coining > [noun] > coiner > officers of the mint Master of the Coin1423 Master of the Mint1423 Warden of the Mint1463 Usher of the Coins, Change, or Exchange1485 melter1511 mint master1528 Surveyor of the Melting (also Meltings)1556 clerk of the irons1566 master-worker1622 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > workers performing other tasks or processes river?c1475 melter1511 sinker1526 folder up1552 wiper1552 scourer1574 heaver1587 stoverc1600 rasper1611 ripper1611 roller1616 smearer1632 waterleadera1650 scooper1668 smiter1670 puncher1681 staker1688 crusher1794 hardener1796 reamer1822 piledriver1826 catcher1832 waterproofer1837 middler1847 culler1850 hanger-on1858 pitcher1865 bumper1871 fine liner1871 bricksetter1883 waxer1890 bottle-oh1898 edger1909 bottle-o-er1915 caster1921 recycler1970 linesperson1973 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > melter melter1511 society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > one who has charge of or manages money > one who manages public money > specific officials chamberlain1415 teller1434 under-treasurer1447 treasurer of the king's warsc1450 vice-treasurer1541 chequer-man?1577 Clerk of the Pellsa1603 treasurer at wars1617 fiscal1652 quaestor1673 underteller1694 First Lord of the Treasury1698 Paymaster General1698 melter1758 treasurer1790 First Lord1855 apposer- 1511–12 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 273 To Gerard, meltar of the mynd, takand monethtlie..iiij Franch crounis. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. vi. 29 The leade is consumed, the melter melteth in vayne. 1567 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 556 All Meltaris, Forgearis, and Prentaris within the said cunyehous. 1609 Hilderstoun Silver Mines I. f. 205, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Meltar Henry Starky with his meltar, essayar and interpretar. 1670 J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales 41 Then the Melters, that melt the Bullion before it come to the Coining. 1697 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 191 Then they heard the accusation against major Barton, the chief melter of York mint. 1758 J. Rayner tr. R. Fitzneale Anc. Dialogue Exchequer i. iii. f. 4v The under exchequer..has..two officers,..one who presides over the examinations, and the melter... The melter also examines the silver. 1806 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. III. 287 A press similar to that which is used by the melters or rinders of tallow. 1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 242 The cementers and melters affect more or less mystery in their methods. 1884 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 3rd Ser. 254/1 The foreman may have various reasons for wanting his melter to make all these changes. 1905 Science 9 June 876/2 James Curtis Booth (1810–88)..from 1849 till his death was melter and refiner in the U.S. Mint. 1925 Amer. Mercury Aug. 401/1 The blower kept the gas at a growl and the brew yelled red and the melter hollered ‘Heow’! 1979 Fortune 21 May 16/1 Referred to..as ‘the Head Melter’, after the men who decide when a blast furnace's steel is ready to pour. b. A person who or thing which melts something, in other senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of melting > [noun] > one who or that which melter1581 rinder1589 1581 Act 23 Eliz. c. 8 §1 The said Melter, Myngler or Corrupter,..shall forfeyte [etc.]. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxlvii. 53 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 250 Abroad the southern wind, his melter, goes. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger False One ii. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rr/2 Thou melter of strong mindes, dar'st thou presume To smother all his triumphes with thy vanityes? 1695 J. Locke Short Observ. Printed Paper 19 The melter of our mill'd money. a1764 R. Lloyd Poet. Wks. (1774) II. 123 The..charming melter of his purse. 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 204/2 I keep both out of the crucible and out of the aqua regia, another great melter and transmuter. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xvii. 201 One of our deck-watch, who had been cutting ice for the melter. 1974 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 12 Feb. 5/3 The combined snow loader and melter was designed by Metro roads department and consultants after testing a small 75-ton snow melter during the past three winters. 2001 N.Y. Times 22 Feb. b3/1 If snowflakes start to fall..New Jersey will be ready with an army of more than 150 snow blowers, plows, melters and brooms. 2. A variety of peach in which the flesh comes apart easily from the stone when ripe; = freestone n. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > peach > types of peach presse1604 avant-peach1611 man peach1629 nutmeg1629 Roman peach1629 muscat1664 Rambouillet1664 winter peach1664 rumbullion1670 Orleans1674 pavie1675 Magdalenea1678 minion1691 admirable1693 maudlin1699 clingstone1705 nipple peach1719 rareripe1722 melter1766 vanguard1786 freestone1807 cling1845 lemon cling1848 peregrine1903 doughnut peach1993 1766 Compl. Farmer at Peach-tree The nivette; this is a melter, and ripens in September. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 347/1 [Varieties of peach] I. Leaves serrated, glandless. a. Flowers large..Clingstone[s]..Melters [etc.]. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 55/1 Three principal varieties of the Peach exist—clingstones, melters or freestones, and nectarines. 3. A vessel in which substances are melted, a melting pot; a furnace. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > small melter1883 1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 103 An improved form of melter..consists of a small furnace [etc.]. 1921 Science 18 Mar. 264/2 The crude manna was dissolved in water in a melter heated by steam coils. 1983 Mining Jrnl. (Nexis) 19 Aug. 136 These [people] have been preparing the foundations for multi-hearth furnaces, kilns and melters. 1995 Sci. News 21 Jan. 40/3 Workers feed asbestos-filled polyethylene bags through a chute into a large furnace called a melter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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